Woodstock, Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2A. Constable and Company, 1826 - 370 pages |
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... thoughts shot through his mind , in spite of the impropriety of indulging them at such a mo- ment . The service now approached the close ; and a good deal to Colonel Everard's surprise as well as confusion , the officiating priest , in ...
... thoughts shot through his mind , in spite of the impropriety of indulging them at such a mo- ment . The service now approached the close ; and a good deal to Colonel Everard's surprise as well as confusion , the officiating priest , in ...
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... thought at least it was no time to protest against it . The service was concluded in the usual man- ner , and the little congregation arose . It now included Wildrake , who had entered during the latter prayer , and was the first of the ...
... thought at least it was no time to protest against it . The service was concluded in the usual man- ner , and the little congregation arose . It now included Wildrake , who had entered during the latter prayer , and was the first of the ...
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... thought you had stolen from me a precious pearl , which at one time it would have been my pride and happi- ness to ... thought I was robbed , and I thought I saw the robber before me . I am mistaken - I am not robbed ; and the attempt ...
... thought you had stolen from me a precious pearl , which at one time it would have been my pride and happi- ness to ... thought I was robbed , and I thought I saw the robber before me . I am mistaken - I am not robbed ; and the attempt ...
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... thought I knew , your high feelings of public duty - I knew the opinions in which you had been bred up ; and I said , I will not , even for this , cast him off - he opposes his King because he is loyal to his country . You endeavoured ...
... thought I knew , your high feelings of public duty - I knew the opinions in which you had been bred up ; and I said , I will not , even for this , cast him off - he opposes his King because he is loyal to his country . You endeavoured ...
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... thought -that my father's grey head might , without dis- honour , have remained under the roof where it had so long been sheltered . But did your father sanction your becoming the adviser of yonder am- bitious soldier to a new course of ...
... thought -that my father's grey head might , without dis- honour , have remained under the roof where it had so long been sheltered . But did your father sanction your becoming the adviser of yonder am- bitious soldier to a new course of ...
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