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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... father might indeed be displeased at his in- terference ; but what title had he to be so ? -Was not Alice Lee the ... father's know- ledge , so severe a judge was the old knight 6 WOODSTOCK .
... father might indeed be displeased at his in- terference ; but what title had he to be so ? -Was not Alice Lee the ... father's know- ledge , so severe a judge was the old knight 6 WOODSTOCK .
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... father , and made the responses with a voice that might have suited the choir of angels ; and a modest and serious devotion , which suited the melody of her tone . The face of the officiating clergyman would have been good - look- ing ...
... father , and made the responses with a voice that might have suited the choir of angels ; and a modest and serious devotion , which suited the melody of her tone . The face of the officiating clergyman would have been good - look- ing ...
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... father what was called a Puritan ; a member of a sect , who , in the primitive sense of the word , were persons that ... father's house , Eve- rard's opinions had been diametrically opposed to the doctrines of the English Church , he ...
... father what was called a Puritan ; a member of a sect , who , in the primitive sense of the word , were persons that ... father's house , Eve- rard's opinions had been diametrically opposed to the doctrines of the English Church , he ...
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... Father , whom they all after their manner call by that affectionate name . " " I hope so too , nephew , " said the old man in the same unaltered tone ; " and we will not at present dispute , whether you would have the Church of England ...
... Father , whom they all after their manner call by that affectionate name . " " I hope so too , nephew , " said the old man in the same unaltered tone ; " and we will not at present dispute , whether you would have the Church of England ...
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... father had occupied , and pointed out to him one at some distance . " Are we then so much estranged , my dearest Alice ? " he said . " We will speak of that presently , " she replied . " In the first place , let me ask the cause of your ...
... father had occupied , and pointed out to him one at some distance . " Are we then so much estranged , my dearest Alice ? " he said . " We will speak of that presently , " she replied . " In the first place , let me ask the cause of your ...
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