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Walter Scott. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . CHAPTER I. Parents have flinty hearts ! No tears can move them . OTWAY . WHEN Alice Bridgenorth entered , at length , the parlour where her anxious lover had so long expected her , it was with a slow ...
Walter Scott. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . CHAPTER I. Parents have flinty hearts ! No tears can move them . OTWAY . WHEN Alice Bridgenorth entered , at length , the parlour where her anxious lover had so long expected her , it was with a slow ...
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... heart beat high as she came into the apart- ment , and it was almost without an attempt to speak that his profound obeisance acknowledged her entrance . " This is a mockery , Master Peveril , " said Alice , with an effort to speak ...
... heart beat high as she came into the apart- ment , and it was almost without an attempt to speak that his profound obeisance acknowledged her entrance . " This is a mockery , Master Peveril , " said Alice , with an effort to speak ...
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... heart . " If , " said he , " there was a mode by which , at the peril of my life , Alice , I could shew my regard — my respect - my devoted tenderness- the danger would be dearer to me than ever was pleasure . " " You have said such ...
... heart . " If , " said he , " there was a mode by which , at the peril of my life , Alice , I could shew my regard — my respect - my devoted tenderness- the danger would be dearer to me than ever was pleasure . " " You have said such ...
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... bears to an only child . " " If , " said Julian , his heart beating thick and joyfully , " if you have known this intercourse so long , may I not hope that it has 2 18 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . "I must understand you," said Bridgenorth, ...
... bears to an only child . " " If , " said Julian , his heart beating thick and joyfully , " if you have known this intercourse so long , may I not hope that it has 2 18 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . "I must understand you," said Bridgenorth, ...
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... heart , though they have been the means of banishing me from my place of residence , where my fathers dwelt , and where my earthly comforts lie interred . But the public cause sets farther strife betwixt your father and me . Who 22 ...
... heart , though they have been the means of banishing me from my place of residence , where my fathers dwelt , and where my earthly comforts lie interred . But the public cause sets farther strife betwixt your father and me . Who 22 ...
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