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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... young sol- dier's temper was sometimes apt to overcome these artificial obstacles , and then , like a torrent foam- ing over a wear , it became more furious , as if in revenge for the constrained calm which it had been for some time ...
... young sol- dier's temper was sometimes apt to overcome these artificial obstacles , and then , like a torrent foam- ing over a wear , it became more furious , as if in revenge for the constrained calm which it had been for some time ...
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... young lady had now approached as nearly as possible to the brown stuff dress of an ordinary village maiden ; but what she had lost in gaiety of appearance , she had gained as it seemed in dignity . Her beauti- ful light - brown tresses ...
... young lady had now approached as nearly as possible to the brown stuff dress of an ordinary village maiden ; but what she had lost in gaiety of appearance , she had gained as it seemed in dignity . Her beauti- ful light - brown tresses ...
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... young King of Scotland ? " " Betray him ! I betray him , or any fugitive ? Never ! I would he were well out of England - I would lend him my aid to escape , were he in the house at this instant ; and think I did his enemies good service ...
... young King of Scotland ? " " Betray him ! I betray him , or any fugitive ? Never ! I would he were well out of England - I would lend him my aid to escape , were he in the house at this instant ; and think I did his enemies good service ...
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... young man has escaped by sea from Bristol . " " Now , God Almighty be blessed , who pro- tected him through so many dangers ! " exclaimed Wildrake . " Huzza ! -Up hearts , cavaliers ! — Hey for cavaliers ! -God bless King Charles ...
... young man has escaped by sea from Bristol . " " Now , God Almighty be blessed , who pro- tected him through so many dangers ! " exclaimed Wildrake . " Huzza ! -Up hearts , cavaliers ! — Hey for cavaliers ! -God bless King Charles ...
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... young man has escaped , Cromwell's offensive and injurious stipulation falls to the ground ; and I see not why my uncle and his family should not again enter their own house , under the same terms of connivance as many other royalists ...
... young man has escaped , Cromwell's offensive and injurious stipulation falls to the ground ; and I see not why my uncle and his family should not again enter their own house , under the same terms of connivance as many other royalists ...
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