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The Huguenot Lovers: A Tale of the Old Dominion (Classic Reprint) Collinson Pierrepont Edwards Burgwyn No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 98 - Seated on his impatient horse, she saw outlined against the evening sky the embodiment in bronze of him who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
Page 173 - Looking up at him half tenderly, half reproachfully, she said in a voice so low that he had to bend his head in order to catch the words : " It was the idea, and not the man, that was repugnant to me.
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Page 78 - This flattery -was evidently pleasing, as she again essayed to "try the art of powerful beauty on that. warrior's heart," and it was very evident to Edyth that she was merely endeavoring to make good her boast.
Page 174 - Carter had also been a colonel in the Confederate army At the end of the war he turned his attention to farming, but for many years had found it difficult to make both ends meet.