Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... head and pricked his ears at the sound , yet he did not obey the call , but con- tinued to snuff around Joseph Tomkins's cloak . " Thou art a rare one , I fear me- " said the keep- er , looking to his new acquaintance . " I have heard ...
... head and pricked his ears at the sound , yet he did not obey the call , but con- tinued to snuff around Joseph Tomkins's cloak . " Thou art a rare one , I fear me- " said the keep- er , looking to his new acquaintance . " I have heard ...
Page 39
... head of hair , as if that operation was necessary to enable him to come to a conclusion . " This is all fair sounding , brother , " said he ; " but I tell you plainly , there are some silver mugs , and platters , and flagons , and so ...
... head of hair , as if that operation was necessary to enable him to come to a conclusion . " This is all fair sounding , brother , " said he ; " but I tell you plainly , there are some silver mugs , and platters , and flagons , and so ...
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... head under his belt . Our backs are at the wall , or you would not be here . " 66 Nay , friend , " said the Independent , " thou riskest nothing by thy fredom and trust in me . I can be bon camarado to a good soldier , although I have ...
... head under his belt . Our backs are at the wall , or you would not be here . " 66 Nay , friend , " said the Independent , " thou riskest nothing by thy fredom and trust in me . I can be bon camarado to a good soldier , although I have ...
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... head , which displayed features as stern as the painter's genius could devise . Their arms were buff - jackets , or ... heads of the jovial guests , whose royalty or nobility did not ren- der them sensitive enough to quarrel with such ...
... head , which displayed features as stern as the painter's genius could devise . Their arms were buff - jackets , or ... heads of the jovial guests , whose royalty or nobility did not ren- der them sensitive enough to quarrel with such ...
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... heads might be traced in scroll , " Lee Victor sic voluit . " Right opposite to the picture hung , in a niche in the wall , a com- plete set of tilting armour , the black and gold colours , and ornaments of which , exactly corresponded ...
... heads might be traced in scroll , " Lee Victor sic voluit . " Right opposite to the picture hung , in a niche in the wall , a com- plete set of tilting armour , the black and gold colours , and ornaments of which , exactly corresponded ...
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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...