Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... tone of deep grief , " what can thus have altered your clear judgment and kindly heart ? Accursed be these civil commotions ! not only do they destroy men's bodies , but they pervert their souls , and the brave , the noble , the ...
... tone of deep grief , " what can thus have altered your clear judgment and kindly heart ? Accursed be these civil commotions ! not only do they destroy men's bodies , but they pervert their souls , and the brave , the noble , the ...
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... tone that showed he cared not for its being heard by the soldier . 66 Desborough - the ploughman Desborough - as grovelling a clown as is in England - a fellow that would be best at home , like an ancient Scythian , un- der the tilt of ...
... tone that showed he cared not for its being heard by the soldier . 66 Desborough - the ploughman Desborough - as grovelling a clown as is in England - a fellow that would be best at home , like an ancient Scythian , un- der the tilt of ...
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... tone with me , brother , " answered Joceline ; " remember thou hast not the old knight of sixty - five to deal with , but a fellow as bitter and prompt as thyself - it may be a little more so - younger at all events - and prithee , why ...
... tone with me , brother , " answered Joceline ; " remember thou hast not the old knight of sixty - five to deal with , but a fellow as bitter and prompt as thyself - it may be a little more so - younger at all events - and prithee , why ...
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... tone , " Perish Babylon , as thy master Nebuchadnezzar hath perished ! He is a wanderer , and thou shalt be a waste place - yea , and a wilderness - yea , a desert of salt , in which there shall be thirst and famine . " " There is like ...
... tone , " Perish Babylon , as thy master Nebuchadnezzar hath perished ! He is a wanderer , and thou shalt be a waste place - yea , and a wilderness - yea , a desert of salt , in which there shall be thirst and famine . " " There is like ...
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... " answered the honest keeper , his bile rising so fast that he added , in a muttering and inaudible tone , so it may well serve a crop - eared knave like thee . " He acted as the usher , however , and led WOODSTOCK . 49.
... " answered the honest keeper , his bile rising so fast that he added , in a muttering and inaudible tone , so it may well serve a crop - eared knave like thee . " He acted as the usher , however , and led WOODSTOCK . 49.
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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...