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The damsels of Woodstock looked as vainly for the laced cloaks , jingling spurs ,
slashed boots , and tall plumes , of the young cavaliers of this and other high -
born houses , moving through the streets and the churchyard with the careless ...
The damsels of Woodstock looked as vainly for the laced cloaks , jingling spurs ,
slashed boots , and tall plumes , of the young cavaliers of this and other high -
born houses , moving through the streets and the churchyard with the careless ...
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follow after the young man what part have we in him ! - Slay , take , destroy ,
divide the spoil ! 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 ...
follow after the young man what part have we in him ! - Slay , take , destroy ,
divide the spoil ! 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 ...
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You , who were fighting as well as your might could ( and it was not very
formidable ) for the late Man , under that old blood - thirsty papist Sir Jacob Aston
- are you not now plotting , or ready to plot , for restoring , as ye call it , of the
young Man ...
You , who were fighting as well as your might could ( and it was not very
formidable ) for the late Man , under that old blood - thirsty papist Sir Jacob Aston
- are you not now plotting , or ready to plot , for restoring , as ye call it , of the
young Man ...
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... the breast of his slashed doublet , and looked singular from its contrast in
colour with his habit . The young lady , by whom this venerable gentle . man
seemed to be in some degree supported as they walked arm in arm , was a slight
and ...
... the breast of his slashed doublet , and looked singular from its contrast in
colour with his habit . The young lady , by whom this venerable gentle . man
seemed to be in some degree supported as they walked arm in arm , was a slight
and ...
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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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| 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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