Woodstock; Or, The Cavalier: A Tale of the Year Sixteen Hundred and Fifty-one, Volume 2Archibald Constable and Company Edinburgh; and Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London., 1826 - Great Britain - 370 pages |
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Page 15
... betwixt the munici- pal officers and the soldier who was in the act of arising ; then making at once the movement of resting arms according to the manual as then prac- tised , their musket - butts rang on the church pave- ment , within ...
... betwixt the munici- pal officers and the soldier who was in the act of arising ; then making at once the movement of resting arms according to the manual as then prac- tised , their musket - butts rang on the church pave- ment , within ...
Page 44
... betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness , Markham Everard were the first to despise me for it . " She put her handkerchief to her eyes , but she ...
... betwixt you ? Why think I would sacrifice to that young man my duty to you ? Know , that were I capable of such criminal weakness , Markham Everard were the first to despise me for it . " She put her handkerchief to her eyes , but she ...
Page 49
... betwixt his finger and thumb , as if it were a letter from a pest - house ; and held it at as much distance from his eyes , as his purpose of reading it would per- mit . He then read aloud , and as he named the parties one by one , he ...
... betwixt his finger and thumb , as if it were a letter from a pest - house ; and held it at as much distance from his eyes , as his purpose of reading it would per- mit . He then read aloud , and as he named the parties one by one , he ...
Page 62
... betwixt us , or my hand be against thine ? Thou art but a poor knave , doing thy master's order , nor have I any desire that my own blood or thine should be shed touching this matter.- Thou art , I understand , to give me peaceful 62 ...
... betwixt us , or my hand be against thine ? Thou art but a poor knave , doing thy master's order , nor have I any desire that my own blood or thine should be shed touching this matter.- Thou art , I understand , to give me peaceful 62 ...
Page 67
... st thou take such um- brage at a Maypole ? I would thou hadst known one Phil Hazeldine of these parts - He was the best morris - dancer betwixt Oxford and Burford . " " The more shame to him , " answered the WOODSTOCK . 67.
... st thou take such um- brage at a Maypole ? I would thou hadst known one Phil Hazeldine of these parts - He was the best morris - dancer betwixt Oxford and Burford . " " The more shame to him , " answered the WOODSTOCK . 67.
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