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... are you not now plotting , or ready to plot , for restoring , as ye call it , of the
young Man , the unclean son of the slaughtered tyrant - - the fugitive after whom
the true hearts of England are now following , that they may take and slay him ?
... are you not now plotting , or ready to plot , for restoring , as ye call it , of the
young Man , the unclean son of the slaughtered tyrant - - the fugitive after whom
the true hearts of England are now following , that they may take and slay him ?
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The parricide of that day was a signal to all true servants of Charles Stuart to
avenge his death , or die as soon after as they could find a worthy opportunity . ” “
Do not speak thus , sir , ” said Alice Lee ; “ it does not become your gravity and
your ...
The parricide of that day was a signal to all true servants of Charles Stuart to
avenge his death , or die as soon after as they could find a worthy opportunity . ” “
Do not speak thus , sir , ” said Alice Lee ; “ it does not become your gravity and
your ...
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True , sir , ” said Alicė , “ and it may not be use . less to recollect , that any stirring
of the royalists at this unpropitious moment will make them deal yet more harshly
with the University , which they consider as being at the bottom of every thing ...
True , sir , ” said Alicė , “ and it may not be use . less to recollect , that any stirring
of the royalists at this unpropitious moment will make them deal yet more harshly
with the University , which they consider as being at the bottom of every thing ...
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Nevertheless , he will give place to those who have made their might their right ,
and will not expose the lives of good and true men , where the odds are so much
against them . And he protests that he makes this surrender , neither as ...
Nevertheless , he will give place to those who have made their might their right ,
and will not expose the lives of good and true men , where the odds are so much
against them . And he protests that he makes this surrender , neither as ...
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True it is thou art the captive of my sword and of my spear ; nevertheless , seeing
that there may be a turning from thine evil ways , and a returning to those which
are good , if the Lord enlarge thy date for repentance and amendment ...
True it is thou art the captive of my sword and of my spear ; nevertheless , seeing
that there may be a turning from thine evil ways , and a returning to those which
are good , if the Lord enlarge thy date for repentance and amendment ...
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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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