Woodstock: Or, The Cavalier. A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1826 |
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... young Abney saw him a mile from the field . " " Young Abney lied , I believe , " said the father , in the same humour of contradiction . " Young Abney's tongue seems quicker than his hands , but far slower than his horse's heels when he ...
... young Abney saw him a mile from the field . " " Young Abney lied , I believe , " said the father , in the same humour of contradiction . " Young Abney's tongue seems quicker than his hands , but far slower than his horse's heels when he ...
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... young lady , with a voice animated yet faltering , " cruel in- justice . God knows , your way is my way , though it lead to ruin and beggary ; and while you tread it , my arm shall support you while you will accept an aid so feeble ...
... young lady , with a voice animated yet faltering , " cruel in- justice . God knows , your way is my way , though it lead to ruin and beggary ; and while you tread it , my arm shall support you while you will accept an aid so feeble ...
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... young lady . " Silly wench , " replied the knight , " he died when I was a mere child - thou hast heard me say so twenty times ; but thou would'st lead the old man away from the tender subject . Well , though I am not blind , I can shut ...
... young lady . " Silly wench , " replied the knight , " he died when I was a mere child - thou hast heard me say so twenty times ; but thou would'st lead the old man away from the tender subject . Well , though I am not blind , I can shut ...
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... young woman may want to recover some of their clothes and personal property , and I would not that they were baulked on my account . Wherefore , if thou wilt deliver me possession to - morrow morn- ing , it shall be done in personal ...
... young woman may want to recover some of their clothes and personal property , and I would not that they were baulked on my account . Wherefore , if thou wilt deliver me possession to - morrow morn- ing , it shall be done in personal ...
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... young maiden will laugh as a tender flower will blow - ay , and a lad will like her the better for it ; just as the same blithe spring that makes the young birds whistle , bids the blithe fawns skip . There have come worse days since ...
... young maiden will laugh as a tender flower will blow - ay , and a lad will like her the better for it ; just as the same blithe spring that makes the young birds whistle , bids the blithe fawns skip . There have come worse days since ...
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