Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... party who had seized him , and de- manded in no gentle tone the meaning of the inter- ruption . 66 Friend , " quoth the intruder , " is it thy purpose to hold forth to these good people ? " " Ay , marry is it , " said the clergyman ...
... party who had seized him , and de- manded in no gentle tone the meaning of the inter- ruption . 66 Friend , " quoth the intruder , " is it thy purpose to hold forth to these good people ? " " Ay , marry is it , " said the clergyman ...
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... party ; we see not why men of gifts should not be heard within these citadels of superstition , as well as the voice of the men of crape of old , and the men of cloak now . Wherefore we will pluck yon Jack Presbyter out of his wooden ...
... party ; we see not why men of gifts should not be heard within these citadels of superstition , as well as the voice of the men of crape of old , and the men of cloak now . Wherefore we will pluck yon Jack Presbyter out of his wooden ...
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... party of soldiers , who , replying by a sober nod of intelligence , drew his men together , and marched them in order to their quarters in the town . The preacher himself , as if nothing extraordinary had happened , left the church and ...
... party of soldiers , who , replying by a sober nod of intelligence , drew his men together , and marched them in order to their quarters in the town . The preacher himself , as if nothing extraordinary had happened , left the church and ...
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... parties one by one , he ad- ded a short commentary on each name , addressed , indeed , to Alice , but in such a tone that showed he cared not for its being heard by the soldier . 66 Desborough - the ploughman Desborough - as grovelling ...
... parties one by one , he ad- ded a short commentary on each name , addressed , indeed , to Alice , but in such a tone that showed he cared not for its being heard by the soldier . 66 Desborough - the ploughman Desborough - as grovelling ...
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... party , must have sent him out at the window like a wild - duck flying from a culverin . Instantly throwing himself into the attitude of a preacher and a reprover of vice , ' How now ! ' he exclaimed , ' shameless and impudent as you ...
... party , must have sent him out at the window like a wild - duck flying from a culverin . Instantly throwing himself into the attitude of a preacher and a reprover of vice , ' How now ! ' he exclaimed , ' shameless and impudent as you ...
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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...