Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 41
Page 66
... feeling of a father , that you can speak with bitter mockery and scorn of what concerns your own daughter's honour ? -Hold up your head , fair Alice , and tell your father he has forgotten nature in his fantastic spirit of loyalty ...
... feeling of a father , that you can speak with bitter mockery and scorn of what concerns your own daughter's honour ? -Hold up your head , fair Alice , and tell your father he has forgotten nature in his fantastic spirit of loyalty ...
Page 68
... and in a tone of feeling and passionate grief , which differed utter- ly from the steady and almost severe tone in which he had addressed Sir Henry Lee . He turned and left the hut so soon as he had uttered these last 68 WOODSTOCK .
... and in a tone of feeling and passionate grief , which differed utter- ly from the steady and almost severe tone in which he had addressed Sir Henry Lee . He turned and left the hut so soon as he had uttered these last 68 WOODSTOCK .
Page 82
... feelings of correct morality and more devoted religious feeling , by which , with few exceptions , the Parliamentarian party were distinguished , the Everards were not dis- posed to carry these attributes to the extreme of enthu- sias m ...
... feelings of correct morality and more devoted religious feeling , by which , with few exceptions , the Parliamentarian party were distinguished , the Everards were not dis- posed to carry these attributes to the extreme of enthu- sias m ...
Page 88
... Feels this oblivion , against which he thought His woes had armed his senses , steal upon him , And through the fenceless citadel - the body , Surprise that haughty garrison - the mind . HERBERT . COLONEL EVERARD experienced the truth ...
... Feels this oblivion , against which he thought His woes had armed his senses , steal upon him , And through the fenceless citadel - the body , Surprise that haughty garrison - the mind . HERBERT . COLONEL EVERARD experienced the truth ...
Page 93
... feeling of chillness which pervaded his limbs ; and by the time he was a little more warm , again sunk into a slumber which was only dispelled by the beams of morning peeping into his apartment . He arose , roused himself , walked up ...
... feeling of chillness which pervaded his limbs ; and by the time he was a little more warm , again sunk into a slumber which was only dispelled by the beams of morning peeping into his apartment . He arose , roused himself , walked up ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
alarm Alice Lee ancient answered Wildrake apartment arms army better betwixt Bevis Brownists called cavalier church clergyman cloak Colonel Everard Commissioners cousin Cromwell dare daugh daughter Desborough devil door doubt duty England exclaimed executive government eyes father fear feeling followed gentleman give hand Harrison hath head hear heard heart Heaven hold honour Joceline Joliffe keeper King King's Oak light Lodge look Markham Everard Master Bletson Master Holdenough ment military saints mind Mistress Alice muscadine never night old knight Parliament person Phoebe poor Presbyterian rapier rard replied Everard replied Wildrake Rosamond's roundhead seemed Sir Henry Lee sleep soldier speak spoke stood stranger strong sword tell thee thing thou art thou hast thought thyself tion Tomkins tone truly trust turn uncle Everard Victor Lee voice walked warrant wild Woodstock words worshipful yonder young
Popular passages
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...