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... length , the parlour where her anxious lover had so long expected her , it was with a slow step , and a com- posed manner . Her dress was arranged with an accurate attention to form , which at once enhan- ced the appearance of its ...
... length , the parlour where her anxious lover had so long expected her , it was with a slow step , and a com- posed manner . Her dress was arranged with an accurate attention to form , which at once enhan- ced the appearance of its ...
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... length of absence which your severity can inflict , short of a final separation - Say , be- gone for years , but return when these years are over ; and , slow and wearily as they must pass away , still the thought , that they must at length ...
... length of absence which your severity can inflict , short of a final separation - Say , be- gone for years , but return when these years are over ; and , slow and wearily as they must pass away , still the thought , that they must at length ...
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... length we looked up , but our deliverer was no longer amongst us ; nor was he ever again seen in the land which he had rescued . " 1 Here Bridgenorth , who had told this singular story with an eloquence and vivacity of detail very ...
... length we looked up , but our deliverer was no longer amongst us ; nor was he ever again seen in the land which he had rescued . " 1 Here Bridgenorth , who had told this singular story with an eloquence and vivacity of detail very ...
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... movement . " Upon my word , " replied the Earl , “ you know nearly as much of it as I do . My mother has told me nothing about it ; supposing , I be- VOL . II . E lieve , that I will at length be tempted to PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 65.
... movement . " Upon my word , " replied the Earl , “ you know nearly as much of it as I do . My mother has told me nothing about it ; supposing , I be- VOL . II . E lieve , that I will at length be tempted to PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 65.
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Walter Scott. lieve , that I will at length be tempted to inquire ; but she will find herself much mistaken . I shall give her credit for full wisdom in her proceed- ings , rather than put her to the trouble to ren- der a reason , though ...
Walter Scott. lieve , that I will at length be tempted to inquire ; but she will find herself much mistaken . I shall give her credit for full wisdom in her proceed- ings , rather than put her to the trouble to ren- der a reason , though ...
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Page 227 - What is this world ? what axen men to have ? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Alone withouten any compagnie.
Page 47 - ... fell fast by their unerring fire. In this state of confusion, and while we were about to adopt the desperate project of evacuating the village, and, placing the women and children in the centre, of attempting a retreat to the nearest settlement, it pleased Heaven to send us unexpected assistance. A tall man, of a reverend appearance, whom no one...
Page 218 - What made our poet meddle with a plot ? Was't that he fancied, for the very sake And name of plot, his trifling play might take ? For there's not in't one inch-board evidence...