Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 59
... followed his decayed for- tunes , soothed his frailty as much as possible , and pi- tied him even while they suffered under its effects . It was a long time ere he spoke , and then he refer- red to an incident already noticed . It is ...
... followed his decayed for- tunes , soothed his frailty as much as possible , and pi- tied him even while they suffered under its effects . It was a long time ere he spoke , and then he refer- red to an incident already noticed . It is ...
Page 80
... followed it before he could make up his mind ; but I , Mark , I hopped like a squirrel to an ivy twig , and stood fast - was well nigh shot through , for the noise alarmed them both . They looked to the oriel , and saw me on the outside ...
... followed it before he could make up his mind ; but I , Mark , I hopped like a squirrel to an ivy twig , and stood fast - was well nigh shot through , for the noise alarmed them both . They looked to the oriel , and saw me on the outside ...
Page 104
... followed him accordingly into the guard - house , which exhibited an interior charac- teristic of the times , and very different from what such military stations present at the present day . By the fire sat two or three musketeers ...
... followed him accordingly into the guard - house , which exhibited an interior charac- teristic of the times , and very different from what such military stations present at the present day . By the fire sat two or three musketeers ...
Page 112
... followed him with the duty and affection of children . And here he arrived at another dead pause , leav- ing Wildrake as uncertain as before , whether it was or was not his purpose to grant Colonel Everard the powers he had asked for ...
... followed him with the duty and affection of children . And here he arrived at another dead pause , leav- ing Wildrake as uncertain as before , whether it was or was not his purpose to grant Colonel Everard the powers he had asked for ...
Page 115
... followed me in so many military actions , to be now pulled asunder , bro- ken piece - meal and reduced , so that they who have protected the state at the expense of their blood , will not have , perchance , the means of feeding ...
... followed me in so many military actions , to be now pulled asunder , bro- ken piece - meal and reduced , so that they who have protected the state at the expense of their blood , will not have , perchance , the means of feeding ...
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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...