Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... King's Oak into billets to heat a brown baker's oven ; and we will dispark your park , and slay your deer , and eat them ourselves , neither shall you have any portion thereof , whether in neck or haunch . Ye shall not haft a ten ...
... King's Oak into billets to heat a brown baker's oven ; and we will dispark your park , and slay your deer , and eat them ourselves , neither shall you have any portion thereof , whether in neck or haunch . Ye shall not haft a ten ...
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... king and country , -it will not and cannot always be thus . England will not long endure the rulers which these bad times have assigned her . In the meanwhile- [ here a few words escaped the listener's ears ] -and beware of that ...
... king and country , -it will not and cannot always be thus . England will not long endure the rulers which these bad times have assigned her . In the meanwhile- [ here a few words escaped the listener's ears ] -and beware of that ...
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... King is ere this out of their reach- We have reason to think well of my brother Albert's safety . " " Ay , Albert ! there again , " said the old man , in a tone of reproach ; " had it not been for thy entreaties I had gone to Worcester ...
... King is ere this out of their reach- We have reason to think well of my brother Albert's safety . " " Ay , Albert ! there again , " said the old man , in a tone of reproach ; " had it not been for thy entreaties I had gone to Worcester ...
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... King in these parts . ' " It is true , wench , " replied the knight ; " and small cause would make the villains sequestrate the poor remains which the civil wars have left to the colleges . That and the risk of my poor fellows - Well ...
... King in these parts . ' " It is true , wench , " replied the knight ; " and small cause would make the villains sequestrate the poor remains which the civil wars have left to the colleges . That and the risk of my poor fellows - Well ...
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... king's palace , as I wish it were even for your honour's sake , and Mistress Alice -only I could wish your honour would condescend to let me step down before , in case any neighbour be there - or - or - just to put matters something ...
... king's palace , as I wish it were even for your honour's sake , and Mistress Alice -only I could wish your honour would condescend to let me step down before , in case any neighbour be there - or - or - just to put matters something ...
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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...