Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 31
... Sir Henry , in a raised and angry voice , while his daughter clung to his arm in terror , little confident that her father's pa- cific resolutions would abide the shock of this unwel- come apparition . " I am one , " replied the soldier ...
... Sir Henry , in a raised and angry voice , while his daughter clung to his arm in terror , little confident that her father's pa- cific resolutions would abide the shock of this unwel- come apparition . " I am one , " replied the soldier ...
Page 32
... Sir Henry Lee is keeper of Wood- stock Park , with right of waif and stray , vert and venison , as complete as any of them have to their estate that is , if they possess any estate but what they have gained by plundering honest men ...
... Sir Henry Lee is keeper of Wood- stock Park , with right of waif and stray , vert and venison , as complete as any of them have to their estate that is , if they possess any estate but what they have gained by plundering honest men ...
Page 33
... Sir Henry's wrath , " Nay , good friend , I prithee be still , and brawl not - it becomes not gray hairs and feeble arms to rail and rant like drunkards . Put me not to use the carnal weapon in mine own defence , but listen to the voice ...
... Sir Henry's wrath , " Nay , good friend , I prithee be still , and brawl not - it becomes not gray hairs and feeble arms to rail and rant like drunkards . Put me not to use the carnal weapon in mine own defence , but listen to the voice ...
Page 34
... Sir Henry , and the calmness which the other had lost in his passion . They had scarce ex- changed three passes ere the sword of the knight flew up in the air , as if it had gone in search of the scab- bard ; and burning with shame and ...
... Sir Henry , and the calmness which the other had lost in his passion . They had scarce ex- changed three passes ere the sword of the knight flew up in the air , as if it had gone in search of the scab- bard ; and burning with shame and ...
Page 35
... Sir Henry , converted the lion into a lamb , and , instead of pulling the soldier down , he walked round and round , and snuffed , as if using all his sagacity to discover who the stranger could be , towards whom , though of so ...
... Sir Henry , converted the lion into a lamb , and , instead of pulling the soldier down , he walked round and round , and snuffed , as if using all his sagacity to discover who the stranger could be , towards whom , though of so ...
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