Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... soldier was tempted to enter , yet with some hesita- tion , as he that intrudes upon ground which he con- jectures may be prohibited -- indeed his manner show- ed more reverence for the scene than could have been expected from his ...
... soldier was tempted to enter , yet with some hesita- tion , as he that intrudes upon ground which he con- jectures may be prohibited -- indeed his manner show- ed more reverence for the scene than could have been expected from his ...
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... soldier , but the answers of the young lady reached his ear rather less distinctly . " It is not to be endured , " said the old man , pas- sionately ; " it would stir up a paralytic wretch to start up a soldier . My people have been ...
... soldier , but the answers of the young lady reached his ear rather less distinctly . " It is not to be endured , " said the old man , pas- sionately ; " it would stir up a paralytic wretch to start up a soldier . My people have been ...
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... 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 , " Seat of learning and ...
... 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 , " Seat of learning and ...
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... soldier . " Welcome art thou as salt would be to sore eyes , " said the cavalier ; " but who be your Commissioners , man ? " The soldier with little courtesy held out a scroll , which Sir Henry took from him betwixt his finger and thumb ...
... soldier . " Welcome art thou as salt would be to sore eyes , " said the cavalier ; " but who be your Commissioners , man ? " The soldier with little courtesy held out a scroll , which Sir Henry took from him betwixt his finger and thumb ...
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... soldier , " I would willingly be civil , but it consists not with my duty to hear these godly men , in whose service I am , spoken of after this irreverent and unbecoming fashion . And albeit I know that you malignants think you have a ...
... soldier , " I would willingly be civil , but it consists not with my duty to hear these godly men , in whose service I am , spoken of after this irreverent and unbecoming fashion . And albeit I know that you malignants think you have a ...
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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...