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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... character was increased by the deep and devout attention with which he listened to a respectable old man , whose dilapidated dress showed still something of the cle- rical habit , and who , with a low , but full and deep voice , was ...
... character was increased by the deep and devout attention with which he listened to a respectable old man , whose dilapidated dress showed still something of the cle- rical habit , and who , with a low , but full and deep voice , was ...
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... character of her beauty , as well as of her outward appearance , had changed with her for- tunes . The beautiful and high - born young lady had now approached as nearly as possible to the brown stuff dress of an ordinary village maiden ...
... character of her beauty , as well as of her outward appearance , had changed with her for- tunes . The beautiful and high - born young lady had now approached as nearly as possible to the brown stuff dress of an ordinary village maiden ...
Page 108
... sunset to the George Inn , in the neighbouring borough . " " Good Master Bletson , " replied Colonel Eve- rard , " it is not for me to reply to you ; but you may know in what characters this army of England . 108 WOODSTOCK .
... sunset to the George Inn , in the neighbouring borough . " " Good Master Bletson , " replied Colonel Eve- rard , " it is not for me to reply to you ; but you may know in what characters this army of England . 108 WOODSTOCK .
Page 109
... characters this army of England . and their General write their authority . I fear me the annotation on this precept of the General , will be expressed by the march of a troop of horse from Oxford to see it executed . I believe there ...
... characters this army of England . and their General write their authority . I fear me the annotation on this precept of the General , will be expressed by the march of a troop of horse from Oxford to see it executed . I believe there ...
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... , and obstinacy , and character among the fanatics of his own principles , made him a dangerous ene- my . Before trying any arguments with the refrac- tory Major - General , Everard endeavoured to moderate his 110 WOODSTOCK .
... , and obstinacy , and character among the fanatics of his own principles , made him a dangerous ene- my . Before trying any arguments with the refrac- tory Major - General , Everard endeavoured to moderate his 110 WOODSTOCK .
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