Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... stood motionless like statues , made each a stride in advance , which placed them betwixt the municipal officers and the soldier who was in the act of arising ; then making at once the movement of resting arms according to the manual as ...
... stood motionless like statues , made each a stride in advance , which placed them betwixt the municipal officers and the soldier who was in the act of arising ; then making at once the movement of resting arms according to the manual as ...
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... stood beside one of the thick sturdy Saxon pillars , which he himself somewhat resembled , being short of stature , but very strongly made , a squat broad Little - John sort of figure , leaning on a quarter - staff , and wearing a ...
... stood beside one of the thick sturdy Saxon pillars , which he himself somewhat resembled , being short of stature , but very strongly made , a squat broad Little - John sort of figure , leaning on a quarter - staff , and wearing a ...
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... stood still , and looked around him . sun . Not far from the gate , he saw rising from the trees one or two ancient and venerable turrets , bearing each its own vane of rare device glittering in the autumn These indicated the ancient ...
... stood still , and looked around him . sun . Not far from the gate , he saw rising from the trees one or two ancient and venerable turrets , bearing each its own vane of rare device glittering in the autumn These indicated the ancient ...
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... stood unexpected- ly before the old cavalier , who stared at him as if he had thought that his expressions had actually raised a devil . " Who art thou ? " at length said Sir Henry , in a raised and angry voice , while his daughter ...
... stood unexpected- ly before the old cavalier , who stared at him as if he had thought that his expressions had actually raised a devil . " Who art thou ? " at length said Sir Henry , in a raised and angry voice , while his daughter ...
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... stood upon his guard . The swords clashed smartly toge- ther , while Alice , in her terror , screamed wildly for assistance . But the combat was of short duration . The old cavalier had attacked a man as cunning of 4 * WOODSTOCK . 33 ...
... stood upon his guard . The swords clashed smartly toge- ther , while Alice , in her terror , screamed wildly for assistance . But the combat was of short duration . The old cavalier had attacked a man as cunning of 4 * WOODSTOCK . 33 ...
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