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Page 10
The minister , thus intercepted in his duty , faced round upon the party who had
seized him , and demanded in no gentle tone the meaning of the interruption . “
Friend , ” quoth the intruder , " is it thy purpose to hold forth to these good people
?
The minister , thus intercepted in his duty , faced round upon the party who had
seized him , and demanded in no gentle tone the meaning of the interruption . “
Friend , ” quoth the intruder , " is it thy purpose to hold forth to these good people
?
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... my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness ,
Markham Everard were the first to despise me for it . ” She put her handkerchief to
her eyes , but she could not hide her sobs , ' nor conceal the distress they
intimated .
... my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness ,
Markham Everard were the first to despise me for it . ” She put her handkerchief to
her eyes , but she could not hide her sobs , ' nor conceal the distress they
intimated .
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Friend , ” said the soldier , “ I would willingly be civil , but it consists not with my
duty to hear these godly men , in whose service I am , spoken of after this
irreverent and unbecoming fashion . And albeit I know that you malignants think
you have ...
Friend , ” said the soldier , “ I would willingly be civil , but it consists not with my
duty to hear these godly men , in whose service I am , spoken of after this
irreverent and unbecoming fashion . And albeit I know that you malignants think
you have ...
Page 46
The keeper heard him with secret indignation , and be . gan to consider with
himself , whether , as they stood but one to one , and without chance of speedy
interference , he was not called upon , by his official duty , to castigate the rebel
who ...
The keeper heard him with secret indignation , and be . gan to consider with
himself , whether , as they stood but one to one , and without chance of speedy
interference , he was not called upon , by his official duty , to castigate the rebel
who ...
Page 47
These wooden warders held great swords , or maces , in their hands , like military
guards on duty . Many an empty hook and brace , along the walls of the gloomy
apartment , marked the spots from which arms , long preserved as trophies , had
...
These wooden warders held great swords , or maces , in their hands , like military
guards on duty . Many an empty hook and brace , along the walls of the gloomy
apartment , marked the spots from which arms , long preserved as trophies , had
...
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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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