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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Page 15
... give to your keeping . This somewhat chafed , as honest Will says , the rash humour which my mother gave me . ' I thought I was robbed , and I thought I saw the robber before me . I am mistaken - I am not robbed ; and the attempt ...
... give to your keeping . This somewhat chafed , as honest Will says , the rash humour which my mother gave me . ' I thought I was robbed , and I thought I saw the robber before me . I am mistaken - I am not robbed ; and the attempt ...
Page 16
... give you a more affectionate name , convert those wishes into something effec- tual for your comfort . Your fate , as the world now stands , is bad , and , I fear , like to be worse . " " Worse than I expect it cannot be . Nephew , I do ...
... give you a more affectionate name , convert those wishes into something effec- tual for your comfort . Your fate , as the world now stands , is bad , and , I fear , like to be worse . " " Worse than I expect it cannot be . Nephew , I do ...
Page 17
... give me a better answer ? ” 66 Sir , if I retract my 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 ...
... give me a better answer ? ” 66 Sir , if I retract my 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 ...
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... ap- peared completely free from the weakness of con- duct which seemed to give him some authority over her , but her views of policy , if less practi- cable , were so much more direct and noble than 24 WOODSTOCK . CHAPTER II. ...
... ap- peared completely free from the weakness of con- duct which seemed to give him some authority over her , but her views of policy , if less practi- cable , were so much more direct and noble than 24 WOODSTOCK . CHAPTER II. ...
Page 28
... give her any hint of such a thing ? " " I ? " replied the cavalier , " I , who never saw Mistress Alice in my life till to - night , and then only for an instant - zooks , man , how is that pos- sible ? " " True , " replied Everard ...
... give her any hint of such a thing ? " " I ? " replied the cavalier , " I , who never saw Mistress Alice in my life till to - night , and then only for an instant - zooks , man , how is that pos- sible ? " " True , " replied Everard ...
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