Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... manners with their heresies ; they gazed round on the women , yawned , coughed , and whispered , eat ap- ples and cracked nuts , as if in the gallery of a thea- tre ere the piece commences . Besides all these , the congregation ...
... manners with their heresies ; they gazed round on the women , yawned , coughed , and whispered , eat ap- ples and cracked nuts , as if in the gallery of a thea- tre ere the piece commences . Besides all these , the congregation ...
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... manner affected by the distinguished fanatics of the day ; a stiff solemn pace , a severe and at the same time a contemplative look , like that of a man incensed at the interruptions which earthly objects forced upon him , obliging him ...
... manner affected by the distinguished fanatics of the day ; a stiff solemn pace , a severe and at the same time a contemplative look , like that of a man incensed at the interruptions which earthly objects forced upon him , obliging him ...
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... manner show- ed more reverence for the scene than could have been expected from his condition and character . He slack- ened his stately and consequential pace , and at length stood still , and looked around him . sun . Not far from the ...
... manner show- ed more reverence for the scene than could have been expected from his condition and character . He slack- ened his stately and consequential pace , and at length stood still , and looked around him . sun . Not far from the ...
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... manners ' sake if not for conscience - grisly oaths suit ill with gray beards . " Nay , that is truth , if the devil spoke it , " said the knight ; " and I thank Heaven I can follow good counsel , though old Nick gives it . And so ...
... manners ' sake if not for conscience - grisly oaths suit ill with gray beards . " Nay , that is truth , if the devil spoke it , " said the knight ; " and I thank Heaven I can follow good counsel , though old Nick gives it . And so ...
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... manner of Holbein probably , indeed , the work of that artist , as the dates corresponded . The formal and marked angles , points , and projections of the armour , were a good subject for the harsh pencil of that early school . The face ...
... manner of Holbein probably , indeed , the work of that artist , as the dates corresponded . The formal and marked angles , points , and projections of the armour , were a good subject for the harsh pencil of that early school . The face ...
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