Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 39
... to , then , " replied the keeper ; " if a stag may have come to mischance in my walk , it was no way in the course of dishonesty , but merely to keep my old dame's pan from rusting ; but for silver porrin- WOODSTOCK . 39.
... to , then , " replied the keeper ; " if a stag may have come to mischance in my walk , it was no way in the course of dishonesty , but merely to keep my old dame's pan from rusting ; but for silver porrin- WOODSTOCK . 39.
Page 43
... chilled them - No devil so frightful as that which dances in the pocket where there is no cross to keep him out . " " You were reduced , then , to a petty household ? " said the Independent . " Ay , marry , were we , " said WOODSTOCK . 43.
... chilled them - No devil so frightful as that which dances in the pocket where there is no cross to keep him out . " " You were reduced , then , to a petty household ? " said the Independent . " Ay , marry , were we , " said WOODSTOCK . 43.
Page 44
... . This tradition had been keenly impugned by Dr. Roche- cliffe , the former rector of Woodstock , who insisted , that what was called Rosamond's Tower , was merely an interior keep , or citadel , to which the lord 44 WOODSTOCK .
... . This tradition had been keenly impugned by Dr. Roche- cliffe , the former rector of Woodstock , who insisted , that what was called Rosamond's Tower , was merely an interior keep , or citadel , to which the lord 44 WOODSTOCK .
Page 45
... keep , or citadel , to which the lord or warden of the castle might retreat , when other points of safety failed him ; and either protract his defence , or , at the worst , stipulate for reasonable terms of surrender . The people of ...
... keep , or citadel , to which the lord or warden of the castle might retreat , when other points of safety failed him ; and either protract his defence , or , at the worst , stipulate for reasonable terms of surrender . The people of ...
Page 55
... keeping enough , ' said Phoebe , a cold capon and some comfits , and the great standing veni- son pasty , with plenty of spice - a manchet or two besides , and that is all . ' ' Well , it will serve for a pinch - wrap thy cloak round ...
... keeping enough , ' said Phoebe , a cold capon and some comfits , and the great standing veni- son pasty , with plenty of spice - a manchet or two besides , and that is all . ' ' Well , it will serve for a pinch - wrap thy cloak round ...
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