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... and wishes towards you and your family are as void of selfish hopes and
selfish ends , as they are fraught with love to you and to yours . Let us hear
them , man ; we are not much accustomed to good wishes now - a - days ; and
their very ...
... and wishes towards you and your family are as void of selfish hopes and
selfish ends , as they are fraught with love to you and to yours . Let us hear
them , man ; we are not much accustomed to good wishes now - a - days ; and
their very ...
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... 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 to say - something touching my WOODSTOCK 17
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... 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 to say - something touching my WOODSTOCK 17
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I have heard of the deed , said Everard ; for God's sake hear the man to an end
. -Did this visitor speak to thee , my friend ? " Yes , sir , in a pleasing tone of
voice , but somewhat fanciful in the articulation , and like one who is speaking to
an ...
I have heard of the deed , said Everard ; for God's sake hear the man to an end
. -Did this visitor speak to thee , my friend ? " Yes , sir , in a pleasing tone of
voice , but somewhat fanciful in the articulation , and like one who is speaking to
an ...
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Did you ever hear such a paltry coward ? " said Bletson , apart to Everard .
however , mine honoured Colonel -I know your zeal to assist the distressed , and
you see Desborough is in that predicament , that he will require near him more
than ...
Did you ever hear such a paltry coward ? " said Bletson , apart to Everard .
however , mine honoured Colonel -I know your zeal to assist the distressed , and
you see Desborough is in that predicament , that he will require near him more
than ...
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... door of thy apartment open , that if thou meetest with any disturbance , I may
hear thee call , and be with thee upon the very instant . Do this , dear Everard ,
my fears for thee 62 WOODSTOCK .
... door of thy apartment open , that if thou meetest with any disturbance , I may
hear thee call , and be with thee upon the very instant . Do this , dear Everard ,
my fears for thee 62 WOODSTOCK .
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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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