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Give place , thou man of Satan , " said the priest , waxing wroth , “ respect mine
order - my cloth . ” . “ I see no more to respect in the cut of thy cloak , or in the
cloth of which it is fashioned , ” said the other , “ than thou didst in the Bishop ' s
rocket ...
Give place , thou man of Satan , " said the priest , waxing wroth , “ respect mine
order - my cloth . ” . “ I see no more to respect in the cut of thy cloak , or in the
cloth of which it is fashioned , ” said the other , “ than thou didst in the Bishop ' s
rocket ...
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What is it that hath happened of late years - what is it can be thought to happen
that astrologer can guess at , which can give pleasure to us ? " “ Fate , ” she
replied , " may have in store the joyful restoration of our banished prince . ” “ Too
late ...
What is it that hath happened of late years - what is it can be thought to happen
that astrologer can guess at , which can give pleasure to us ? " “ Fate , ” she
replied , " may have in store the joyful restoration of our banished prince . ” “ Too
late ...
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missioners , who come here to sequestrate the parks and the property ; or , at
least , heedfully to abstain from giving them obstacle or opposition : it can , he
says , do no good , even on your own principles , and it will give a pretext for ...
missioners , who come here to sequestrate the parks and the property ; or , at
least , heedfully to abstain from giving them obstacle or opposition : it can , he
says , do no good , even on your own principles , and it will give a pretext for ...
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Where is it that Shakspeare hath it :- - ' Gentle daughter , Give even way unto my
rough affairs , Put you not on the temper of the times , Nor be , like them , to Percy
troublesome . ” 6 I am glad to hear you quote your favourite 28 WOODSTOCK ,
Where is it that Shakspeare hath it :- - ' Gentle daughter , Give even way unto my
rough affairs , Put you not on the temper of the times , Nor be , like them , to Percy
troublesome . ” 6 I am glad to hear you quote your favourite 28 WOODSTOCK ,
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Nay , that is truth , if the devil spoke it , ” said the knight ; “ and I thank Heaven I
can follow good counsel , though old Nick gives it . And so , friend , touching
these same Coinmisioners , bear them this message ; that Sir Henry Lee is
keeper of ...
Nay , that is truth , if the devil spoke it , ” said the knight ; “ and I thank Heaven I
can follow good counsel , though old Nick gives it . And so , friend , touching
these same Coinmisioners , bear them this message ; that Sir Henry Lee is
keeper of ...
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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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