Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2Pub. for the Trade, 1823 - Great Britain |
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Page 10
... turned his looks to Major Bridge- north , and then sunk them on the ground . The major continued to regard him in profound si- lence ; his looks were melancholy and even aus- tere ; but there was nothing which indicated either agitation ...
... turned his looks to Major Bridge- north , and then sunk them on the ground . The major continued to regard him in profound si- lence ; his looks were melancholy and even aus- tere ; but there was nothing which indicated either agitation ...
Page 14
... turned - the times are changed . A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour , now powerful in his turn , such protection when walking in the paths of the law , as all men , subjects of the same realm , have a ...
... turned - the times are changed . A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour , now powerful in his turn , such protection when walking in the paths of the law , as all men , subjects of the same realm , have a ...
Page 24
... him . Carefully avoiding the subject on which he had already spoken , Master Bridgenorth turned his conversation chiefly on foreign travel , and on the wonders he had seen in distant countries , and 24 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... him . Carefully avoiding the subject on which he had already spoken , Master Bridgenorth turned his conversation chiefly on foreign travel , and on the wonders he had seen in distant countries , and 24 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
Page 36
... turning back of the battle , which , pronounced with a voice loud and clear as a war - trumpet , thrilled through the joints and marrow of the hearers . I have heard many an act of devotion in my life , had Heaven vouchsafed me grace to ...
... turning back of the battle , which , pronounced with a voice loud and clear as a war - trumpet , thrilled through the joints and marrow of the hearers . I have heard many an act of devotion in my life , had Heaven vouchsafed me grace to ...
Page 53
... turned her eyes towards him , from which the tears were fast falling . " Philip , " she said , « you try me too unkindly , and too severely . If times are changed , as I have heard you allege - if the dignity of rank , and the high ...
... turned her eyes towards him , from which the tears were fast falling . " Philip , " she said , « you try me too unkindly , and too severely . If times are changed , as I have heard you allege - if the dignity of rank , and the high ...
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