Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 57
... light , and some small pittance of creature - comforts for refreshment of the outward man ? ' continued the soldier . Without doubt , ' replied the keeper , displaying a prudent anxiety to gratify this important personage . In a few ...
... light , and some small pittance of creature - comforts for refreshment of the outward man ? ' continued the soldier . Without doubt , ' replied the keeper , displaying a prudent anxiety to gratify this important personage . In a few ...
Page 60
... light pace so little impeded by the burthen which she bore , that she joined her master and young mistress just as they arrived at the keeper's hut , which was the boundary of their jour- ney . Bevis , who had shot a - head to pay his ...
... light pace so little impeded by the burthen which she bore , that she joined her master and young mistress just as they arrived at the keeper's hut , which was the boundary of their jour- ney . Bevis , who had shot a - head to pay his ...
Page 69
... light and autumnal shadows over the woodland . So soon as he was departed , Alice , who had been during the whole scene in the utmost terror that her father might have been hurried , by his natural heat of temper , from violence of ...
... light and autumnal shadows over the woodland . So soon as he was departed , Alice , who had been during the whole scene in the utmost terror that her father might have been hurried , by his natural heat of temper , from violence of ...
Page 72
... light on the oaks , whose dark leaves , gnarled branches , and massive trunks it gilded , more or less partially , mi ht have drawn the attention of a poet or a painter . But if Everard thought of anything saving the painful scene in ...
... light on the oaks , whose dark leaves , gnarled branches , and massive trunks it gilded , more or less partially , mi ht have drawn the attention of a poet or a painter . But if Everard thought of anything saving the painful scene in ...
Page 73
... light and cheerful to argue any purpose of concealment on the part of the traveller , who presently exchanged his whistling for singing , and trolled forth the following stanza to a jolly tune , with which the old cavaliers were wont to ...
... light and cheerful to argue any purpose of concealment on the part of the traveller , who presently exchanged his whistling for singing , and trolled forth the following stanza to a jolly tune , with which the old cavaliers were wont to ...
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alarm Alice Lee ancient answered Wildrake apartment arms army better betwixt Bevis Brownists called cavalier church clergyman cloak Colonel Everard Commissioners cousin Cromwell dare daugh daughter Desborough devil door doubt duty England exclaimed executive government eyes father fear feeling followed gentleman give hand Harrison hath head hear heard heart Heaven hold honour Joceline Joliffe keeper King King's Oak light Lodge look Markham Everard Master Bletson Master Holdenough ment military saints mind Mistress Alice muscadine never night old knight Parliament person Phoebe poor Presbyterian rapier rard replied Everard replied Wildrake Rosamond's roundhead seemed Sir Henry Lee sleep soldier speak spoke stood stranger strong sword tell thee thing thou art thou hast thought thyself tion Tomkins tone truly trust turn uncle Everard Victor Lee voice walked warrant wild Woodstock words worshipful yonder young
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