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As he rode on , immersed in these unpleasant contemplations , and considerably
lessened in his own esteem by what had happened , Wildrake , who rode by his
side , and was no friend to long silence , began to enter into conversation .
As he rode on , immersed in these unpleasant contemplations , and considerably
lessened in his own esteem by what had happened , Wildrake , who rode by his
side , and was no friend to long silence , began to enter into conversation .
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... only somewhat fantastically dressed , in a doublet of black velvet pinked upon
scarlet satin under his cloak , a jewel in his ear , with large roses in his shoes ,
and a kerchief in his hand , which he sometimes pressed against his left side .
... only somewhat fantastically dressed , in a doublet of black velvet pinked upon
scarlet satin under his cloak , a jewel in his ear , with large roses in his shoes ,
and a kerchief in his hand , which he sometimes pressed against his left side .
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Wildrake , on his side , swore a dreadful oath , and added , “ Markham , you have
cancelled every obligation I owed youthey are all out of sight - gone , d - n me . ” “
You have indeed acquitted these obligations rarely , ” said Everard . 6 Who ...
Wildrake , on his side , swore a dreadful oath , and added , “ Markham , you have
cancelled every obligation I owed youthey are all out of sight - gone , d - n me . ” “
You have indeed acquitted these obligations rarely , ” said Everard . 6 Who ...
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said Harrison , with a tone of surprise , while his voice faltered in spite of him , “
Who could he be ? -Tomkins , did you see the fellow Colonel Everard talks of with
the napkin in his hand - the bloody napkin which he always pressed to his side ?
said Harrison , with a tone of surprise , while his voice faltered in spite of him , “
Who could he be ? -Tomkins , did you see the fellow Colonel Everard talks of with
the napkin in his hand - the bloody napkin which he always pressed to his side ?
Page 68
... from that which his own remark had been calculated to suggest to the mind of
the visionary ; -that bloody napkin , always pressed to the side , was then a
circumstance present either to his bodily eye , or to that of his agitated
imagination .
... from that which his own remark had been calculated to suggest to the mind of
the visionary ; -that bloody napkin , always pressed to the side , was then a
circumstance present either to his bodily eye , or to that of his agitated
imagination .
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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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