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...Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland By Charlotte M Yonge A Penn State Elec... ...n State Electronic Classics Series Publication Unknown To History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scottland by Charlotte M Yonge is a publication... ...it was May, the sea winds blew cold, and there was a fishy odour about the town, such as it was well to counteract. The floor was of slip- pery polish... ...tle boat, some whelks and limpets. Their owner, a stout boy of three years old, in a tight, borderless, round cap, and home-spun, madder-dyed frock, l... ...ans, no obstacle was raised to their wedding. He took his wife home to his old father’s house in the pre- cincts of Sheffield Park, where she was kind... ...wn To History T urks or Infidels that we should deem her sprung of heathen folk.” “Assuredly not,” said Cuthbert Langston, whose quick, light-coloured... ... in the afternoon. Com- mands were sent that the inhabitants of the little town at the park gate should keep within doors, and not come forth to give ... ...o- rously, should have been left at home. Susan Hardwicke, I thought I had schooled you better.” “Nay, madam, may not a babe’s gentle deed of pity be ... ...led forth, and caused a flight general, being, in fact, the summons to the school kept in one of the castle chambers by one Master Snigg, or Sniggius,...

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