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... and there is no light in England that shall come nigh unto it . ” Here the military
part of the congregation raised a hum of approbation , which being a sound like
the “ hear , hear , ” of the British House of Commons , was calculated to heighten
...
... and there is no light in England that shall come nigh unto it . ” Here the military
part of the congregation raised a hum of approbation , which being a sound like
the “ hear , hear , ” of the British House of Commons , was calculated to heighten
...
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Were you now , in your bodily self , to light suddenly on a Maypole , with all the
blithe morris - daocers prancing around it to the merry pipe and tabor , with bells
jingling , ribbons fluttering , lads frisking , and laughing lasses leaping till you ...
Were you now , in your bodily self , to light suddenly on a Maypole , with all the
blithe morris - daocers prancing around it to the merry pipe and tabor , with bells
jingling , ribbons fluttering , lads frisking , and laughing lasses leaping till you ...
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the scarlet garter fastened the light blue hose , I think some feeling , resembling
either natural sociality , or old use and wont , would get the better , friend , even of
thy gravity , and thou would ' st fling thy cuckoldy steeple - hat one way , and that
...
the scarlet garter fastened the light blue hose , I think some feeling , resembling
either natural sociality , or old use and wont , would get the better , friend , even of
thy gravity , and thou would ' st fling thy cuckoldy steeple - hat one way , and that
...
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Downwards to the kitchen , offices , and vaults of the castle , which , at this time of
the evening , you cannot see without lights . ” “ We will to the apartments of your
knight , then , " said the Independent . “ Is there fitting accommodation there ?
Downwards to the kitchen , offices , and vaults of the castle , which , at this time of
the evening , you cannot see without lights . ” “ We will to the apartments of your
knight , then , " said the Independent . “ Is there fitting accommodation there ?
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... her hand to make her sensible of his presence , and then putting himself to a
slow trot , so as best to accommodate himself to the light pace of her whom he
convoyed , whom Joceline had not extolled for her activity without due reason .
... her hand to make her sensible of his presence , and then putting himself to a
slow trot , so as best to accommodate himself to the light pace of her whom he
convoyed , whom Joceline had not extolled for her activity without due reason .
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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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