Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2A. Constable and Company, 1826 - 370 pages |
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... Sir Henry Lee him- self he would explain what he had witnessed . However she might have become accessory to the juggling tricks performed at Woodstock , he could not but think it was without her father's know- ledge , so severe a judge ...
... Sir Henry Lee him- self he would explain what he had witnessed . However she might have become accessory to the juggling tricks performed at Woodstock , he could not but think it was without her father's know- ledge , so severe a judge ...
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... Sir Henry Lee , and felt , even when his fin- gers were on the latch , a reluctance to intrude him- self upon the presence of the irritable old knight . But there was no time for hesitation . Bevis , who had already bayed more than once ...
... Sir Henry Lee , and felt , even when his fin- gers were on the latch , a reluctance to intrude him- self upon the presence of the irritable old knight . But there was no time for hesitation . Bevis , who had already bayed more than once ...
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... Sir Henry Lee sat in a wicker arm - chair by the fire . He was wrapped in a cloak , and his limbs extended on a stool , as if he were suffering from gout or indisposition . His long white beard flow- ing 8 WOODSTOCK .
... Sir Henry Lee sat in a wicker arm - chair by the fire . He was wrapped in a cloak , and his limbs extended on a stool , as if he were suffering from gout or indisposition . His long white beard flow- ing 8 WOODSTOCK .
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... Sir Henry Lee , and then to Alice , whose colour now spread from her cheek to her brow and bosom . " I have to crave your excuse , " said the Co- lonel with hesitation , " for having chosen for my visit , which I dare not hope would be ...
... Sir Henry Lee , and then to Alice , whose colour now spread from her cheek to her brow and bosom . " I have to crave your excuse , " said the Co- lonel with hesitation , " for having chosen for my visit , which I dare not hope would be ...
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... Sir Henry Lee's scabbard , an old gnarl- ed oak became a second time the receptacle of a waif and stray of loyal enthusiasm . Wildrake looked rather foolish at the circumstance , and his friend took the opportunity of admonishing him ...
... Sir Henry Lee's scabbard , an old gnarl- ed oak became a second time the receptacle of a waif and stray of loyal enthusiasm . Wildrake looked rather foolish at the circumstance , and his friend took the opportunity of admonishing him ...
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