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And ye have a princely Lodge therein , and call the same a Royal Lodge ; and ye
have an oak which ye call the King ' s Oak ; and ye steal and eat the venison of
the park ; and ye say , ' This is the king ' s venison , we will wash it down with a ...
And ye have a princely Lodge therein , and call the same a Royal Lodge ; and ye
have an oak which ye call the King ' s Oak ; and ye steal and eat the venison of
the park ; and ye say , ' This is the king ' s venison , we will wash it down with a ...
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And our name shall be a cannon - shot , before which your Lodge , in the
pleasantness whereof ye take pastime , shall be blown into ruins ; and we will be
as a wedge to split asunder the King ' s Oak into billets to heat a brown baker ' s
oven ...
And our name shall be a cannon - shot , before which your Lodge , in the
pleasantness whereof ye take pastime , shall be blown into ruins ; and we will be
as a wedge to split asunder the King ' s Oak into billets to heat a brown baker ' s
oven ...
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These indicated the ancient hunting seat , or Lodge , as it was called , which had
, since the time of Henry II . , been occasionally the residence of the English
monarchs , when it pleased them to visit the woods of Oxford , which then ' so ...
These indicated the ancient hunting seat , or Lodge , as it was called , which had
, since the time of Henry II . , been occasionally the residence of the English
monarchs , when it pleased them to visit the woods of Oxford , which then ' so ...
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I will make good the Lodge against these rebellious robbers . ” " Yet be ruled ,
dearest father , " said the maiden , “ and submit to that which we cannot gainsay .
My uncle Everard ” . Here the old man caught at her unfinished words . " Thy
uncle ...
I will make good the Lodge against these rebellious robbers . ” " Yet be ruled ,
dearest father , " said the maiden , “ and submit to that which we cannot gainsay .
My uncle Everard ” . Here the old man caught at her unfinished words . " Thy
uncle ...
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Joceline Joliffe is nearer thy degree than I am , and will make surrender to thee of
the Lodge and household stuff . Withhold nothing , Joliffe - let them have all . For
me I will never cross the threshold again — but where to rest for a night ?
Joceline Joliffe is nearer thy degree than I am , and will make surrender to thee of
the Lodge and household stuff . Withhold nothing , Joliffe - let them have all . For
me I will never cross the threshold again — but where to rest for a night ?
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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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