Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... Independent , " thou riskest nothing by thy fredom and trust in me . I can be bon camarado to a good soldier , although I have striven with him even to the going down of the sun - But here we are in front of the Lodge . " They stood ...
... Independent , " thou riskest nothing by thy fredom and trust in me . I can be bon camarado to a good soldier , although I have striven with him even to the going down of the sun - But here we are in front of the Lodge . " They stood ...
Page 46
... Independent Tomkins , after he had carefully perused the front of the building , " many a rare monument of olden wickedness about this miscalled Royal Lodge ; verily , I shall rejoice much to see the same de- stroyed , yea , burned to ...
... Independent Tomkins , after he had carefully perused the front of the building , " many a rare monument of olden wickedness about this miscalled Royal Lodge ; verily , I shall rejoice much to see the same de- stroyed , yea , burned to ...
Page 48
... Independent seemed to listen . with some interest at first , but , flinging it suddenly aside , he said , in a solemn tone , " Perish Babylon , as thy master Nebuchadnezzar hath perished ! He is a wanderer , and thou shalt be a waste ...
... Independent seemed to listen . with some interest at first , but , flinging it suddenly aside , he said , in a solemn tone , " Perish Babylon , as thy master Nebuchadnezzar hath perished ! He is a wanderer , and thou shalt be a waste ...
Page 49
... Independent , in a voice of thunder , " doest thou speak of Charles Stuart as blessing , or blessed ? -beware the proclamation to that effect . " 66 " I meant no harm , " answered the keeper , suppressing his disposition to make a ...
... Independent , in a voice of thunder , " doest thou speak of Charles Stuart as blessing , or blessed ? -beware the proclamation to that effect . " 66 " I meant no harm , " answered the keeper , suppressing his disposition to make a ...
Page 53
... Independent , who , a little before the object of Joceline's vigilance , had been in his turn the observer of the keeper's demeanour , so soon as the in- terview betwixt Phœbe and him had become so interest- ing . And when he remarked ...
... Independent , who , a little before the object of Joceline's vigilance , had been in his turn the observer of the keeper's demeanour , so soon as the in- terview betwixt Phœbe and him had become so interest- ing . And when he remarked ...
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Page 106 - ... speaker that ever perplexed an audience. It has been long since said by the historian that a collection of the Protector's speeches would make, with a few exceptions, the most nonsensical book in the world; but he ought to have added that nothing could be more nervous, concise, and intelligible than what he really intended should be understood. It was also remarked of Cromwell that, though born of a good family, both by father and mother, and although he had the usual opportunities of education...