Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... seen the inside of it himself , I will be content to say that it is now a handsome edifice , most part of which was rebuilt forty or fifty years since , although it still contains some arches . of the old chantry , founded , it is said ...
... seen the inside of it himself , I will be content to say that it is now a handsome edifice , most part of which was rebuilt forty or fifty years since , although it still contains some arches . of the old chantry , founded , it is said ...
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... seen in their carved galleries , with hands shadowing their brows , while composing their 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 ...
... seen in their carved galleries , with hands shadowing their brows , while composing their 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 ...
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... seen such a wag make a rope's end wag ere now .-- Where was I - Oh , rebuking you for your backslidings , men of Woodstock . - Yes , then ye will say ye have renounced Popery , and ye have renounced Prelacy , and then ye wipe your mouth ...
... seen such a wag make a rope's end wag ere now .-- Where was I - Oh , rebuking you for your backslidings , men of Woodstock . - Yes , then ye will say ye have renounced Popery , and ye have renounced Prelacy , and then ye wipe your mouth ...
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... seen or spoke with him since you discharged him my company , with terms less kind - I will speak it truly -than was due even to the relationship betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that ...
... seen or spoke with him since you discharged him my company , with terms less kind - I will speak it truly -than was due even to the relationship betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that ...
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... seen Shakespeare , sir ? " said the young lady . " Silly wench , " replied the knight , " he died when I was a mere child - thou hast heard me say so twenty times ; but thou would'st lead the old man away from the tender subject . Well ...
... seen Shakespeare , sir ? " said the young lady . " Silly wench , " replied the knight , " he died when I was a mere child - thou hast heard me say so twenty times ; but thou would'st lead the old man away from the tender subject . Well ...
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