Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... 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 veni- son of the park ; and ye say , ' This is the king's ve- nison , we will wash it down with a cup to the ...
... 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 veni- son of the park ; and ye say , ' This is the king's ve- nison , we will wash it down with a cup to the ...
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... 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 we will dispark your park , and slay your deer ...
... 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 we will dispark your park , and slay your deer ...
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... 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 abounded with game , that , according to ...
... 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 abounded with game , that , according to ...
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... 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 Everard ...
... 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 Everard ...
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... Lodge and household stuff . Withhold nothing , Joliffe - let them have all . For me I will never cross the thres- hold again — but where to rest for a night ? I would trouble no one in Woodstock - hum - ay - it shall be so . Alice and I ...
... Lodge and household stuff . Withhold nothing , Joliffe - let them have all . For me I will never cross the thres- hold again — but where to rest for a night ? I would trouble no one in Woodstock - hum - ay - it shall be so . Alice and I ...
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