Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... give pleasure to us ? ” " Fate , " she replied , " may have in store the joyful restoration of our banished prince ... give us the remains of his worshipful and economical house - keeping , the fragments of a thrice sacked capon twice a ...
... give pleasure to us ? ” " Fate , " she replied , " may have in store the joyful restoration of our banished prince ... give us the remains of his worshipful and economical house - keeping , the fragments of a thrice sacked capon twice a ...
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... give a pretext for proceeding against you as one in the worst degree of malignity , which he thinks may otherwise be prevented . Nay , he has good hope , that if you follow his counsel , the committee may , through the interest he ...
... give a pretext for proceeding against you as one in the worst degree of malignity , which he thinks may otherwise be prevented . Nay , he has good hope , that if you follow his counsel , the committee may , through the interest he ...
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... 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 . " " " I am glad to hear you quote your favourite 28 WOODSTOCK .
... 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 . " " " I am glad to hear you quote your favourite 28 WOODSTOCK .
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... gives it . And so , friend , touching these same Commisioners , bear them this message ; that Sir Henry Lee is keeper of ... give place to those who have made their might their right , and will not expose the lives of good and true men ...
... gives it . And so , friend , touching these same Commisioners , bear them this message ; that Sir Henry Lee is keeper of ... give place to those who have made their might their right , and will not expose the lives of good and true men ...
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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...