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_Was not Alice Lee the near relation of his blood , the dearest object of his heart ,
and would he now abstain from an effort to save her from the consequences of a
silly and wild conspiracy , because the old knight's spleen might be awakened ...
_Was not Alice Lee the near relation of his blood , the dearest object of his heart ,
and would he now abstain from an effort to save her from the consequences of a
silly and wild conspiracy , because the old knight's spleen might be awakened ...
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I'll carry a cartel for you , with all my heart and soul , ” said Wildrake ; “ and turn
out with his godliness's second , with as good will as I ever drank a glass of sack .
” “ Pshaw , ” replied Everard , “ those in his high place fight no singular combats .
I'll carry a cartel for you , with all my heart and soul , ” said Wildrake ; “ and turn
out with his godliness's second , with as good will as I ever drank a glass of sack .
” “ Pshaw , ” replied Everard , “ those in his high place fight no singular combats .
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-Up hearts , cavaliers ! - Hey for cavaliers ! -God bless King Charles ! -Moon and
stars , catch my bat ! " -- and he threw it up as high as he could into the air . The
celestial bodies which he invoked did not receive the present dispatched to them
...
-Up hearts , cavaliers ! - Hey for cavaliers ! -God bless King Charles ! -Moon and
stars , catch my bat ! " -- and he threw it up as high as he could into the air . The
celestial bodies which he invoked did not receive the present dispatched to them
...
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Lower your pikes still , my hearts , the end secured against your foot -down on
your right knee , front rank - spare not for the spoiling of your blue aprons . - Ham
Zerobabel - ay , that is the word . ” “ In the name of Heaven , about whom or what
is ...
Lower your pikes still , my hearts , the end secured against your foot -down on
your right knee , front rank - spare not for the spoiling of your blue aprons . - Ham
Zerobabel - ay , that is the word . ” “ In the name of Heaven , about whom or what
is ...
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Yes , I know thee well ; day by day , week by week , thou makest the same idle
request , for thou knowest that my heart quivers at thy voice.But my hand trembles
not when opposed to thine -the spirit is willing to the combat , if the flesh be weak
...
Yes , I know thee well ; day by day , week by week , thou makest the same idle
request , for thou knowest that my heart quivers at thy voice.But my hand trembles
not when opposed to thine -the spirit is willing to the combat , if the flesh be weak
...
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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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