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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... night . To have attempted anything like an ex- planation with poor dame Joan , would have been quite hopeless ; the Colonel , therefore , put her gently aside , and shaking himself loose from the hold she had laid on his cloak , entered ...
... night . To have attempted anything like an ex- planation with poor dame Joan , would have been quite hopeless ; the Colonel , therefore , put her gently aside , and shaking himself loose from the hold she had laid on his cloak , entered ...
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... night , I could have , as I think , made a conquest which baffled you . " " Indeed ? " said the Colonel , becoming atten- tive . 66 Why , look you , " said Wildrake , " it was a main object with you to induce Mistress Alice Lee - By ...
... night , I could have , as I think , made a conquest which baffled you . " " Indeed ? " said the Colonel , becoming atten- tive . 66 Why , look you , " said Wildrake , " it was a main object with you to induce Mistress Alice Lee - By ...
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... night , and then only for an instant - zooks , man , how is that pos- sible ? " " True , " replied Everard , and seemed lost in thought . At length he spoke- " I should call Cromwell to account for his bad opinion of me ; for even ...
... night , and then only for an instant - zooks , man , how is that pos- sible ? " " True , " replied Everard , and seemed lost in thought . At length he spoke- " I should call Cromwell to account for his bad opinion of me ; for even ...
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... night ? " " Forsooth , worthy and honoured sir , I will speak with the precision I may . True it is , and of verity , that the breath of man , which is in his nostrils , goeth forth and returneth " " Hark you , sir , " said Colonel ...
... night ? " " Forsooth , worthy and honoured sir , I will speak with the precision I may . True it is , and of verity , that the breath of man , which is in his nostrils , goeth forth and returneth " " Hark you , sir , " said Colonel ...
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... night ; where- fore , as it is well known to your honour that I discharge the office of a faithful servant , as well to Major - General Harrison , and the other Com- missioners , as to my just and lawful master , Co- lonel Desborough ...
... night ; where- fore , as it is well known to your honour that I discharge the office of a faithful servant , as well to Major - General Harrison , and the other Com- missioners , as to my just and lawful master , Co- lonel Desborough ...
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