Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley , as , wrapped in his laced cloak , and with beard and whiskers duly com- posed , he moved slowly through the aisles , followed by the faithful mastiff , or blood - hound , which in old time had saved his ...
... Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley , as , wrapped in his laced cloak , and with beard and whiskers duly com- posed , he moved slowly through the aisles , followed by the faithful mastiff , or blood - hound , which in old time had saved his ...
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... Henry Lee . Yes , by the memory of my father ! I will make good the Lodge against these rebellious robbers . " " Yet ... sir , " she said , " 24 WOODSTOCK .
... Henry Lee . Yes , by the memory of my father ! I will make good the Lodge against these rebellious robbers . " " Yet ... sir , " she said , " 24 WOODSTOCK .
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... Sir Henry Lee , in a tone of suppressed anger ; " for , by the blessed rood , thou hast well nigh led me into the heresy of thinking thee no daughter of mine . - Ah ! my beloved companion , who art now far from the sorrows and cares of ...
... Sir Henry Lee , in a tone of suppressed anger ; " for , by the blessed rood , thou hast well nigh led me into the heresy of thinking thee no daughter of mine . - Ah ! my beloved companion , who art now far from the sorrows and cares of ...
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... sir . Our little jars are ever well nigh ended when Shakspeare comes in play . " " His book was the closet - companion of my bless- ed master , " said Sir Henry Lee ; " after the Bible , ( with reverence for naming them together , ) he ...
... sir . Our little jars are ever well nigh ended when Shakspeare comes in play . " " His book was the closet - companion of my bless- ed master , " said Sir Henry Lee ; " after the Bible , ( with reverence for naming them together , ) he ...
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... Sir Henry Lee is keeper of Wood- stock Park , with right of waif and stray , vert and venison , as complete as any of them have to their estate that is , if they possess any estate but what they have gained by plundering honest men ...
... Sir Henry Lee is keeper of Wood- stock Park , with right of waif and stray , vert and venison , as complete as any of them have to their estate that is , if they possess any estate but what they have gained by plundering honest men ...
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