Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... late run uniformly in one di- rection . Day after day they had been informed , that the fatal fiat of Parliament had gone out for selling the Park of Woodstock , destroying its lodge , dispark- ing its forest , and erazing , as far as ...
... late run uniformly in one di- rection . Day after day they had been informed , that the fatal fiat of Parliament had gone out for selling the Park of Woodstock , destroying its lodge , dispark- ing its forest , and erazing , as far as ...
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... late years - what is it can be thought to happen that astrologer can guess at , which can give pleasure to us ? ” " Fate , " she replied , " may have in store the joyful restoration of our banished prince . " " Too late for my time ...
... late years - what is it can be thought to happen that astrologer can guess at , which can give pleasure to us ? ” " Fate , " she replied , " may have in store the joyful restoration of our banished prince . " " Too late for my time ...
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... late times . " " It is well spoken , " said the steward of the Com- missioners ; " and therefore , I pray you , let us walk together into the house , that thou may'st deliver up unto me the vessels , and gold and silver ornaments ...
... late times . " " It is well spoken , " said the steward of the Com- missioners ; " and therefore , I pray you , let us walk together into the house , that thou may'st deliver up unto me the vessels , and gold and silver ornaments ...
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... late to pay groom and lackey . " " A potential reason for the diminution of a house- hold , " said the soldier . " Right , sir , even so , " replied the keeper . " They spoke of steps in the great gallery , heard by dead of the night ...
... late to pay groom and lackey . " " A potential reason for the diminution of a house- hold , " said the soldier . " Right , sir , even so , " replied the keeper . " They spoke of steps in the great gallery , heard by dead of the night ...
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... late years . The Knight Ranger's apartment lies by that passage to the left . " " And whither goes yonder stair which seems both to lead upwards and downwards ? " " Upwards , " replied the keeper , " it leads to many apart- ments , used ...
... late years . The Knight Ranger's apartment lies by that passage to the left . " " And whither goes yonder stair which seems both to lead upwards and downwards ? " " Upwards , " replied the keeper , " it leads to many apart- ments , used ...
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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...