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Besides all these , the congregation contained a few soldiers , some in corslets
and steel caps , some in buff , and others in red coats . These men of war had
their bandeliers , with ammunition , slung round them , and rested on their pikes
and ...
Besides all these , the congregation contained a few soldiers , some in corslets
and steel caps , some in buff , and others in red coats . These men of war had
their bandeliers , with ammunition , slung round them , and rested on their pikes
and ...
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Scenes of this indecent kind were so common at the time , that no one thought of
interfering ; the congregation looked on in silence , the better class scandalized ,
and the lower orders , some laughing , and others backing the soldier or ...
Scenes of this indecent kind were so common at the time , that no one thought of
interfering ; the congregation looked on in silence , the better class scandalized ,
and the lower orders , some laughing , and others backing the soldier or ...
Page 12
The worthy Mayor ' s indigoation had overmastered his reason when he made
this mistimed vaunt ; for three soldiers ... which placed them betwixt the municipal
officers and the soldier who was in the act of arising ; then making at once the ...
The worthy Mayor ' s indigoation had overmastered his reason when he made
this mistimed vaunt ; for three soldiers ... which placed them betwixt the municipal
officers and the soldier who was in the act of arising ; then making at once the ...
Page 15
Blessed art thou , Oliver , on account of thine honour - thy cause is clear , thy call
is undoubted - - never has defeat come near thy leading staff , nor disaster
attended thy banner . Ride on , flower of England ' s soldiers ! ride on , chosen
leader ...
Blessed art thou , Oliver , on account of thine honour - thy cause is clear , thy call
is undoubted - - never has defeat come near thy leading staff , nor disaster
attended thy banner . Ride on , flower of England ' s soldiers ! ride on , chosen
leader ...
Page 19
They had trembled at the anticipated calamity ; but now , when it was announced
by the appearance of those dark , stern , and at the same time omnipotent
soldiers - now that they heard it proclaimed by the mouth of one of their military ...
They had trembled at the anticipated calamity ; but now , when it was announced
by the appearance of those dark , stern , and at the same time omnipotent
soldiers - now that they heard it proclaimed by the mouth of one of their military ...
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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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