Brambletye House: Or, Cavaliers and Roundheads : a Novel, Band 1Colburn, 1826 - 296 Seiten |
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... already have guessed from our first chapter , in certain premature machinations for effecting the downfall of the usurp- er . Of all men living he was , perhaps , the least qualified for the successful management of , or even the safe ...
... already have guessed from our first chapter , in certain premature machinations for effecting the downfall of the usurp- er . Of all men living he was , perhaps , the least qualified for the successful management of , or even the safe ...
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... already no- ticed , having more than once been seen returning from the premises after midnight , and being known not to belong to any of the surrounding farmers , was vehemently suspected of being engaged in some business much more ...
... already no- ticed , having more than once been seen returning from the premises after midnight , and being known not to belong to any of the surrounding farmers , was vehemently suspected of being engaged in some business much more ...
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... already , I reckon they can't be here in less nor an hour , let ' um flounder out which way they will . " " How truly unfortunate , " said Waynfleet , walk- ing up and down in great agitation , " that Sir John should be absent at this ...
... already , I reckon they can't be here in less nor an hour , let ' um flounder out which way they will . " " How truly unfortunate , " said Waynfleet , walk- ing up and down in great agitation , " that Sir John should be absent at this ...
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... already been shown , with all the state secrets and perilous machinations of which Brambletye House had for some time been the head - quarters . The latter , who still retained the name of Serjeant Whittaker , from his having served ...
... already been shown , with all the state secrets and perilous machinations of which Brambletye House had for some time been the head - quarters . The latter , who still retained the name of Serjeant Whittaker , from his having served ...
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... already made , that had any of Sir John's retainers remained upon the premises , they would probably have been expos- ed to mal - treatment , notwithstanding the conven- tion at the gates ; but they had all slipped 50 BRAMBLETYE HOUSE .
... already made , that had any of Sir John's retainers remained upon the premises , they would probably have been expos- ed to mal - treatment , notwithstanding the conven- tion at the gates ; but they had all slipped 50 BRAMBLETYE HOUSE .
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apprehension arms Ashdown forest Baronet better Brambletye House Bruges called cavalier songs Cavaliers chaplain Colonel Lilburne companion concealed countenance cried Sir John Cromwell crop-eared Culpepper curse dark declaring door Duke Duke of York Dunkirk East Grinstead ejaculated England escape exclaimed eyes father favour gaoler gate Gate-house Giles Groombridge hall hand hastily head heard honour Hopton Heath horse hour hurried immediate inquired Jack Whittaker Jocelyn King King's landlord Lockhart look Lord Lord Protector Majesty Marquess Marquess of Ormond master ment Monarch morning never night Noll observed pedlar Pickering pistol present prison proceeded Protector Puritans racter rapier rascal replied Sir rogues Roundheads Royalists seemed seized Serjeant Whittaker singing Sir John Compton Sir William soldiers song sword thee thou thought tion troop turned utterly vaults voice wall Waynfleet whole party wish woman word
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 133 - ... family ; to do all this under the name and wages of a parliament; to trample upon them too as he pleased, and spurn them out of doors when he grew weary of them ; to raise up a new and...
Seite 133 - ... overcome with equal facility both the riches of the south and the poverty of the north; to be feared and courted by all foreign princes, and adopted a brother to the gods of the earth; to call together parliaments with a word of his pen.
Seite 199 - My Lady Gerrard treated us at Mulberry Garden, ' now the onely place of refreshment about the towne for persons of the best quality to be exceedingly cheated at...
Seite 157 - This night I was invited by Mr. Roger L'Estrange to hear the incomparable Lubicer on the violin. His variety on a few notes and plain ground, with that wonderful dexterity, was admirable. Though a young man, yet so perfect and skilful, that there was nothing, however cross and perplexed, brought to him by our artists, which he did not play off at sight with ravishing sweetness and improvements, to the astonishment of our best masters.
Seite 18 - Barrow shall be sainted ; There's neither cross nor crucifix Shall stand for men to see, Rome's trash and trumpery shall go down, And hey, then, up go we...
Seite 133 - ... and to command them victoriously at last ; to over-run each corner of the three nations, and overcome with equal facility both the riches of the south and the poverty of the north ; to be...
Seite 133 - ... what can be more extraordinary than that a person of mean birth, no fortune, no eminent qualities of body, which have sometimes, or of mind which have often, raised men to the highest dignities, should have the courage to attempt, and the happiness to succeed in so improbable a design as the destruction of one of the most ancient and most solidly-founded monarchies upon the earth...
Seite 157 - In sum, he played on the single instrument a full concert, so as the rest flung down their instruments, acknowledging the victory. As to my own particular, I stand to this hour amazed that God should give so great perfection to so young a person.
Seite 32 - A hound and a hawk no longer Shall be symptoms of disaffection ; A cock-fight shall cease to be breach of the peace, And an horse-race an insurrection.
Seite 21 - But a beggar's a beggar and so he shall be, Unless he turn Traytor, Let Misers take courses to hep up their treasure, Whose lust has no limits, whose mind has no measure Let me be but quiet and take a little pleasure, A little contents my nature. My Petition shall be that Canary be cheaper, Without Patent or Custom, or cursed Excise ; That the Wits may have leave to drink deeper and deeper, And not be undone, while their heads they baptise, And in liquor do drench 'um ; If this were but granted,...