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Page 46
The other waved on him as if to follow , and walked out at the portal . My worthy
patron seerned as if he were about to follow , yet again paused , when this
visitant , be he man or fiend , re - entered , and said , “ Obey thy doom . By
pathless ...
The other waved on him as if to follow , and walked out at the portal . My worthy
patron seerned as if he were about to follow , yet again paused , when this
visitant , be he man or fiend , re - entered , and said , “ Obey thy doom . By
pathless ...
Page 59
Give his honour your arms , Zedekiah and Jonathan , to lead him off , I will follow
instantly .-- You , Nicodemus , tarry to wait upon me — it is not well walking alone
in this mansion . ” “ Master Tomkins , " said Everard , “ I have heard of you often ...
Give his honour your arms , Zedekiah and Jonathan , to lead him off , I will follow
instantly .-- You , Nicodemus , tarry to wait upon me — it is not well walking alone
in this mansion . ” “ Master Tomkins , " said Everard , “ I have heard of you often ...
Page 109
Know'st thou not , Markham Everard , that I have followed the man Cromwell as
close as the bull - dog follows his master ? -- and so I will yet ; - but I am no
spaniel , either to be beaten , or to have the food I have earned snatched from me
, as if ...
Know'st thou not , Markham Everard , that I have followed the man Cromwell as
close as the bull - dog follows his master ? -- and so I will yet ; - but I am no
spaniel , either to be beaten , or to have the food I have earned snatched from me
, as if ...
Page 120
Kindly and respectfully the Colonel anew pressed Master Holdenough to
communicate the events that had befallen him on the preceding night ; and the
good clergyman proceeded as follows , with that little characteristical touch of
vanity in his ...
Kindly and respectfully the Colonel anew pressed Master Holdenough to
communicate the events that had befallen him on the preceding night ; and the
good clergyman proceeded as follows , with that little characteristical touch of
vanity in his ...
Page 121
In fine , he favoured Prelacy both in essentials and ceremonial ; and although we
parted with tears and embraces , it was to follow very different He obtained a
living , and became a great controversial writer in behalf of the Bishops and of the
...
In fine , he favoured Prelacy both in essentials and ceremonial ; and although we
parted with tears and embraces , it was to follow very different He obtained a
living , and became a great controversial writer in behalf of the Bishops and of the
...
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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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