Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2A. Constable and Company, 1826 - 370 pages |
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Page 53
... gave a mark different from that which Everard had assigned , but corresponding to Tomkins's origi- nal description of the supposed spectre , had more effect on Everard in confirming the steward's story , than anything he had witnessed ...
... gave a mark different from that which Everard had assigned , but corresponding to Tomkins's origi- nal description of the supposed spectre , had more effect on Everard in confirming the steward's story , than anything he had witnessed ...
Page 65
... gave the steward Tomkins notice of my purpose to sleep here . " " A strange fellow that , " said Wildrake , “ and , as I judge , has taken measure of every one's . foot - all seems to pass through his hands . " 66 " He is , I have ...
... gave the steward Tomkins notice of my purpose to sleep here . " " A strange fellow that , " said Wildrake , “ and , as I judge , has taken measure of every one's . foot - all seems to pass through his hands . " 66 " He is , I have ...
Page 73
... gave alarm , nor did any of the numerous guests of va- rious degrees , who spent an unpleasant and terri- fied night in that ancient mansion , seem to dare to announce to each other the inexplicable cause of apprehension . Everard's ...
... gave alarm , nor did any of the numerous guests of va- rious degrees , who spent an unpleasant and terri- fied night in that ancient mansion , seem to dare to announce to each other the inexplicable cause of apprehension . Everard's ...
Page 88
... the flame in the chimney gave the head and limbs something which resembled the appearance of actual motion . Now , seen by day , it was a mere picture of the hard and ancient school of Holbein ; formerly , it 88 WOODSTOCK .
... the flame in the chimney gave the head and limbs something which resembled the appearance of actual motion . Now , seen by day , it was a mere picture of the hard and ancient school of Holbein ; formerly , it 88 WOODSTOCK .
Page 95
... cloven hoofs gave plain in- formation what realm they belonged to . But these strongly - attested cases of nocturnal disturbances among the sentinels had been so ge- neral , as to prevent alarm and succour on any WOODSTOCK . 95.
... cloven hoofs gave plain in- formation what realm they belonged to . But these strongly - attested cases of nocturnal disturbances among the sentinels had been so ge- neral , as to prevent alarm and succour on any WOODSTOCK . 95.
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