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If he found not Alice , as he had reason to believe she would be absent , to Sir
Henry Lee himself he would explain what he had witnessed . However she might
have become accessory to the juggling tricks performed at Woodstock , he could
...
If he found not Alice , as he had reason to believe she would be absent , to Sir
Henry Lee himself he would explain what he had witnessed . However she might
have become accessory to the juggling tricks performed at Woodstock , he could
...
Page 7
... bridle into Wildrake's hand , that Everard recollected the fiery , high , and
unbending character of Sir Henry Lee , and felt , even when his fingers were on
the latch , a reluctance to intrude himself upon the presence of the irritable old
knight .
... bridle into Wildrake's hand , that Everard recollected the fiery , high , and
unbending character of Sir Henry Lee , and felt , even when his fingers were on
the latch , a reluctance to intrude himself upon the presence of the irritable old
knight .
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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 flowing over 8 WOODSTOCK . to demand
who was ...
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 flowing over 8 WOODSTOCK . to demand
who was ...
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In the meanwhile , Colonel Everard , approaching his uncle's seat , made a deep
inclination of respect , first to 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 ...
In the meanwhile , Colonel Everard , approaching his uncle's seat , made a deep
inclination of respect , first to 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 ...
Page 30
The celestial bodies which he invoked did not receive the present dispatched to
them ; but , as in the case of Sir Henry Lee's scabbard , an old gnarled oak
became a second time the receptacle of a waif and stray of loyal enthusiasm .
Wildrake ...
The celestial bodies which he invoked did not receive the present dispatched to
them ; but , as in the case of Sir Henry Lee's scabbard , an old gnarled oak
became a second time the receptacle of a waif and stray of loyal enthusiasm .
Wildrake ...
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| Title | Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2 Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | A. Constable and Company, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 370 pages |
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