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Page 37
... the Newberries and the West , And northern clashes , where you still fought
best ; Your strange escapes , your dangers void of fear , When bullets Aew
between the head and ear , Whether you fought by Damme or the Spirit , Of you I
speak .
... the Newberries and the West , And northern clashes , where you still fought
best ; Your strange escapes , your dangers void of fear , When bullets Aew
between the head and ear , Whether you fought by Damme or the Spirit , Of you I
speak .
Page 47
... of danger recals to battle . On other rusty fastenings were still displayed the
hunting trophies of the monarchs to whom the Lodge belonged , and of the
sylvan knights to whose care it had been from time to time confided . At the nether
end of ...
... of danger recals to battle . On other rusty fastenings were still displayed the
hunting trophies of the monarchs to whom the Lodge belonged , and of the
sylvan knights to whose care it had been from time to time confided . At the nether
end of ...
Page 72
The times were dangerous and unsettled ; the roads full of disbanded sol . diers ,
and especially of royalists , who made ... In short , the dangers of the place and
period were such , that Markham Everard wore his loaded pistols at his belt , and
...
The times were dangerous and unsettled ; the roads full of disbanded sol . diers ,
and especially of royalists , who made ... In short , the dangers of the place and
period were such , that Markham Everard wore his loaded pistols at his belt , and
...
Page 74
What could I expect , ' said Everard , “ but to meet some ranting , drunken cavalier
, as desperate and dangerous as night and sack usually make them ? What if I
had rewarded your melody by a ball in the gullet ? ' " Why , there would have ...
What could I expect , ' said Everard , “ but to meet some ranting , drunken cavalier
, as desperate and dangerous as night and sack usually make them ? What if I
had rewarded your melody by a ball in the gullet ? ' " Why , there would have ...
Page 78
Thoughtless , thoughtless , incorrigible young man to what dangers do you
expose yourself and your friends , in mere wantonness ! ~ But go on ! By this fair
moonshine , I believe thou art jealous , Mark Everard ! ' replied his gay
companion ...
Thoughtless , thoughtless , incorrigible young man to what dangers do you
expose yourself and your friends , in mere wantonness ! ~ But go on ! By this fair
moonshine , I believe thou art jealous , Mark Everard ! ' replied his gay
companion ...
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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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