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CHAPTER I. 6. She kneel'd , and saint - like Cast her eyes to heaven , and pray'd
devoutly . " King Henry VIII . COLONEL EVERARD's departure at the late hour ,
for so it was then thought , of seven in the evening , excited much speculation .
CHAPTER I. 6. She kneel'd , and saint - like Cast her eyes to heaven , and pray'd
devoutly . " King Henry VIII . COLONEL EVERARD's departure at the late hour ,
for so it was then thought , of seven in the evening , excited much speculation .
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The face of the officiating clergyman would have been good - looking , 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
...
The face of the officiating clergyman would have been good - looking , 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
...
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Yet deep as was the habitual veneration with which he heard the impressive
service of the Church , Everard's eyes could not help straying towards Alice , and
his thoughts wandering to the purpose of his presence there . She seemed to
have ...
Yet deep as was the habitual veneration with which he heard the impressive
service of the Church , Everard's eyes could not help straying towards Alice , and
his thoughts wandering to the purpose of his presence there . She seemed to
have ...
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The more exalted and purer sentiments of Alice lowered him in his own eyes ;
and though unshaken in his opinion , that it were better the vessel should be
steered by a pilot having no good title to the office , than that she should run upon
the ...
The more exalted and purer sentiments of Alice lowered him in his own eyes ;
and though unshaken in his opinion , that it were better the vessel should be
steered by a pilot having no good title to the office , than that she should run upon
the ...
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... should rather suspect the old father of Puritans ( I beg your pardon again ) has
something to do with the business ; and if so , Lucifer will never look near the true
old Knight's beard , nor abide a glance of yonder maiden's innocent blue eyes .
... should rather suspect the old father of Puritans ( I beg your pardon again ) has
something to do with the business ; and if so , Lucifer will never look near the true
old Knight's beard , nor abide a glance of yonder maiden's innocent blue eyes .
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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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