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Thou word ' st me , girl , " answered the old cavaJier , “ thou word ' st me , as Will
Shakspeare saysthou speakest of lending me thy arm : but thy secret thought is
thyself to hang upon Markham Everard ' s . " “ My father , my father , ” answered ...
Thou word ' st me , girl , " answered the old cavaJier , “ thou word ' st me , as Will
Shakspeare saysthou speakest of lending me thy arm : but thy secret thought is
thyself to hang upon Markham Everard ' s . " “ My father , my father , ” answered ...
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... of Woodstock for this night at least - Who , or what art thou ? " The stranger
dropped the riding - mantle in which his face was muffled , and at the same time
fell on one knee , " Your poor kinsman , Markham Everard , ' he WOODSTOCK 61
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... of Woodstock for this night at least - Who , or what art thou ? " The stranger
dropped the riding - mantle in which his face was muffled , and at the same time
fell on one knee , " Your poor kinsman , Markham Everard , ' he WOODSTOCK 61
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Your poor kinsman , Markham Everard , ' he said , who came hither for your sake
, although he fears you will scarce make him welcome for his own . ' Sir Henry
started back , but recovered himself in an instant , as one who recollected that he
...
Your poor kinsman , Markham Everard , ' he said , who came hither for your sake
, although he fears you will scarce make him welcome for his own . ' Sir Henry
started back , but recovered himself in an instant , as one who recollected that he
...
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For mercy ' s sake , forbear such dreadful jesting , my father ; and do you ,
Markham , begone , in God ' s name , and leave us to our fate - Your presence
makes my father rave . ' vol . 1 . - 7 • Jesting ! ' said Sir Henry , ' I WOODSTOCK .
65.
For mercy ' s sake , forbear such dreadful jesting , my father ; and do you ,
Markham , begone , in God ' s name , and leave us to our fate - Your presence
makes my father rave . ' vol . 1 . - 7 • Jesting ! ' said Sir Henry , ' I WOODSTOCK .
65.
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J . B . As Markham Everard pursued his way towards the Lodge , through one of
the long sweeping glades which traversed the forest , varying in breadth , till the
trees were now so close that the boughs made darkness over their heads , then ...
J . B . As Markham Everard pursued his way towards the Lodge , through one of
the long sweeping glades which traversed the forest , varying in breadth , till the
trees were now so close that the boughs made darkness over their heads , then ...
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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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