Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 131
... Colonel Everard , " replied the cavalier very gravely , " I am an altered man . " " " I think thou dost alter , " said Everard , " every day in the year and every hour of the day . Come , good now , tell me , hast thou seen the General ...
... Colonel Everard , " replied the cavalier very gravely , " I am an altered man . " " " I think thou dost alter , " said Everard , " every day in the year and every hour of the day . Come , good now , tell me , hast thou seen the General ...
Page 117
... Colonel Everard was unable to explain ; and when they learned that they were to be employed in a more profitable business , they gladly resigned their rights and departed from Woodstock . If Colonel Everard had known the object of ...
... Colonel Everard was unable to explain ; and when they learned that they were to be employed in a more profitable business , they gladly resigned their rights and departed from Woodstock . If Colonel Everard had known the object of ...
Page 131
... Colonel Everard , " replied the cavalier very gravely , " I am an altered man . " " I think thou dost alter , " said Everard , " every day in the year and every hour of the day . Come , good now , tell me , hast thou seen the General ...
... Colonel Everard , " replied the cavalier very gravely , " I am an altered man . " " I think thou dost alter , " said Everard , " every day in the year and every hour of the day . Come , good now , tell me , hast thou seen the General ...
Page 132
... Colonel Everard ask so strange a question ? " " Tell me in turn , why your cousin Markham has lost the name of friendship and kindred , and even of some nearer feel- ing , and then I will answer you , Alice . " " It is soon answered ...
... Colonel Everard ask so strange a question ? " " Tell me in turn , why your cousin Markham has lost the name of friendship and kindred , and even of some nearer feel- ing , and then I will answer you , Alice . " " It is soon answered ...
Page 124
... Colonel Everard's surprise , as well as confusion , the officiating priest , in firm and audible tone , and with every attribute of dignity , prayed to the Almighty to bless and preserve " Our Sovereign Lord , King Charles , the lawful ...
... Colonel Everard's surprise , as well as confusion , the officiating priest , in firm and audible tone , and with every attribute of dignity , prayed to the Almighty to bless and preserve " Our Sovereign Lord , King Charles , the lawful ...
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