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... inscrip- tion on the picture reads , Charlotte daughter of Henrie Duke of Trémouille , Duke and peer of France , wife of James , Earl of Derby 1658. ' · PEVERIL OF THE PEAK CHAPTER XV What seem'd its head NOTE ON THE FRONTISPIECE ...
... inscrip- tion on the picture reads , Charlotte daughter of Henrie Duke of Trémouille , Duke and peer of France , wife of James , Earl of Derby 1658. ' · PEVERIL OF THE PEAK CHAPTER XV What seem'd its head NOTE ON THE FRONTISPIECE ...
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Sir Walter Scott. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK CHAPTER XV What seem'd its head , The likeness of a kingly crown had on . PARADISE LOST . SODOR , or Holm - Peel , * so is named the castle to which our Julian directed his course early on the ...
Sir Walter Scott. PEVERIL OF THE PEAK CHAPTER XV What seem'd its head , The likeness of a kingly crown had on . PARADISE LOST . SODOR , or Holm - Peel , * so is named the castle to which our Julian directed his course early on the ...
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... . ' Peveril , it is well I looked into these warrants . My mother queens it at such a rate as may cost me not only my crown , which I care little for , but perhaps my head , which , though others may think 14 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... . ' Peveril , it is well I looked into these warrants . My mother queens it at such a rate as may cost me not only my crown , which I care little for , but perhaps my head , which , though others may think 14 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
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Sir Walter Scott. perhaps my head , which , though others may think little of it , I would feel it an inconvenience to be deprived of . ' ' What on earth is the matter ? ' said Peveril , with considerable anxiety . ' It seems , ' said ...
Sir Walter Scott. perhaps my head , which , though others may think little of it , I would feel it an inconvenience to be deprived of . ' ' What on earth is the matter ? ' said Peveril , with considerable anxiety . ' It seems , ' said ...
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... But how to pacify my mother , I know not . I wish the insurrection would take place , and then , as we are better provided than they can be , we might knock the knaves on the head ; and yet , since 19 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... But how to pacify my mother , I know not . I wish the insurrection would take place , and then , as we are better provided than they can be , we might knock the knaves on the head ; and yet , since 19 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
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