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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... kind ; but I can protest before Heaven , that my views 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 ...
... kind ; but I can protest before Heaven , that my views 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 ...
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... they had in their mouths for loading their carabines and mus- kets . Nay , the wolf and deer - dogs , that are the fiercest of their kind , fled from this visitor 4 . 42 WOODSTOCK . appearance. He was wrapped in a taffeta cloak, ...
... they had in their mouths for loading their carabines and mus- kets . Nay , the wolf and deer - dogs , that are the fiercest of their kind , fled from this visitor 4 . 42 WOODSTOCK . appearance. He was wrapped in a taffeta cloak, ...
Page 43
... kind , fled from this visitor , and crept into holes and corners , moaning and wailing in a low and broken tone . He came into the middle of the hall , and still he seemed no more than an ordinary man , only somewhat fantastically ...
... kind , fled from this visitor , and crept into holes and corners , moaning and wailing in a low and broken tone . He came into the middle of the hall , and still he seemed no more than an ordinary man , only somewhat fantastically ...
Page 68
... kind ; but no less rash may it be , to limit the power of the Creator over the works which he has made , and to suppose that , by the permission of the Author of Nature , the laws of Nature may not , in peculiar cases , and for high ...
... kind ; but no less rash may it be , to limit the power of the Creator over the works which he has made , and to suppose that , by the permission of the Author of Nature , the laws of Nature may not , in peculiar cases , and for high ...
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... a more complete authentication . 99 “ It is not for that , " said Bletson , waving his hand gracefully . " You do me wrong , Master Desborough - you do indeed , kind sir — although I know you meant it not - No , sir 106 WOODSTOCK .
... a more complete authentication . 99 “ It is not for that , " said Bletson , waving his hand gracefully . " You do me wrong , Master Desborough - you do indeed , kind sir — although I know you meant it not - No , sir 106 WOODSTOCK .
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