Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London., 1826 - 370 pages |
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... the Co- lonel with hesitation , " for having chosen for my visit , which I dare not hope would be very agreeable at any time , a season most peculiarly unsuitable . " " So far from it , nephew , " answered WOODSTOCK . 13.
... the Co- lonel with hesitation , " for having chosen for my visit , which I dare not hope would be very agreeable at any time , a season most peculiarly unsuitable . " " So far from it , nephew , " answered WOODSTOCK . 13.
Page 14
... answered Sir Henry , with much more mildness of manner than Everard had dared to expect , " that your visits at other times would be much more welcome , had we the fortune to see you often at our hours of worship . " " I hope the time ...
... answered Sir Henry , with much more mildness of manner than Everard had dared to expect , " that your visits at other times would be much more welcome , had we the fortune to see you often at our hours of worship . " " I hope the time ...
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... answer ? ” 66 Sir , if I retract my opinion , which is not my wont , you shall hear of it . — And now , cousin , have you more to say ? We keep that worthy clergyman in the outer room . " VOL . II . B " Something I had to say ...
... answer ? ” 66 Sir , if I retract my opinion , which is not my wont , you shall hear of it . — And now , cousin , have you more to say ? We keep that worthy clergyman in the outer room . " VOL . II . B " Something I had to say ...
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... answer you , Alice . " " It is soon answered , " she said . " When you drew your sword against my father's cause - al- most against his person - I studied , more than I should have done , to find excuse for you . I knew , that is , I ...
... answer you , Alice . " " It is soon answered , " she said . " When you drew your sword against my father's cause - al- most against his person - I studied , more than I should have done , to find excuse for you . I knew , that is , I ...
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... lodging in a hut hardly fit to harbour a Tom of Bedlam . " " Thou art right ; such , indeed , was a great part of my object in this visit , " answered Eve- rard . " But , perhaps , you also expected to visit 26 WOODSTOCK .
... lodging in a hut hardly fit to harbour a Tom of Bedlam . " " Thou art right ; such , indeed , was a great part of my object in this visit , " answered Eve- rard . " But , perhaps , you also expected to visit 26 WOODSTOCK .
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