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Page 13
... already a man of sorrows ; and what would he think were I capable of entertaining a suit so likely to add to them ? Besides , I could not tell you , if I would , where he is now to be found . My letters reach him from time to time , by ...
... already a man of sorrows ; and what would he think were I capable of entertaining a suit so likely to add to them ? Besides , I could not tell you , if I would , where he is now to be found . My letters reach him from time to time , by ...
Page 35
... already spoken , Master Bridgenorth turned his conversation chiefly on foreign travel , and on the wonders he had seen in distant countries , and which he appeared to have marked with a curious and observant eye . This discourse made ...
... already spoken , Master Bridgenorth turned his conversation chiefly on foreign travel , and on the wonders he had seen in distant countries , and which he appeared to have marked with a curious and observant eye . This discourse made ...
Page 78
... already ; and the nation , like a bull at Tutbury - running , is perse- cuted with so many inflammatory rumours and pestilent pamphlets , that she has cocked her tail , flung up her heels , taken the bit betwixt her teeth , and is as ...
... already ; and the nation , like a bull at Tutbury - running , is perse- cuted with so many inflammatory rumours and pestilent pamphlets , that she has cocked her tail , flung up her heels , taken the bit betwixt her teeth , and is as ...
Page 106
... him aware that Alice had already reached their place of meeting . One instant set the palfrey at liberty , with slackened girths and loosened reins , to pick its own way through the dell at will 106 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . CHAPTER V. ...
... him aware that Alice had already reached their place of meeting . One instant set the palfrey at liberty , with slackened girths and loosened reins , to pick its own way through the dell at will 106 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . CHAPTER V. ...
Page 112
... inter- course with your father dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally 112 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... inter- course with your father dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally 112 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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