Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... Mark , ' he said , ' mark this , Alice - the devil can quote scripture for his purpose . Why , this young fa- natic cousin of thine , with no more beard than I have seen on a clown playing Maid Marion on May - day , when the village ...
... Mark , ' he said , ' mark this , Alice - the devil can quote scripture for his purpose . Why , this young fa- natic cousin of thine , with no more beard than I have seen on a clown playing Maid Marion on May - day , when the village ...
Page 74
... Mark , only out of fashion a little - the more's the pity . ' " What could I expect , ' said Everard , but to meet some ranting , drunken cavalier , as desperate and dan- gerous as night and sack usually make them ? What if I had ...
... Mark , only out of fashion a little - the more's the pity . ' " What could I expect , ' said Everard , but to meet some ranting , drunken cavalier , as desperate and dan- gerous as night and sack usually make them ? What if I had ...
Page 76
... Mark , and I would tell your namesake the apostle , that you are hard on me . You have prac- tised sobriety and hypocrisy from your hanging sleeves till your Geneva cassock - from the cradle to this day , and it is a thing of nature to ...
... Mark , and I would tell your namesake the apostle , that you are hard on me . You have prac- tised sobriety and hypocrisy from your hanging sleeves till your Geneva cassock - from the cradle to this day , and it is a thing of nature to ...
Page 77
... Mark Everard , I can fool it no longer . Do you not remember , that at the Lincoln's- Inn gambols - though you did not mingle much in them I think I used always to play as well as any of them , when it came to the action , but they ...
... Mark Everard , I can fool it no longer . Do you not remember , that at the Lincoln's- Inn gambols - though you did not mingle much in them I think I used always to play as well as any of them , when it came to the action , but they ...
Page 78
... Mark , ' replied the cavalier , and for thy sake I will do much but remember to cough , and cry hem ! when thou seest me like to break bounds - And now tell me whither we are bound for the night ? " ' To Woodstock Lodge , to look after ...
... Mark , ' replied the cavalier , and for thy sake I will do much but remember to cough , and cry hem ! when thou seest me like to break bounds - And now tell me whither we are bound for the night ? " ' To Woodstock Lodge , to look after ...
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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...