Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2Pub. for the Trade, 1823 - Great Britain |
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... Bridgenorth entered , at 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 en- hanced ...
... Bridgenorth entered , at 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 en- hanced ...
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... Bridgenorth's ; but an exquisite form , though not as yet sufficiently rounded in the out- fines to produce the perfection of female beauty , was able to sustain and give grace even to this unbecoming dress . Her countenance , fair and ...
... Bridgenorth's ; but an exquisite form , though not as yet sufficiently rounded in the out- fines to produce the perfection of female beauty , was able to sustain and give grace even to this unbecoming dress . Her countenance , fair and ...
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... Bridgenorth ; « that which is un- pleasant , our selfish and stubborn will represents as impossible . I have no confidence in the plan you propose - no confidence in your resolution , and less than none in the protection of Debo- rab ...
... Bridgenorth ; « that which is un- pleasant , our selfish and stubborn will represents as impossible . I have no confidence in the plan you propose - no confidence in your resolution , and less than none in the protection of Debo- rab ...
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... Bridgenorth says to Julian Peveril ? » « Indeed - indeed , Julian , » said the almost weeping girl , « I do not say so — I say nothing , and I ought not to say any thing concerning what I might do , in a state of things which can never ...
... Bridgenorth says to Julian Peveril ? » « Indeed - indeed , Julian , » said the almost weeping girl , « I do not say so — I say nothing , and I ought not to say any thing concerning what I might do , in a state of things which can never ...
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... Bridgenorth , by my mother's account , is a worthy and an estimable man . I will remind him , that to my mother's care he owes the dear- est treasure and comfort of his life ; and I will ask him if it is a just retribution to make that ...
... Bridgenorth , by my mother's account , is a worthy and an estimable man . I will remind him , that to my mother's care he owes the dear- est treasure and comfort of his life ; and I will ask him if it is a just retribution to make that ...
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