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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... sure it was impossible . Oh , be yet more honest ; disengage yourself from yon- der gloomy and ambitious soldier ! Shun him and his schemes , which are formed in injustice , and can only be realized in yet more blood . " " Believe me ...
... sure it was impossible . Oh , be yet more honest ; disengage yourself from yon- der gloomy and ambitious soldier ! Shun him and his schemes , which are formed in injustice , and can only be realized in yet more blood . " " Believe me ...
Page 53
... sure I saw a fellow , in a dark - coloured jerkin , retreat through the wood . " " Did you ? " 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 ...
... sure I saw a fellow , in a dark - coloured jerkin , retreat through the wood . " " Did you ? " 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 ...
Page 62
... sure my neck would be unfitted to bear the weight of it . " " Good night , " exclaimed Everard ; and was about to go , when Bletson again pressed close , and whispered to him , " Hark thee , Colonel - you know my friendship for thee - I ...
... sure my neck would be unfitted to bear the weight of it . " " Good night , " exclaimed Everard ; and was about to go , when Bletson again pressed close , and whispered to him , " Hark thee , Colonel - you know my friendship for thee - I ...
Page 104
... and examined the signature . " It is Noll's signature sure enough— " said he , dropping his under jaw ; " only , every time of late he has made the Oliver as large as a giant , while the Cromwell creeps after like a 104 WOODSTOCK .
... and examined the signature . " It is Noll's signature sure enough— " said he , dropping his under jaw ; " only , every time of late he has made the Oliver as large as a giant , while the Cromwell creeps after like a 104 WOODSTOCK .
Page 107
... sure you also , good Colonel Everard , would be superior , had you been named in this Commission , as I would to Heaven you had - I say , the hope of serving the country , with the aid of such respectable associates , one and all of ...
... sure you also , good Colonel Everard , would be superior , had you been named in this Commission , as I would to Heaven you had - I say , the hope of serving the country , with the aid of such respectable associates , one and all of ...
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