Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2A. Constable and Company, 1826 - 370 pages |
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... seen something , " and all desired to know how a man of such acknowledged courage as Everard , looked under the awe of a recent apparition . But he gave them no time to make comments ; for , striding through the hall wrapt in his riding ...
... seen something , " and all desired to know how a man of such acknowledged courage as Everard , looked under the awe of a recent apparition . But he gave them no time to make comments ; for , striding through the hall wrapt in his riding ...
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... seen the 30th of January ? I am neither Philo - math nor astrologer ; but old Will teaches me , that when green leaves fall winter is at hand , and that dark- ness will come when the sun sets . " " Bethink you , sir , " said Colonel ...
... seen the 30th of January ? I am neither Philo - math nor astrologer ; but old Will teaches me , that when green leaves fall winter is at hand , and that dark- ness will come when the sun sets . " " Bethink you , sir , " said Colonel ...
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... seen him on his father's throne by composition , but not by the force of the Scottish army , and the incensed and vengeful royalists ” " Master Markham Everard , " began the ca- valier , interrupting him " Nay , hush , dear Wildrake ...
... seen him on his father's throne by composition , but not by the force of the Scottish army , and the incensed and vengeful royalists ” " Master Markham Everard , " began the ca- valier , interrupting him " Nay , hush , dear Wildrake ...
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... assured booty . But I heard the serving - fellows prate of what they had seen and heard ; and though their tales were confused enough , yet if there was any truth among them at all , I should say the devil must have 34 WOODSTOCK .
... assured booty . But I heard the serving - fellows prate of what they had seen and heard ; and though their tales were confused enough , yet if there was any truth among them at all , I should say the devil must have 34 WOODSTOCK .
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... seen him play Philaster— ay , and drank a jolly bottle with him after it at the Mermaid ! I remember how many frolicks we had together , and all his little fantastic fa- shions . He served for his old master , Charles , in Mohun's troop ...
... seen him play Philaster— ay , and drank a jolly bottle with him after it at the Mermaid ! I remember how many frolicks we had together , and all his little fantastic fa- shions . He served for his old master , Charles , in Mohun's troop ...
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