Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... replied Alice ; " there are soldiers in the town , and there are three regiments at Oxford . " " Ah , poor Oxford ! " exclaimed Sir Henry , whose vacillating state of mind was turned by a word to any new subject that suggested itself ...
... replied Alice ; " there are soldiers in the town , and there are three regiments at Oxford . " " Ah , poor Oxford ! " exclaimed Sir Henry , whose vacillating state of mind was turned by a word to any new subject that suggested itself ...
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... replied the soldier , " who neither fear nor shame to call myself a poor day - labourer in the great work of England - umph ! -Ay , a simple and sincere upholder of the good old cause . " " And what the devil do you seek here ? " said ...
... replied the soldier , " who neither fear nor shame to call myself a poor day - labourer in the great work of England - umph ! -Ay , a simple and sincere upholder of the good old cause . " " And what the devil do you seek here ? " said ...
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... replied the knight ; and yet thou art right in some sense - for it is su- perfluous to curse men who already are damned as black as the smoke of hell itself . " " I prithee forbear , " continued the soldier , " for manners ' sake if not ...
... replied the knight ; and yet thou art right in some sense - for it is su- perfluous to curse men who already are damned as black as the smoke of hell itself . " " I prithee forbear , " continued the soldier , " for manners ' sake if not ...
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... replied , " Nay , friend , it is well for thyself , for 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 ...
... replied , " Nay , friend , it is well for thyself , for 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 ...
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... 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.
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