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... better . ' Come , come ; this is affectation , my good friend , ' said Julian . ' You should enquire into these matters a little more curiously . ' 6 To what purpose ? ' said the Earl . ' To hear old stories about the Tinwald laws , and ...
... better . ' Come , come ; this is affectation , my good friend , ' said Julian . ' You should enquire into these matters a little more curiously . ' 6 To what purpose ? ' said the Earl . ' To hear old stories about the Tinwald laws , and ...
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... and tumult , is a jewel I have always possessed . ' ' I wish , then , Philip , you would exert it to better purpose , ' said the Countess , half smiling , half displeased ; for she doted upon her son with 9 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... and tumult , is a jewel I have always possessed . ' ' I wish , then , Philip , you would exert it to better purpose , ' said the Countess , half smiling , half displeased ; for she doted upon her son with 9 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
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... , which is or was kept a little in repair , is a prison or dungeon , for ecclesiastical offenders . This , ' says Waldron , ' is certainly one of the most dreadful ' Do not think better of me than I deserve ΙΟ PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... , which is or was kept a little in repair , is a prison or dungeon , for ecclesiastical offenders . This , ' says Waldron , ' is certainly one of the most dreadful ' Do not think better of me than I deserve ΙΟ PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
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Sir Walter Scott. ' Do not think better of me than I deserve , ' said the Earl to Peveril ; ' my mother has omitted to tell you the culprit was pretty Peggy of Ramsey , and her crime what in Cupid's courts would have been called a ...
Sir Walter Scott. ' Do not think better of me than I deserve , ' said the Earl to Peveril ; ' my mother has omitted to tell you the culprit was pretty Peggy of Ramsey , and her crime what in Cupid's courts would have been called a ...
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... better motive combines with natural indolence . But she seems to have feared I should not think exactly like her in this emergency , and she was right in supposing so . ' 6 6 6 How comes the emergency upon you ? ' said Julian ; and what ...
... better motive combines with natural indolence . But she seems to have feared I should not think exactly like her in this emergency , and she was right in supposing so . ' 6 6 6 How comes the emergency upon you ? ' said Julian ; and what ...
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