Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... True it is thou art the captive of my sword and of my spear ; never- theless , seeing that there may be a turning from thine evil ways , and a returning to those which are good , if the Lord enlarge thy date for repentance and amendment ...
... True it is thou art the captive of my sword and of my spear ; never- theless , seeing that there may be a turning from thine evil ways , and a returning to those which are good , if the Lord enlarge thy date for repentance and amendment ...
Page 36
... true I took thee up when thou wert but a ragged Robin , made a keeper of thee , and so forth . - What of that ? Sailors think no longer of the wind than when it forwards them on the voy- age - thy betters turn with the tide , why should ...
... true I took thee up when thou wert but a ragged Robin , made a keeper of thee , and so forth . - What of that ? Sailors think no longer of the wind than when it forwards them on the voy- age - thy betters turn with the tide , why should ...
Page 59
... true of the more irrational kinds of animals among each other , ' said Alice , for their whole life is well nigh a warfare ; but the dog leaves his own race to attach himself to ours ; forsakes , for his master , the company , food ...
... true of the more irrational kinds of animals among each other , ' said Alice , for their whole life is well nigh a warfare ; but the dog leaves his own race to attach himself to ours ; forsakes , for his master , the company , food ...
Page 75
... True as steel . - Chums at college and at Lincoln's- Inn - we have been Nisus and Euryalus , Theseus and Perithous , Orestes and Pylades ; and , to sum up the whole with a puritanic touch , David and Jonathan , all in one breath . Not ...
... True as steel . - Chums at college and at Lincoln's- Inn - we have been Nisus and Euryalus , Theseus and Perithous , Orestes and Pylades ; and , to sum up the whole with a puritanic touch , David and Jonathan , all in one breath . Not ...
Page 76
... True , ' said Everard ; ' but with this most necessa- ry qualification , that the party should submit to such outward conformity to the times as should make it more easy and safe for his friend to be of service to him . Now , you are ...
... True , ' said Everard ; ' but with this most necessa- ry qualification , that the party should submit to such outward conformity to the times as should make it more easy and safe for his friend to be of service to him . Now , you are ...
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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...