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Page 8
To have attempted anything like an ex- . planation with poor dame Joan , would
have been quite hopeless ; the Colonel , therefore , put her gently aside , and
shaking himself loose from the hold she had laid on his cloak , entered the
kitchen of ...
To have attempted anything like an ex- . planation with poor dame Joan , would
have been quite hopeless ; the Colonel , therefore , put her gently aside , and
shaking himself loose from the hold she had laid on his cloak , entered the
kitchen of ...
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... care and suffering . When Colonel Everard entered , the clergyman raised his
finger , as cautioning him to forbear disturbing the divine service of the evening ,
and pointed to a seat ; to which , struck deeply with the scene he had witnessed ...
... care and suffering . When Colonel Everard entered , the clergyman raised his
finger , as cautioning him to forbear disturbing the divine service of the evening ,
and pointed to a seat ; to which , struck deeply with the scene he had witnessed ...
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The service was concluded in the usual manner , and the little congregation
arose . included Wildrake , who had entered during the latter prayer , and was the
first of the party to speak , running up to the priest , and shaking him by the hand ...
The service was concluded in the usual manner , and the little congregation
arose . included Wildrake , who had entered during the latter prayer , and was the
first of the party to speak , running up to the priest , and shaking him by the hand ...
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As he rode on , immersed in these unpleasant contemplations , and considerably
lessened in his own esteem by what had happened , Wildrake , who rode by his
side , and was no friend to long silence , began to enter into conversation .
As he rode on , immersed in these unpleasant contemplations , and considerably
lessened in his own esteem by what had happened , Wildrake , who rode by his
side , and was no friend to long silence , began to enter into conversation .
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... young man has escaped , Cromwell's offensive and injurious stipulation falls to
the ground ; and I see not why my uncle and his family should not again enter
their own house , under the same terms of connivance as many other royalists .
... young man has escaped , Cromwell's offensive and injurious stipulation falls to
the ground ; and I see not why my uncle and his family should not again enter
their own house , under the same terms of connivance as many other royalists .
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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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