Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... called , or rapier , of tremendous length , balanced on the other side by a dagger . The belt was morocco , garnished with pistols . The minister , thus intercepted in his duty , faced round upon the party who had seized him , and de ...
... called , or rapier , of tremendous length , balanced on the other side by a dagger . The belt was morocco , garnished with pistols . The minister , thus intercepted in his duty , faced round upon the party who had seized him , and de ...
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... called the Conqueror ? ' 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 veni- son of the park ; and ye say , ' This is the king's ve ...
... called the Conqueror ? ' 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 veni- son of the park ; and ye say , ' This is the king's ve ...
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... called himself Ranger of Wood- stock , nor from any on his behalf ; for they are com- ing hither who shall be called Maher - shalal - hash- baz , because he maketh haste to the spoil . " Here ended this wild effusion , the latter part ...
... called himself Ranger of Wood- stock , nor from any on his behalf ; for they are com- ing hither who shall be called Maher - shalal - hash- baz , because he maketh haste to the spoil . " Here ended this wild effusion , the latter part ...
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... 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 old Fuller ...
... 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 old Fuller ...
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... other five days ? Will he give us beds beside his half - starved nags , and put them under a short allowance of straw , that his sister's husband - that I should have called my deceased angel by such a name ! —and his WOODSTOCK . 25.
... other five days ? Will he give us beds beside his half - starved nags , and put them under a short allowance of straw , that his sister's husband - that I should have called my deceased angel by such a name ! —and his WOODSTOCK . 25.
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