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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... light , to have got home before him . Her father might indeed be displeased at his in- terference ; but what title had he to be so ? -Was not Alice Lee the near relation of his blood , the dear- est object of his heart , and would he ...
... light , to have got home before him . Her father might indeed be displeased at his in- terference ; but what title had he to be so ? -Was not Alice Lee the near relation of his blood , the dear- est object of his heart , and would he ...
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... forbear dis- turbing the divine service of the evening , and pointed to a seat ; to which , struck deeply with the scene he had witnessed , the intruder stole with as light a step as possible , and knelt devoutly WOODSTOCK . 9.
... forbear dis- turbing the divine service of the evening , and pointed to a seat ; to which , struck deeply with the scene he had witnessed , the intruder stole with as light a step as possible , and knelt devoutly WOODSTOCK . 9.
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A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one Walter Scott. as light a step as possible , and knelt devoutly down as one of the little congregation . Everard had been bred by his father what was called a Puritan ; a member of a sect ...
A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one Walter Scott. as light a step as possible , and knelt devoutly down as one of the little congregation . Everard had been bred by his father what was called a Puritan ; a member of a sect ...
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... light - brown tresses , now folded around her head , and only curled where nature had so arran- ged them , gave her an air of simplicity , which did not exist when her head - dress showed the skill of a curious tirewoman . A light ...
... light - brown tresses , now folded around her head , and only curled where nature had so arran- ged them , gave her an air of simplicity , which did not exist when her head - dress showed the skill of a curious tirewoman . A light ...
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... light on these mysterious incidents , endea voured to come on the subject more than once , by a mode of interrogation , which Harrison ( for mad- men are very often unwilling to enter on the sub- ject of their mental delusion ) parried ...
... light on these mysterious incidents , endea voured to come on the subject more than once , by a mode of interrogation , which Harrison ( for mad- men are very often unwilling to enter on the sub- ject of their mental delusion ) parried ...
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