Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 79
... strong waters , and despatching a hugh venison pasty , which , for their convenience , they had placed on a lady's working table - One of them was trying an air on alute . ' " The profane villains ! ' exclaimed Everard , ' it was ...
... strong waters , and despatching a hugh venison pasty , which , for their convenience , they had placed on a lady's working table - One of them was trying an air on alute . ' " The profane villains ! ' exclaimed Everard , ' it was ...
Page 82
... strong- ly favourable both to the elder and younger Everard . It is true , they were Presbyterians and he an Inde- pendent ; and that , though sharing those feelings of correct morality and more devoted religious feeling , by which ...
... strong- ly favourable both to the elder and younger Everard . It is true , they were Presbyterians and he an Inde- pendent ; and that , though sharing those feelings of correct morality and more devoted religious feeling , by which ...
Page 86
... strong resemblance to your worship's humble slave and varlet scribbler ? Would you but hear this , sir , and just sip a glass of this very recommendable strong waters ? ' I will drink none , sir , ' said Colonel Evarard stern- ly ; and ...
... strong resemblance to your worship's humble slave and varlet scribbler ? Would you but hear this , sir , and just sip a glass of this very recommendable strong waters ? ' I will drink none , sir , ' said Colonel Evarard stern- ly ; and ...
Page 88
... strong sagacity had hitherto pre- dominated over the high talents by which he had been assailed in Parliament , as well as over his ene- mies in the field , and who was alone in the situation to settle the nation , as the phrase then ...
... strong sagacity had hitherto pre- dominated over the high talents by which he had been assailed in Parliament , as well as over his ene- mies in the field , and who was alone in the situation to settle the nation , as the phrase then ...
Page 106
... a contempt of folly , a hatred of affectation , and a dislike of ceremony which , joined to the strong intrin- sic qualities of sense and courage , made him in many respects not an unfit representative of the democra- cy of 106 WOODSTOCK .
... a contempt of folly , a hatred of affectation , and a dislike of ceremony which , joined to the strong intrin- sic qualities of sense and courage , made him in many respects not an unfit representative of the democra- cy of 106 WOODSTOCK .
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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...