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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Page 11
... leaves of her prayer - book , and her voice , lately as firm as it was melodious , faltered when she repeated the responses . It ap- peared to Everard , as far as he could collect by the stolen glances which he directed towards her ...
... leaves of her prayer - book , and her voice , lately as firm as it was melodious , faltered when she repeated the responses . It ap- peared to Everard , as far as he could collect by the stolen glances which he directed towards her ...
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... leaves fall winter is at hand , and that dark- ness will come when the sun sets . " " Bethink you , sir , " said Colonel Everard , “ if , without any submission asked , any oath taken , any engagement imposed , express or tacit , ex ...
... leaves fall winter is at hand , and that dark- ness will come when the sun sets . " " Bethink you , sir , " said Colonel Everard , “ if , without any submission asked , any oath taken , any engagement imposed , express or tacit , ex ...
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... , were the only tokens of recognition exhibited , and leaving the hut , he was soon mounted , and , with his companion , advanced on his return to the Lodge . CHAPTER II . Deeds are done on earth , Which WOODSTOCK . 23.
... , were the only tokens of recognition exhibited , and leaving the hut , he was soon mounted , and , with his companion , advanced on his return to the Lodge . CHAPTER II . Deeds are done on earth , Which WOODSTOCK . 23.
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... leave to go on . - I say , since the young man has escaped , Cromwell's offensive and injurious stipulation falls to the ground ; and I see not why my uncle and his family should not again enter their own house , under the same terms of ...
... leave to go on . - I say , since the young man has escaped , Cromwell's offensive and injurious stipulation falls to the ground ; and I see not why my uncle and his family should not again enter their own house , under the same terms of ...
Page 41
... leaves of the door into the mid- dle of the hall . And therewithal the noise re- commenced , that we thought the house would have fallen ; and I was in some measure constrain- ed to open the door , even like a besieged garri- son which ...
... leaves of the door into the mid- dle of the hall . And therewithal the noise re- commenced , that we thought the house would have fallen ; and I was in some measure constrain- ed to open the door , even like a besieged garri- son which ...
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