Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 15
... sound the trum- pet - not a levant or a flourish , but a point of war- sound , boot and saddle -- to horse and away - a charge ! -follow after the young man ! -what part have we in him ! -Slay , take , destroy , divide the spoil ...
... sound the trum- pet - not a levant or a flourish , but a point of war- sound , boot and saddle -- to horse and away - a charge ! -follow after the young man ! -what part have we in him ! -Slay , take , destroy , divide the spoil ...
Page 27
... sound loyalist like himself , who having but half a loaf remaining , will not nevertheless refuse to share it with him . For his daughter , she may wander her own way , which leads her to a re- fuge with her wealthy roundhead kinsfolks ...
... sound loyalist like himself , who having but half a loaf remaining , will not nevertheless refuse to share it with him . For his daughter , she may wander her own way , which leads her to a re- fuge with her wealthy roundhead kinsfolks ...
Page 38
... sound , yet he did not obey the call , but con- tinued to snuff around Joseph Tomkins's cloak . " Thou art a rare one , I fear me- " said the keep- er , looking to his new acquaintance . " I have heard of men who have charms to steal ...
... sound , yet he did not obey the call , but con- tinued to snuff around Joseph Tomkins's cloak . " Thou art a rare one , I fear me- " said the keep- er , looking to his new acquaintance . " I have heard of men who have charms to steal ...
Page 54
... sounds of a lute . This , I say , this book is the well - head and source of all those evils which have overrun the land like a tor- rent , making men scoffers , doubters , deniers , murder- ers , make - bates , and lovers of the ...
... sounds of a lute . This , I say , this book is the well - head and source of all those evils which have overrun the land like a tor- rent , making men scoffers , doubters , deniers , murder- ers , make - bates , and lovers of the ...
Page 56
... sound him before the night's out . - Hie thee away , Phœbe . ' But Phœbe was a rural coquette , and , aware that Joceline's situation gave him no advantage of aven- ging the challenge in a fitting way , she whispered in his ear , ' Do ...
... sound him before the night's out . - Hie thee away , Phœbe . ' But Phœbe was a rural coquette , and , aware that Joceline's situation gave him no advantage of aven- ging the challenge in a fitting way , she whispered in his ear , ' Do ...
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alarm Alice Lee ancient answered Wildrake apartment arms army better betwixt Bevis Brownists called cavalier church clergyman cloak Colonel Everard Commissioners cousin Cromwell dare daugh daughter Desborough devil door doubt duty England exclaimed executive government eyes father fear feeling followed gentleman give hand Harrison hath head hear heard heart Heaven hold honour Joceline Joliffe keeper King King's Oak light Lodge look Markham Everard Master Bletson Master Holdenough ment military saints mind Mistress Alice muscadine never night old knight Parliament person Phoebe poor Presbyterian rapier rard replied Everard replied Wildrake Rosamond's roundhead seemed Sir Henry Lee sleep soldier speak spoke stood stranger strong sword tell thee thing thou art thou hast thought thyself tion Tomkins tone truly trust turn uncle Everard Victor Lee voice walked warrant wild Woodstock words worshipful yonder young
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