Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... ancient and venerable turrets , bearing each its own vane of rare device glittering in the autumn These indicated the ancient hunting seat , or Lodge , as it was called , which had , since the time of Henry II . , been occasionally the ...
... ancient and venerable turrets , bearing each its own vane of rare device glittering in the autumn These indicated the ancient hunting seat , or Lodge , as it was called , which had , since the time of Henry II . , been occasionally the ...
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... ancient Scythian , un- der the tilt of a waggon - d - n him . Harrison - a bloody - minded , ranting enthusiast , who read the Bi- ble to such purpose , that he never lacked a text to justify a murder - d - n him too . Bletson - a true ...
... ancient Scythian , un- der the tilt of a waggon - d - n him . Harrison - a bloody - minded , ranting enthusiast , who read the Bi- ble to such purpose , that he never lacked a text to justify a murder - d - n him too . Bletson - a true ...
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... ancient traditions , did not relish this new mode of explaining them away ; and it is even said , that the Mayor , whom we have already intro- duced , became Presbyterian , in revenge of the doubts cast by the rector upon this important ...
... ancient traditions , did not relish this new mode of explaining them away ; and it is even said , that the Mayor , whom we have already intro- duced , became Presbyterian , in revenge of the doubts cast by the rector upon this important ...
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... ancient times served to accommodate the musicians and minstrels . There was a clumsy stair - case at either side of it , composed of entire logs of a foot square ; and in each angle of the ascent was placed , by way of sentinel , the ...
... ancient times served to accommodate the musicians and minstrels . There was a clumsy stair - case at either side of it , composed of entire logs of a foot square ; and in each angle of the ascent was placed , by way of sentinel , the ...
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... ancient treatises on gardening , which , kept of yore well ordered , and in all the pride of the topi- ary art , presented a succession of yew trees cut into fantastic forms , of close alleys , and of open walks , filling about two or ...
... ancient treatises on gardening , which , kept of yore well ordered , and in all the pride of the topi- ary art , presented a succession of yew trees cut into fantastic forms , of close alleys , and of open walks , filling about two or ...
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