Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... minds to pray where their fathers had prayed , and after the same mode of worship . The eye of the yeoman and peasant sought in vain the tall form of old Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley , as , wrapped in his laced cloak , and with beard and ...
... minds to pray where their fathers had prayed , and after the same mode of worship . The eye of the yeoman and peasant sought in vain the tall form of old Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley , as , wrapped in his laced cloak , and with beard and ...
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... mind that formed men for great and manly action , as it adopted princi- ple , and that of an unselfish character , for the ruling motive , instead of the gratification of passion . Some of these men were indeed hypocrites , using the ...
... mind that formed men for great and manly action , as it adopted princi- ple , and that of an unselfish character , for the ruling motive , instead of the gratification of passion . Some of these men were indeed hypocrites , using the ...
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... mind of the wearer ill at ease . His aged , yet still handsome countenance , had the same air of consequence which distinguished his dress and his gait . A striking part of his appear- ance was a long white beard , which descended far ...
... mind of the wearer ill at ease . His aged , yet still handsome countenance , had the same air of consequence which distinguished his dress and his gait . A striking part of his appear- ance was a long white beard , which descended far ...
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... mind was turned by a word to any new subject that suggested itself , " Seat of learning and loyalty ! these rude soldiers are unfit inmates for thy learned halls and poetical bowers ; but thy pure and brilliant lamp shall defy the foul ...
... mind was turned by a word to any new subject that suggested itself , " Seat of learning and loyalty ! these rude soldiers are unfit inmates for thy learned halls and poetical bowers ; but thy pure and brilliant lamp shall defy the foul ...
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... mind ; d -- n Bletson too . " 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 ...
... mind ; d -- n Bletson too . " 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 ...
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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...