Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 36
... never cross the thres- hold again — but where to rest for a night ? I would trouble no one in Woodstock - hum - ay - it shall be so . Alice and I , Joceline , will go down to thy hut by Rosamond's well ; ' we will borrow the shel- ter ...
... never cross the thres- hold again — but where to rest for a night ? I would trouble no one in Woodstock - hum - ay - it shall be so . Alice and I , Joceline , will go down to thy hut by Rosamond's well ; ' we will borrow the shel- ter ...
Page 37
... never blush for the matter , Joseph , for if thou art not in truth honest , thou hast all the better chance to keep the fame of it - the title and the thing itself have long walked separate ways . Farewell to thee , -and fare- well to ...
... never blush for the matter , Joseph , for if thou art not in truth honest , thou hast all the better chance to keep the fame of it - the title and the thing itself have long walked separate ways . Farewell to thee , -and fare- well to ...
Page 38
... never should sexton have been better paid for the knell he tolled . Nevertheless , why should there be war betwixt us , or my hand be against thine ? Thou art but a poor knave , doing thy master's order , nor have I any de- sire that my ...
... never should sexton have been better paid for the knell he tolled . Nevertheless , why should there be war betwixt us , or my hand be against thine ? Thou art but a poor knave , doing thy master's order , nor have I any de- sire that my ...
Page 44
... never contradict a man who has got my 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 ...
... never contradict a man who has got my 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 ...
Page 52
... never frightened any thing before save a dun deer - Your lodge , indeed ! —I am like to go there , I think . " " Hush , hush ! Phœbe - here is no time for jesting . Down to my hut , I say , like a deer , for the knight and Mrs. Alice ...
... never frightened any thing before save a dun deer - Your lodge , indeed ! —I am like to go there , I think . " " Hush , hush ! Phœbe - here is no time for jesting . Down to my hut , I say , like a deer , for the knight and Mrs. Alice ...
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