Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 41
... seen the error of his ways , and made himself ( as , if a man of action , he easily might ) fit for bet- ter company than wood - hunters , deer - stealers , Maid Ma- rions , swash - bucklers , deboshed revellers , bloody brawl- ers ...
... seen the error of his ways , and made himself ( as , if a man of action , he easily might ) fit for bet- ter company than wood - hunters , deer - stealers , Maid Ma- rions , swash - bucklers , deboshed revellers , bloody brawl- ers ...
Page 42
... seen this greensward alive with merry maidens and manly fellows . The good old rector himself thought it was no sin to come for a while and look on , and his goodly cassock and scarf kept us all in good order , and taught us to limit ...
... seen this greensward alive with merry maidens and manly fellows . The good old rector himself thought it was no sin to come for a while and look on , and his goodly cassock and scarf kept us all in good order , and taught us to limit ...
Page 70
... seen on a clown playing Maid Marion on May - day , when the village barber had shaved him in too great a hurry , shall match any bearded Presbyterian or In- dependent of them all , in laying down his doctrines and his uses , and ...
... seen on a clown playing Maid Marion on May - day , when the village barber had shaved him in too great a hurry , shall match any bearded Presbyterian or In- dependent of them all , in laying down his doctrines and his uses , and ...
Page 77
... seen me act my part indifferent well . ' But indifferent , indeed , ' replied Everard ; ' how- ever , there is little call on you to do aught , save to be modest and silent . Speak little , and lay aside , if you can , your big oaths ...
... seen me act my part indifferent well . ' But indifferent , indeed , ' replied Everard ; ' how- ever , there is little call on you to do aught , save to be modest and silent . Speak little , and lay aside , if you can , your big oaths ...
Page 80
... than mine . But trust me , they will no more know me , than a man who had only seen your friend Noll at a conventicle of saints , would know the same Oliver on horseback , and charging with his lobster- tailed 80 WOODSTOCK .
... than mine . But trust me , they will no more know me , than a man who had only seen your friend Noll at a conventicle of saints , would know the same Oliver on horseback , and charging with his lobster- tailed 80 WOODSTOCK .
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