Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... natural I should take his medicine . Albeit , I pretend not to my master's art in explaining the dark passages ; for I am but a rude man , and rustically brought up to arms and hunting . " " You have seen Shakespeare , sir ? " said the ...
... natural I should take his medicine . Albeit , I pretend not to my master's art in explaining the dark passages ; for I am but a rude man , and rustically brought up to arms and hunting . " " You have seen Shakespeare , sir ? " said the ...
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... 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 blood - thirsty long - sword another , and trip like the noodles of ...
... 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 blood - thirsty long - sword another , and trip like the noodles of ...
Page 68
... natural disposition , but the better doc- trine which my creed has taught , enables me to bear your harsh revilings without answering in a similar tone of wrath and reproach . You may carry insult to extremity against me at your ...
... natural disposition , but the better doc- trine which my creed has taught , enables me to bear your harsh revilings without answering in a similar tone of wrath and reproach . You may carry insult to extremity against me at your ...
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... natural heat of temper , from violence of language into violence of ac- tion , sunk down upon a settle twisted out of willow- boughs , like most of Joceline's few movables , and endeavoured to conceal the tears which accompanied the ...
... natural heat of temper , from violence of language into violence of ac- tion , sunk down upon a settle twisted out of willow- boughs , like most of Joceline's few movables , and endeavoured to conceal the tears which accompanied the ...
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... naturally passed to the dis- parking and destroying of the royal residences of En- gland , made a woful picture of the demolition which impended over Woodstock , and interceded for the preservation of that beautiful seat , as a matter ...
... naturally passed to the dis- parking and destroying of the royal residences of En- gland , made a woful picture of the demolition which impended over Woodstock , and interceded for the preservation of that beautiful seat , as a matter ...
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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...