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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... , " said Everard , " what I stated to your father ? " " I did ; but that seems to have been only part of your errand - something there seemed to be which applied particularly to me . " " It was a fancy - a strange mistake , 18 WOODSTOCK .
... , " said Everard , " what I stated to your father ? " " I did ; but that seems to have been only part of your errand - something there seemed to be which applied particularly to me . " " It was a fancy - a strange mistake , 18 WOODSTOCK .
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... strange mistake , ” answer- ed Everard . " May I ask if you have been abroad this evening ? " " Certainly not , " she replied . " I have small temptation to wander from my present home , poor as it is ; and whilst here , I have ...
... strange mistake , ” answer- ed Everard . " May I ask if you have been abroad this evening ? " " Certainly not , " she replied . " I have small temptation to wander from my present home , poor as it is ; and whilst here , I have ...
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... strange , " said Everard , - " I have heard and read that the spirits of the slaughtered have strange power over the slayer ; but I am asto- nished to believe there may be truth in such tales . -Roger Wildrake - what art thou afraid of ...
... strange , " said Everard , - " I have heard and read that the spirits of the slaughtered have strange power over the slayer ; but I am asto- nished to believe there may be truth in such tales . -Roger Wildrake - what art thou afraid of ...
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... strange fantasy , friend Everard , " answered Harrison ; " and when I walk alone , and happen , as but now , to have my weapon drawn , I sometimes , for exercise ' sake , will prac tise a thrust against such a tree as that . It is a ...
... strange fantasy , friend Everard , " answered Harrison ; " and when I walk alone , and happen , as but now , to have my weapon drawn , I sometimes , for exercise ' sake , will prac tise a thrust against such a tree as that . It is a ...
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... strange trees and plants , though they gathered not of the fruit of that tree , which beareth twelve manner of fruits , or of those leaves which are the healing of the na- tions . " Everard pursued his investigation ; for he was struck ...
... strange trees and plants , though they gathered not of the fruit of that tree , which beareth twelve manner of fruits , or of those leaves which are the healing of the na- tions . " Everard pursued his investigation ; for he was struck ...
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