Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 39
... tell you plainly , there are some silver mugs , and platters , and flagons , and so forth , in yonder house , which have survived the ge- neral sweep that sent all our plate to the smelting- pot , to put our knight's troop on horseback ...
... tell you plainly , there are some silver mugs , and platters , and flagons , and so forth , in yonder house , which have survived the ge- neral sweep that sent all our plate to the smelting- pot , to put our knight's troop on horseback ...
Page 42
... tell thee , that in the holidays which you , Mr. Longsword , have put down , I have 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 ...
... tell thee , that in the holidays which you , Mr. Longsword , have put down , I have 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 ...
Page 48
... tell too , exactly , where King Stephen sat when he darned his own princely hose , and of the odd tricks he had put upon little Winkin , the tailor of Woodstock . Most of this rude revelry belonged to the Plantagenet times . When the ...
... tell too , exactly , where King Stephen sat when he darned his own princely hose , and of the odd tricks he had put upon little Winkin , the tailor of Woodstock . Most of this rude revelry belonged to the Plantagenet times . When the ...
Page 55
... tell me softly and hastily , what is in the pantry ? ' ' Small house - keeping enough , ' said Phoebe , a cold capon and some comfits , and the great standing veni- son pasty , with plenty of spice - a manchet or two besides , and that ...
... tell me softly and hastily , what is in the pantry ? ' ' Small house - keeping enough , ' said Phoebe , a cold capon and some comfits , and the great standing veni- son pasty , with plenty of spice - a manchet or two besides , and that ...
Page 63
... tell me how I am to understand language so mysterious . ' Alice , to prevent his increasing the restrained an- ger of her father , compelled herself to answer , though it was with difficulty , We are expelled from the Lodge by soldiers ...
... tell me how I am to understand language so mysterious . ' Alice , to prevent his increasing the restrained an- ger of her father , compelled herself to answer , though it was with difficulty , We are expelled from the Lodge by soldiers ...
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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...