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Page 11
... faith to a Manx warrant . ' ' How can you trifle thus , you simple boy ? ' places that imagination can form ; the sea runs under it through the hollows of the rock with such a continual roar , that you would think it were every moment ...
... faith to a Manx warrant . ' ' How can you trifle thus , you simple boy ? ' places that imagination can form ; the sea runs under it through the hollows of the rock with such a continual roar , that you would think it were every moment ...
Page 45
... faith and humble obedience to a divine commandment , he had meditated a murder and not a sacrifice . In our late bloody and lamentable wars , how many drew swords on either side , from the purest and most honourable motives ? How many ...
... faith and humble obedience to a divine commandment , he had meditated a murder and not a sacrifice . In our late bloody and lamentable wars , how many drew swords on either side , from the purest and most honourable motives ? How many ...
Page 47
... faith , and such like peccadilloes , are not utterly foreign to the mind and conduct of the heir of a knightly house of twenty descents . It is a great lesson to me , sir ; for hitherto I had thought with the vulgar , that gentle ...
... faith , and such like peccadilloes , are not utterly foreign to the mind and conduct of the heir of a knightly house of twenty descents . It is a great lesson to me , sir ; for hitherto I had thought with the vulgar , that gentle ...
Page 55
... faith is pro- fessed by one honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to be friendly to its tenets . The bigotry of the laymen - the ...
... faith is pro- fessed by one honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to be friendly to its tenets . The bigotry of the laymen - the ...
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... faith by the Catholic priests into whose company I was necessarily thrown . Like her , I trust to live and die in the faith of the reformed Church of England . ' The Church of England ! ' said Bridgenorth , dropping his young friend's ...
... faith by the Catholic priests into whose company I was necessarily thrown . Like her , I trust to live and die in the faith of the reformed Church of England . ' The Church of England ! ' said Bridgenorth , dropping his young friend's ...
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acquaintance Alice Bridgenorth amongst answered Peveril apartment arms better betwixt Buckingham called Catholic Chiffinch Christian church companion countenance Countess of Derby Court dame danger daughter Debbitch Derbyshire desirous Ditchley door Duchess of Portsmouth Duke Earl of Derby Empson England eyes father favour fear Fenella followed Ganlesse Geneva band gentleman give Grace guest hand hath head heard Holm-Peel honour horse intimate island Isle Jerningham Jesuits Julian Peveril King lady Lance Outram light London look lord Lord Saville madam Major Bridgenorth manner Martindale Castle Master Bridgenorth Master Julian Matt Chamberlain means mind Mistress mother never night noble Papists passion person pleasure poor Popish Plot present Protestant Puritans purpose rendered replied Roundheads scarce seemed seen Sir Geoffrey soon speak stranger supposed thee thing thou art thought tion tone Topham turned warrant woman young
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Page 242 - Here lies our sovereign lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Page 347 - You write me word that I am out of favour with a certain poet, whom I have admired for the disproportion of him and his attributes. He is a rarity which I cannot but be fond of, as one would be of a hog that could fiddle, or a singing owl. If he falls on me at the blunt, which is his very good weapon in wit, I will forgive him if you please, and leave the repartee to black Will with a cudgel!