Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London., 1826 - 370 pages |
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... 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 recognised him at once , for there was a 10 WOODSTOCK .
... 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 recognised him at once , for there was a 10 WOODSTOCK .
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... heard him to dissent if they dared . If the republican officer did not as- sent to the petition , he thought at least it was no time to protest against it . The service was concluded in the usual man- ner , and the little congregation ...
... heard him to dissent if they dared . If the republican officer did not as- sent to the petition , he thought at least it was no time to protest against it . The service was concluded in the usual man- ner , and the little congregation ...
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... heard , " said Everard , " what I stated your father ? " " I did ; but that seems to have been only part of your errand - something there seemed to be which applied particularly to me . " " It was a fancy - a strange mistake , 18 ...
... heard , " said Everard , " what I stated your father ? " " I did ; but that seems to have been only part of your errand - something there seemed to be which applied particularly to me . " " It was a fancy - a strange mistake , 18 ...
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... heard thee use any , save to induce an usurer to lend thee money , or a taverner to abate a reckoning . " " And yet this day , or rather night , I could have , as I think , made a conquest which baffled you . " " Indeed ? " said the ...
... heard thee use any , save to induce an usurer to lend thee money , or a taverner to abate a reckoning . " " And yet this day , or rather night , I could have , as I think , made a conquest which baffled you . " " Indeed ? " said the ...
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... heard of at Woodstock , until it became the residence of such men as they , who have now usurped the pos- session . " " There is more than imagination in it , " said Everard . " I have personal reason to know there is some conspiracy ...
... heard of at Woodstock , until it became the residence of such men as they , who have now usurped the pos- session . " " There is more than imagination in it , " said Everard . " I have personal reason to know there is some conspiracy ...
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