Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London., 1826 - 370 pages |
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Page 33
... answered Wildrake , " may be wrought upon by the Doctor to return , if he is secure against intrusion . As for disturbances , the stout old boy , so far as I can learn in two minutes ' conversation , laughs at all this turmoil as the ...
... answered Wildrake , " may be wrought upon by the Doctor to return , if he is secure against intrusion . As for disturbances , the stout old boy , so far as I can learn in two minutes ' conversation , laughs at all this turmoil as the ...
Page 37
... answer straight - forward- What has happened to drive out thy master to the wild wood at this time of night ? " " Forsooth , worthy and honoured sir , I will speak with the precision I may . True it is , and of verity , that the breath ...
... answer straight - forward- What has happened to drive out thy master to the wild wood at this time of night ? " " Forsooth , worthy and honoured sir , I will speak with the precision I may . True it is , and of verity , that the breath ...
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... answered with favour ; for certainly to be , and to be called and entitled , Honest Joe , and Trusty Tomkins , is to me more than ever would be an Earl's title , were such things to be granted anew in this re- WOODSTOCK . 39.
... answered with favour ; for certainly to be , and to be called and entitled , Honest Joe , and Trusty Tomkins , is to me more than ever would be an Earl's title , were such things to be granted anew in this re- WOODSTOCK . 39.
Page 40
... answered in a voice , which , I must say , was much like another voice , that it was one wanting Major - General Harrison . So as it was then late , I answered mildly , that General Harrison was betaking himself to his rest , and that ...
... answered in a voice , which , I must say , was much like another voice , that it was one wanting Major - General Harrison . So as it was then late , I answered mildly , that General Harrison was betaking himself to his rest , and that ...
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... answer to the stranger , and his face was writhed into such a deadly frown as a mere human brow hath seldom worn . 6 6 Return to him , ' he said , and say it is MY HOUR ; and that if he come not instantly down to speak with me , I will ...
... answer to the stranger , and his face was writhed into such a deadly frown as a mere human brow hath seldom worn . 6 6 Return to him , ' he said , and say it is MY HOUR ; and that if he come not instantly down to speak with me , I will ...
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