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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... devil had imitated her voice , than that a creature , who seemed so much above the feelings of this world , and so nearly al- lied to the purity of the next , should have had the indelicacy to mingle in such manoeuvres as he himself and ...
... devil had imitated her voice , than that a creature , who seemed so much above the feelings of this world , and so nearly al- lied to the purity of the next , should have had the indelicacy to mingle in such manoeuvres as he himself and ...
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... devil or legion - I will not take from them an old cap to cover my grey hairs - a cast cloak to protect my frail limbs from the cold . They shall not say they have , by their unwilling bounty , made Abraham rich — I will live , as I ...
... devil or legion - I will not take from them an old cap to cover my grey hairs - a cast cloak to protect my frail limbs from the cold . They shall not say they have , by their unwilling bounty , made Abraham rich — I will live , as I ...
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... devil was never heard of at Woodstock , until it became the residence of such men as they , who have now usurped the session . " pos- " There is more than imagination in it , ” said Everard . " I have personal reason to know there is ...
... devil was never heard of at Woodstock , until it became the residence of such men as they , who have now usurped the session . " pos- " There is more than imagination in it , ” said Everard . " I have personal reason to know there is ...
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... devil's pinion saw I , " re- plied Wildrake . " He supposes himself too secure of an old cavalier , who must steal , hang , or drown in the long run , so he gives himself no trouble to look after the assured booty . But I heard the ...
... devil's pinion saw I , " re- plied Wildrake . " He supposes himself too secure of an old cavalier , who must steal , hang , or drown in the long run , so he gives himself no trouble to look after the assured booty . But I heard the ...
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... devil must have been in the dance . - But , hollo ! here comes some one upon us . - Stand , friend - who art thou ? " " A poor day - labourer in the great work of England - Joseph Tomkins by name - Secretary to a godly and well ...
... devil must have been in the dance . - But , hollo ! here comes some one upon us . - Stand , friend - who art thou ? " " A poor day - labourer in the great work of England - Joseph Tomkins by name - Secretary to a godly and well ...
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Page 56 - Now the wasted brands do glow, Whilst the screech-owl, screeching loud, Puts the wretch, that lies in woe, In remembrance of a shroud. Now it is the time of night, That the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In the church-way paths to glide.
Page 250 - Threlkeld praise ! Hear it, good man, old in days ! Thou tree of covert and of rest For this young bird that is distrest ; Among thy branches safe he lay, And he was free to sport and play. When falcons were abroad for prey.
Page 226 - Tis to him we love most, And to all who love him. Brave gallants, stand up, And avaunt, ye base carles ! Were there death in the cup, Here 'sa health to King Charles...