Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2Pub. for the Trade, 1823 - Great Britain |
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Page 19
... called to make their choice betwixt God and Baal . The ancient su- perstition - the abomination of our fathers - is raising its head , and flinging abroad its snares , under the protection of the princes of the earth ; but she raises ...
... called to make their choice betwixt God and Baal . The ancient su- perstition - the abomination of our fathers - is raising its head , and flinging abroad its snares , under the protection of the princes of the earth ; but she raises ...
Page 23
... into society with some individual whose claims to what is called a serious character stand considerably higher than our own , and with whom , therefore , we have conceived ourselves likely to PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 23.
... into society with some individual whose claims to what is called a serious character stand considerably higher than our own , and with whom , therefore , we have conceived ourselves likely to PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 23.
Page 24
... called in prose the twilight . It is pro- bable both parties may , on such occasions , have been the better for their encounter , even if it went no farther than to establish for the time a community of feeling between men , who , sepa ...
... called in prose the twilight . It is pro- bable both parties may , on such occasions , have been the better for their encounter , even if it went no farther than to establish for the time a community of feeling between men , who , sepa ...
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... called Julian's attention to the plate from which they had been eating , Bridgenorth seemed to think an apology necessary for such superfluous expence . << It was a symptom , " he said , « of approach- ing danger , when men , who were ...
... called Julian's attention to the plate from which they had been eating , Bridgenorth seemed to think an apology necessary for such superfluous expence . << It was a symptom , " he said , « of approach- ing danger , when men , who were ...
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... called , who seemed a mes- senger sent from Satan to buffet them . His cruelty was great - his dissimulation profound ; and the skill and promptitude with which he maintained a destructive and desultory warfare , inflicted many dreadful ...
... called , who seemed a mes- senger sent from Satan to buffet them . His cruelty was great - his dissimulation profound ; and the skill and promptitude with which he maintained a destructive and desultory warfare , inflicted many dreadful ...
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