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Page 10
The minister , thus intercepted in his duty , faced round upon the party who had
seized him , and demanded in no gentle tone the meaning of the interruption . “
Friend , ” quoth the intruder , " is it thy purpose to hold forth to these good people
?
The minister , thus intercepted in his duty , faced round upon the party who had
seized him , and demanded in no gentle tone the meaning of the interruption . “
Friend , ” quoth the intruder , " is it thy purpose to hold forth to these good people
?
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Alas ! my dear father , " said the young lady , in a tone which seemed to intimate
his proposal of defence to be altogether desperate . “ And why , alas ? ” said the
gentleman angrily ; “ is it because I shut my door on a score or two of these blood
...
Alas ! my dear father , " said the young lady , in a tone which seemed to intimate
his proposal of defence to be altogether desperate . “ And why , alas ? ” said the
gentleman angrily ; “ is it because I shut my door on a score or two of these blood
...
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Ay , Albert ! there again , " said the old man , in a tone of reproach ; “ had it not
been for thy entreaties I had gone to Worcester myself ; but I must needs lie here
like a worthless hound when the hunt is up , when who knows what service I
might ...
Ay , Albert ! there again , " said the old man , in a tone of reproach ; “ had it not
been for thy entreaties I had gone to Worcester myself ; but I must needs lie here
like a worthless hound when the hunt is up , when who knows what service I
might ...
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His last words were uttered in a high and peevish tone of voice ; and Alice Lee
answered her father in a trembling and submissive tone . “ I only meant to say , sir
, that I am well assured that my uncle Everard , when we quit this place “ That is ...
His last words were uttered in a high and peevish tone of voice ; and Alice Lee
answered her father in a trembling and submissive tone . “ I only meant to say , sir
, that I am well assured that my uncle Everard , when we quit this place “ That is ...
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It is well thou dost not , Alice , ” answered Sir Henry Lee , in a tone of suppressed
anger ; “ for , by the blessed rood , thou hast well nigh led me into the heresy of
thinking thee no daughter of mine . - - Ah ! my beloved companion , who art now ...
It is well thou dost not , Alice , ” answered Sir Henry Lee , in a tone of suppressed
anger ; “ for , by the blessed rood , thou hast well nigh led me into the heresy of
thinking thee no daughter of mine . - - Ah ! my beloved companion , who art now ...
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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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