Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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Page 57
... truly , I profess my mind was much inclined to- ward her for her edification . ' " ' Oh , sir , ' replied Joliffe , she will be at church next Sunday , and if your military reverence is pleased again to hold forth among us , she will ...
... truly , I profess my mind was much inclined to- ward her for her edification . ' " ' Oh , sir , ' replied Joliffe , she will be at church next Sunday , and if your military reverence is pleased again to hold forth among us , she will ...
Page 107
... truly , if we suppose that their religious professions were partly influential in their own breast , partly as- sumed in compliance with their own interest . And so ingenious is the human heart in deceiving itself as well as others ...
... truly , if we suppose that their religious professions were partly influential in their own breast , partly as- sumed in compliance with their own interest . And so ingenious is the human heart in deceiving itself as well as others ...
Page 108
... truly , sir , ' replied Wildrake , suppressing , with difficulty , some of his usual wild expletives ; ' for- merly gentlemen were found in gentlemen's places , but now the world is so changed , that you shall find the broidered belt ...
... truly , sir , ' replied Wildrake , suppressing , with difficulty , some of his usual wild expletives ; ' for- merly gentlemen were found in gentlemen's places , but now the world is so changed , that you shall find the broidered belt ...
Page 110
... truly an excellent and honourable gentleman as ever bore a sword upon his thigh , and one who hath ever distin- guished himself in the great work of delivering these three poor and unhappy nations . - Answer me not : I know what thou ...
... truly an excellent and honourable gentleman as ever bore a sword upon his thigh , and one who hath ever distin- guished himself in the great work of delivering these three poor and unhappy nations . - Answer me not : I know what thou ...
Page 111
... truly , a faithful honourable gentleman , and one who may well call me friend ; and truly I am pleased to think that he doth so . Nevertheless , in this vale of tears , we must be governed less by our private respects and partia- lities ...
... truly , a faithful honourable gentleman , and one who may well call me friend ; and truly I am pleased to think that he doth so . Nevertheless , in this vale of tears , we must be governed less by our private respects and partia- lities ...
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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...