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Page 34
Sir Henry Lee remained still confused , and una . ble to answer , when there
arrived a fourth person , whom the cries of Alice had summoned to the spot . This
was Joceline Joliffe , one of the under - keepers of the walk , who , seeing how ...
Sir Henry Lee remained still confused , and una . ble to answer , when there
arrived a fourth person , whom the cries of Alice had summoned to the spot . This
was Joceline Joliffe , one of the under - keepers of the walk , who , seeing how ...
Page 37
JOSEPH TOMKINS and Joliffe the keeper remained for some time in silence , as
they stood together looking along the path in which the figures of the Knight of
Ditchley and pretty Mistress Alice had disappeared behind the trees . They then ...
JOSEPH TOMKINS and Joliffe the keeper remained for some time in silence , as
they stood together looking along the path in which the figures of the Knight of
Ditchley and pretty Mistress Alice had disappeared behind the trees . They then ...
Page 46
But the machinery of the port . cullis was damaged , and it now remained a fixture
, brand . ishing its jaw , well furnished with iron fangs , but incapa . ble of
dropping it across the path of invasion . The way , therefore , lay open to the great
...
But the machinery of the port . cullis was damaged , and it now remained a fixture
, brand . ishing its jaw , well furnished with iron fangs , but incapa . ble of
dropping it across the path of invasion . The way , therefore , lay open to the great
...
Page 59
Assure yourself , sir , ' replied Alice , that his sagacity saw in this man a stranger ,
whom he thought himself obliged to watch circumspectly , and therefore he
remained with Joceline . ' Not so , Alice , ' answered Sir Henry ; " he leaves me ...
Assure yourself , sir , ' replied Alice , that his sagacity saw in this man a stranger ,
whom he thought himself obliged to watch circumspectly , and therefore he
remained with Joceline . ' Not so , Alice , ' answered Sir Henry ; " he leaves me ...
Page 89
But as the latter remained in the army , and bore arms under Cromwell both in
Scotland , and finally at Worcester , his services very frequently called forth the
approbation of his commander , After the fight of Worcester , in particular , he was
...
But as the latter remained in the army , and bore arms under Cromwell both in
Scotland , and finally at Worcester , his services very frequently called forth the
approbation of his commander , After the fight of Worcester , in particular , he was
...
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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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