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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... look- ing , had it not been disfigured with a black patch which covered the left eye and a part of his face , and had not the features which were visible been marked with the traces of care and suffering . When Colonel Everard entered ...
... look- ing , had it not been disfigured with a black patch which covered the left eye and a part of his face , and had not the features which were visible been marked with the traces of care and suffering . When Colonel Everard entered ...
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... look you , " said Wildrake , " it was a main object with you to induce Mistress Alice Lee - By Heaven , she is an exquisite creature— I approve of your taste , Mark - I say , you desi- red to persuade her , and the stout old Trojan her ...
... look you , " said Wildrake , " it was a main object with you to induce Mistress Alice Lee - By Heaven , she is an exquisite creature— I approve of your taste , Mark - I say , you desi- red to persuade her , and the stout old Trojan her ...
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... look near the true old Knight's beard , nor abide a glance of yonder maiden's innocent blue eyes . I will uphold them as safe as pure gold in a miser's chest . " " Sawest thou aught thyself , which makes thee think thus ? " " Not a ...
... look near the true old Knight's beard , nor abide a glance of yonder maiden's innocent blue eyes . I will uphold them as safe as pure gold in a miser's chest . " " Sawest thou aught thyself , which makes thee think thus ? " " Not a ...
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... look upon without trembling ; nor the mus- keteers who were in the hall , without betraying much alarm , and swallowing , as they themselves will aver , the very bullets which they had in their mouths for loading their carabines and mus ...
... look upon without trembling ; nor the mus- keteers who were in the hall , without betraying much alarm , and swallowing , as they themselves will aver , the very bullets which they had in their mouths for loading their carabines and mus ...
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... promptly as usual , that he had seen such a fellow glide past them into the thicket - that he daresay he was some deer - stealer , for he had heard they were become very audacious . " Look ye there now , Master Everard , " WOODSTOCK , 53.
... promptly as usual , that he had seen such a fellow glide past them into the thicket - that he daresay he was some deer - stealer , for he had heard they were become very audacious . " Look ye there now , Master Everard , " WOODSTOCK , 53.
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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.
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