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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... lodging in a hut hardly fit to harbour a Tom of Bedlam . " " Thou art right ; such , indeed , was a great part of my object in this visit , " answered Eve- rard . " But , perhaps , you also expected to visit 26 WOODSTOCK .
... lodging in a hut hardly fit to harbour a Tom of Bedlam . " " Thou art right ; such , indeed , was a great part of my object in this visit , " answered Eve- rard . " But , perhaps , you also expected to visit 26 WOODSTOCK .
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... thou give her any hint of such a thing ? " " I ? " replied the cavalier , " I , who never saw Mistress Alice in my life till to - night , and then only for an instant - zooks , man , how is that pos- sible ? " " True , " replied Everard ...
... thou give her any hint of such a thing ? " " I ? " replied the cavalier , " I , who never saw Mistress Alice in my life till to - night , and then only for an instant - zooks , man , how is that pos- sible ? " " True , " replied Everard ...
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... thou thyself think me ca- pable of the falsehood and treachery implied in such a message ? " , " I ? " exclaimed Wildrake.- " Markham Eve- rard , you have been my early friend , my constant benefactor . When Colchester was reduced , you ...
... thou thyself think me ca- pable of the falsehood and treachery implied in such a message ? " , " I ? " exclaimed Wildrake.- " Markham Eve- rard , you have been my early friend , my constant benefactor . When Colchester was reduced , you ...
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... thou not ashamed to bear thee so like a school - boy ? " " Why , " said Wildrake , " I have but sent a Puritan's hat upon a loyal errand . I laugh to think how many of the schoolboys thou talk'st of will be cheated into climbing the ...
... thou not ashamed to bear thee so like a school - boy ? " " Why , " said Wildrake , " I have but sent a Puritan's hat upon a loyal errand . I laugh to think how many of the schoolboys thou talk'st of will be cheated into climbing the ...
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... thou knowest , the most desperate duel I ever fought was with young Grayless of the Inner Temple , for taking the wall of the Reverend Dr Bunce . ) - Ah , I can gain a chaplain's ear in- stantly . - Gadzooks , they know whom they have 2 ...
... thou knowest , the most desperate duel I ever fought was with young Grayless of the Inner Temple , for taking the wall of the Reverend Dr Bunce . ) - Ah , I can gain a chaplain's ear in- stantly . - Gadzooks , they know whom they have 2 ...
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