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"Call me what you will, silly sister," said the child, indifferently, "I am not so Saxon as to care for your ceorlish Saxon names."
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"I am not so Saxon as to care for your ceorlish Saxon names."
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"If thou beest Saxon, shame us not with thy ceorlish manners; crave pardon of this Norman thegn, who will doubtless yield it to thee in pity.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"If thou beest Saxon, shame us not with thy ceorlish manners; crave pardon of this Norman thegn, who will doubtless yield it to thee in pity.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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