Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 68
... heart and your principles shall master the un- happy prejudices by which they are now over - cloud- ed . - Farewell - farewell , Alice ! ' The last words were repeated twice , and in a tone of feeling and passionate grief , which ...
... heart and your principles shall master the un- happy prejudices by which they are now over - cloud- ed . - Farewell - farewell , Alice ! ' The last words were repeated twice , and in a tone of feeling and passionate grief , which ...
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... heart ; but when I am in the com- pany of your snuffling friends , you have seen me act my part indifferent well . ' But indifferent , indeed , ' replied Everard ; ' how- ever , there is little call on you to do aught , save to be ...
... heart ; but when I am in the com- pany of your snuffling friends , you have seen me act my part indifferent well . ' But indifferent , indeed , ' replied Everard ; ' how- ever , there is little call on you to do aught , save to be ...
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... heart ; but , alas ! sir , you see I am not key - keeper - Here is the gentleman whose warrant I must walk by - The Lord help me , seeing times are such as they be ! ' And when that gentleman , who I think may be Master Desborough's ...
... heart ; but , alas ! sir , you see I am not key - keeper - Here is the gentleman whose warrant I must walk by - The Lord help me , seeing times are such as they be ! ' And when that gentleman , who I think may be Master Desborough's ...
Page 86
... heart.- Well ! ' he said , observing that Wildrake had filled his own glass and Tomkins's , ' take that parting glass and begone . ' • Would you not be pleased to hear first , ' said Wildrake , ' how this honest gentleman saw the devil ...
... heart.- Well ! ' he said , observing that Wildrake had filled his own glass and Tomkins's , ' take that parting glass and begone . ' • Would you not be pleased to hear first , ' said Wildrake , ' how this honest gentleman saw the devil ...
Page 87
... hearts , to right the country in which we were born , and to free her from oppression ; yet it appears , that every step we have made towards liberty , has but brought us in view of new and more terrific perils , as he who travels in a ...
... hearts , to right the country in which we were born , and to free her from oppression ; yet it appears , that every step we have made towards liberty , has but brought us in view of new and more terrific perils , as he who travels in a ...
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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...