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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... clergyman would have been good - look- ing , had it not been disfigured with a black patch which covered the left eye and a part of his face , and had not the features which were visible been marked with the traces of care and suffering ...
... clergyman would have been good - look- ing , had it not been disfigured with a black patch which covered the left eye and a part of his face , and had not the features which were visible been marked with the traces of care and suffering ...
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... clergyman returned the pressure with a smile , observing he should have believed his asseveration without an oath . In the mean- while , Colonel Everard , approaching his uncle's seat , made a deep inclination of respect , first to Sir ...
... clergyman returned the pressure with a smile , observing he should have believed his asseveration without an oath . In the mean- while , Colonel Everard , approaching his uncle's seat , made a deep inclination of respect , first to Sir ...
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... opinion , which is not my wont , you shall hear of it . - And now , cousin , have you more to say ? We keep that worthy clergyman in the outer room . " VOL . II . B " Something I had to say - something touching my WOODSTOCK . 17.
... opinion , which is not my wont , you shall hear of it . - And now , cousin , have you more to say ? We keep that worthy clergyman in the outer room . " VOL . II . B " Something I had to say - something touching my WOODSTOCK . 17.
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... clergyman says , though I fear just now his Majesty is both sick and sorry , and never a penny in his pouch to boot . " " This tallies with what Alice hinted , " said Everard ; but how could she know it ? didst thou give her any hint of ...
... clergyman says , though I fear just now his Majesty is both sick and sorry , and never a penny in his pouch to boot . " " This tallies with what Alice hinted , " said Everard ; but how could she know it ? didst thou give her any hint of ...
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... clergyman , that worthy old cock , gave me to hope as much . " " He had been hasty in bestowing his confi- dence , " said Everard . " True , " replied Wildrake ; " he confided in in me at once ; for he instantly saw my regard for the ...
... clergyman , that worthy old cock , gave me to hope as much . " " He had been hasty in bestowing his confi- dence , " said Everard . " True , " replied Wildrake ; " he confided in in me at once ; for he instantly saw my regard for the ...
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