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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... reason to be- lieve she would be absent , to Sir Henry Lee him- self he would explain what he had witnessed . However she might have become accessory to the juggling tricks performed at Woodstock , he could not but think it was without ...
... reason to be- lieve she would be absent , to Sir Henry Lee him- self he would explain what he had witnessed . However she might have become accessory to the juggling tricks performed at Woodstock , he could not but think it was without ...
Page 16
... be restored to your residence in the Lodge , and your usual fortunes and perquisites there - I have great reason to hope this may be permitted , if not expressly , at 8 16 WOODSTOCK . not choose me to give you a more affectionate ...
... be restored to your residence in the Lodge , and your usual fortunes and perquisites there - I have great reason to hope this may be permitted , if not expressly , at 8 16 WOODSTOCK . not choose me to give you a more affectionate ...
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... reason to know there is some conspiracy carrying on , to render the house untenantable by the Commissioners . I ac- quit my uncle of accession to such a silly trick ; VOL . II . C but I must see it ended ere I can agree WOODSTOCK . 28.
... reason to know there is some conspiracy carrying on , to render the house untenantable by the Commissioners . I ac- quit my uncle of accession to such a silly trick ; VOL . II . C but I must see it ended ere I can agree WOODSTOCK . 28.
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... reason of this from the corporal , whom he found in the hall with his soldiers , sitting or sleeping around a great fire , maintained at the expense of the carved chairs and benches with fragments of which it was furnished . " Why ...
... reason of this from the corporal , whom he found in the hall with his soldiers , sitting or sleeping around a great fire , maintained at the expense of the carved chairs and benches with fragments of which it was furnished . " Why ...
Page 108
... reason to believe it , and therefore I must resist such doctrine . I am in your judgment , my brave and honourable col- leagues ; but , touching my own poor opinion , I feel myself under the unhappy necessity of pro- ceeding in our ...
... reason to believe it , and therefore I must resist such doctrine . I am in your judgment , my brave and honourable col- leagues ; but , touching my own poor opinion , I feel myself under the unhappy necessity of pro- ceeding in our ...
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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...