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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... stranger , and his face was writhed into such a deadly frown as a mere human brow hath seldom worn . 6 6 Return to him , ' he said , and say it is MY HOUR ; and that if he come not instantly down to speak with me , I will mount the ...
... stranger , and his face was writhed into such a deadly frown as a mere human brow hath seldom worn . 6 6 Return to him , ' he said , and say it is MY HOUR ; and that if he come not instantly down to speak with me , I will mount the ...
Page 92
... strangers . But let us to our toilette , and when water and brush hath done its work , we will inquire what is next to be done . " " Nay , that wretched puritan's garb of mine is hardly worth brushing , " said Wildrake ; " and but for ...
... strangers . But let us to our toilette , and when water and brush hath done its work , we will inquire what is next to be done . " " Nay , that wretched puritan's garb of mine is hardly worth brushing , " said Wildrake ; " and but for ...
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... stranger to his house and family . " " Indeed ! I rejoice to hear it , with all my heart and soul , " said the divine . " Excuse my frankness - I do indeed rejoice , -I had thought -no matter what I had thought , —I would not again give ...
... stranger to his house and family . " " Indeed ! I rejoice to hear it , with all my heart and soul , " said the divine . " Excuse my frankness - I do indeed rejoice , -I had thought -no matter what I had thought , —I would not again give ...
Page 154
... strangers , who was directing about the removal of some trunks and mails which belonged to the Commissioners , and who could receive his honour's commands about the provisions . " " Let him come hither . " - ( The dialogue was held in ...
... strangers , who was directing about the removal of some trunks and mails which belonged to the Commissioners , and who could receive his honour's commands about the provisions . " " Let him come hither . " - ( The dialogue was held in ...
Page 160
... stranger , to contribute her assistance to the regulation and supply of the household , by bringing the fresh water wanted from fair Ro- samond's well . Perhaps , she remembered , that when she was but a girl , her cousin Markham used ...
... stranger , to contribute her assistance to the regulation and supply of the household , by bringing the fresh water wanted from fair Ro- samond's well . Perhaps , she remembered , that when she was but a girl , her cousin Markham used ...
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