Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... present , sir , " replied Alice . " I fear ye lie , wench , " said her father ; " but no matter - thou can'st not get any more fooling out of me just now . The Evil Spirit hath left Saul for the We are now to think what is to be done ...
... present , sir , " replied Alice . " I fear ye lie , wench , " said her father ; " but no matter - thou can'st not get any more fooling out of me just now . The Evil Spirit hath left Saul for the We are now to think what is to be done ...
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... present state , it yawned like the arched mouth of a funeral vault , or per- haps might be compared to the crater of an extinguished volcano . But the sable complexion of the massive stone- work , and all around it , showed that the ...
... present state , it yawned like the arched mouth of a funeral vault , or per- haps might be compared to the crater of an extinguished volcano . But the sable complexion of the massive stone- work , and all around it , showed that the ...
Page 52
... present . 66 Go , " whispered Joliffe , approaching his mouth so near her cheek , that his breath waved the curls of her hair ; go , my dearest Phoebe , trip it as fast as a fawn down to my lodge - I will soon be there , and ...
... present . 66 Go , " whispered Joliffe , approaching his mouth so near her cheek , that his breath waved the curls of her hair ; go , my dearest Phoebe , trip it as fast as a fawn down to my lodge - I will soon be there , and ...
Page 57
... stool , at the opposite side of the table . Thus agreeably employed , our history leaves them for the present . CHAPTER IV . " Yon path of greensward Winds round 6 * WOODSTOCK . 57 While Phoebe and her guardian thread the forest ...
... stool , at the opposite side of the table . Thus agreeably employed , our history leaves them for the present . CHAPTER IV . " Yon path of greensward Winds round 6 * WOODSTOCK . 57 While Phoebe and her guardian thread the forest ...
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... present- ly assembled before the door of the keeper's hut . In better times , a substantial stone habitation , fit for the yeoman - keeper of a royal walk , had adorned this place . A fair spring gushed out near the spot , and once ...
... present- ly assembled before the door of the keeper's hut . In better times , a substantial stone habitation , fit for the yeoman - keeper of a royal walk , had adorned this place . A fair spring gushed out near the spot , and once ...
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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...