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Nehemiah Holdenough , much famed for the length and strength of his powers of
predication . With these grave seniors sate their goodly dames in ruff and gorget ,
like the portraits which in catalogues of paintings are designed “ wife of a ...
Nehemiah Holdenough , much famed for the length and strength of his powers of
predication . With these grave seniors sate their goodly dames in ruff and gorget ,
like the portraits which in catalogues of paintings are designed “ wife of a ...
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After some time spent in waiting for him , Mr . Holdenough began to walk up the
aisles of the chapel , not with the slow and dignified carriage with which the old
Rector was of yore wont to maintain the dignity of the surplice , but with a hasty ...
After some time spent in waiting for him , Mr . Holdenough began to walk up the
aisles of the chapel , not with the slow and dignified carriage with which the old
Rector was of yore wont to maintain the dignity of the surplice , but with a hasty ...
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Meantime the struggle waxed fiercer ; Mr . Holdenough clamoured for assistance
. “ Mr . Mayor of Woodstock , ” he exclaimed , “ wilt thou be among those wicked
magistrates who bear the sword in vain ? - Citizens , will you not help your ...
Meantime the struggle waxed fiercer ; Mr . Holdenough clamoured for assistance
. “ Mr . Mayor of Woodstock , ” he exclaimed , “ wilt thou be among those wicked
magistrates who bear the sword in vain ? - Citizens , will you not help your ...
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Nay , gentlemen , " said the Mayor , “ if such be your purpose , we have not the
means to withstand you , being , as you see , peaceful and quiet men - But let me
first speak with this worthy minister , Nehemiah Holdenough , to persuade him to
...
Nay , gentlemen , " said the Mayor , “ if such be your purpose , we have not the
means to withstand you , being , as you see , peaceful and quiet men - But let me
first speak with this worthy minister , Nehemiah Holdenough , to persuade him to
...
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But the old antiquarian had been expelled from his living by the intolerance and
troubles of the times , and his successor , Nehemiah Holdenough , would have
considered an elaborate investi . gation of the profane sculpture and architecture
...
But the old antiquarian had been expelled from his living by the intolerance and
troubles of the times , and his successor , Nehemiah Holdenough , would have
considered an elaborate investi . gation of the profane sculpture and architecture
...
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| Title | Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one Volume 1 of Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 370 pages |
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