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... or minister as their fancy dictated . 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 ?
... or minister as their fancy dictated . 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 ?
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One of your park - keepers , I warrant , that can never forget they have borne C .
R . upon their badges and bugle . horns , even as a dog bears his owner ' s name
on his collar - - a pretty emblem for Christian men ! But the brute beast hath the ...
One of your park - keepers , I warrant , that can never forget they have borne C .
R . upon their badges and bugle . horns , even as a dog bears his owner ' s name
on his collar - - a pretty emblem for Christian men ! But the brute beast hath the ...
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And so , friend , touching these same Coinmisioners , bear them this message ;
that Sir Henry Lee is keeper of Woodstock Park , with right of waif and stray , vert
and venison , as complete as any of them have to their estate - that is , if they ...
And so , friend , touching these same Coinmisioners , bear them this message ;
that Sir Henry Lee is keeper of Woodstock Park , with right of waif and stray , vert
and venison , as complete as any of them have to their estate - that is , if they ...
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Oft where she leads thy blood must mark thy footsteps , Oft where she leads tby
head must bear the storm , And thy shrupk form endure heat , cold , and hunger ;
But she will guide thee up to noble heights , Wbich be who gains seems native of
...
Oft where she leads thy blood must mark thy footsteps , Oft where she leads tby
head must bear the storm , And thy shrupk form endure heat , cold , and hunger ;
But she will guide thee up to noble heights , Wbich be who gains seems native of
...
Page 66
I could never brook that falsehood should approach me - I would no more bear by
my side a dishonoured daughter than a dishonoured sword ; and this unhappy
day hath shown that both can fail . ' Sir Henry , ' said young Everard , ' load not ...
I could never brook that falsehood should approach me - I would no more bear by
my side a dishonoured daughter than a dishonoured sword ; and this unhappy
day hath shown that both can fail . ' Sir Henry , ' said young Everard , ' load not ...
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Page 106 - ... speaker that ever perplexed an audience. It has been long since said by the historian that a collection of the Protector's speeches would make, with a few exceptions, the most nonsensical book in the world; but he ought to have added that nothing could be more nervous, concise, and intelligible than what he really intended should be understood. It was also remarked of Cromwell that, though born of a good family, both by father and mother, and although he had the usual opportunities of education...
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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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