Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... kind were so common at the time , that no one thought of interfering ; the con- gregation looked on in silence , the better class scan- dalized , and the lower orders , some laughing , and others backing the soldier or minister as their ...
... kind were so common at the time , that no one thought of interfering ; the con- gregation looked on in silence , the better class scan- dalized , and the lower orders , some laughing , and others backing the soldier or minister as their ...
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... kind soever they held in sus- picion and contempt , and innocent mirth they abomi- nated . It was , however , a cast of mind that formed men for great and manly action , as it adopted princi- ple , and that of an unselfish character ...
... kind soever they held in sus- picion and contempt , and innocent mirth they abomi- nated . It was , however , a cast of mind that formed men for great and manly action , as it adopted princi- ple , and that of an unselfish character ...
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... kind - I will speak it truly -than was due even to the relationship betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness , Markham Everard were the first to ...
... kind - I will speak it truly -than was due even to the relationship betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness , Markham Everard were the first to ...
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... kind which ever pulled down a stag , tawny - coloured like a lion , with a black muzzle and black feet , just edged with a line of white round the toes . He was as tractable as he was strong and bold . Just as he was about to rush upon ...
... kind which ever pulled down a stag , tawny - coloured like a lion , with a black muzzle and black feet , just edged with a line of white round the toes . He was as tractable as he was strong and bold . Just as he was about to rush upon ...
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... kind , the fiddler's blind ? ' - But here , he said , dealing a perilious thump upon the volume- ' Here is the King and high priest of those vices and follies ! Here is he , whom men of folly profanely call nature's miracle ! -Here is ...
... kind , the fiddler's blind ? ' - But here , he said , dealing a perilious thump upon the volume- ' Here is the King and high priest of those vices and follies ! Here is he , whom men of folly profanely call nature's miracle ! -Here is ...
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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...