Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... close at the neck , and , like peaceful citizens , carried their Bibles and memorandum - books at their girdles , in- stead of knife or sword . This respectable , but least numerous part of the audience , were such decent per- sons as ...
... close at the neck , and , like peaceful citizens , carried their Bibles and memorandum - books at their girdles , in- stead of knife or sword . This respectable , but least numerous part of the audience , were such decent per- sons as ...
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... close to his head , that the two ears expanded from under it as if they had been in- tended as handles by which to lift the whole person . Moreover the worthy divine wore spectacles , and a long grizzled peaked beard , and he carried in ...
... close to his head , that the two ears expanded from under it as if they had been in- tended as handles by which to lift the whole person . Moreover the worthy divine wore spectacles , and a long grizzled peaked beard , and he carried in ...
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... close - shaved , and rolled till it was smooth as a velvet mantle - now it is rough and overgrown . " " Well , well , friend Joceline , " said the Independent , “ but where was the edification of all this ? —what use of doctrine could ...
... close - shaved , and rolled till it was smooth as a velvet mantle - now it is rough and overgrown . " " Well , well , friend Joceline , " said the Independent , “ but where was the edification of all this ? —what use of doctrine could ...
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... close to the astonished girl , who had continued looking alternately at the keeper and at the stranger , as if she had been unable to understand the words of the first , or to comprehend the meaning of the second being present . 66 Go ...
... close to the astonished girl , who had continued looking alternately at the keeper and at the stranger , as if she had been unable to understand the words of the first , or to comprehend the meaning of the second being present . 66 Go ...
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... close her pinions to stoop , and her ta- lons to clutch - Yes , sir , look contemptuous as you will , such is the case ; and it is to protect both you and her that I am here . ' ' You refuse then my free gift , ' said Sir Henry Lee ; or ...
... close her pinions to stoop , and her ta- lons to clutch - Yes , sir , look contemptuous as you will , such is the case ; and it is to protect both you and her that I am here . ' ' You refuse then my free gift , ' said Sir Henry Lee ; or ...
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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...