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... tell you the culprit was pretty Peggy of Ramsey , and her crime what in Cupid's courts would have been called a peccadillo . ' ' Do not make yourself worse than you are , ' replied Peveril , who observed the Countess's cheek redden ...
... tell you the culprit was pretty Peggy of Ramsey , and her crime what in Cupid's courts would have been called a peccadillo . ' ' Do not make yourself worse than you are , ' replied Peveril , who observed the Countess's cheek redden ...
Page 15
... and is as furiously unmanageable as in the year 1642. ' ' All this you must have known already , ' said Peveril ; I wonder you told me not of news so important . ' ' It would have taken long to tell , ' 15 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... and is as furiously unmanageable as in the year 1642. ' ' All this you must have known already , ' said Peveril ; I wonder you told me not of news so important . ' ' It would have taken long to tell , ' 15 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
Page 16
Sir Walter Scott. ' It would have taken long to tell , ' said the Earl ; moreover , I desired to have you solus ; thirdly , I was about to speak when my mother entered ; and , to conclude , it was no business of mine . But these ...
Sir Walter Scott. ' It would have taken long to tell , ' said the Earl ; moreover , I desired to have you solus ; thirdly , I was about to speak when my mother entered ; and , to conclude , it was no business of mine . But these ...
Page 18
... to be owned and protected in any thing they might undertake against us . The people of Ramsey and Castletown are unluckily discontented about some new regulation of the imposts ; and , to tell you the truth , 18 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... to be owned and protected in any thing they might undertake against us . The people of Ramsey and Castletown are unluckily discontented about some new regulation of the imposts ; and , to tell you the truth , 18 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
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Sir Walter Scott. imposts ; and , to tell you the truth , though I thought yesterday's sudden remove a whim of my mother's , I am almost satisfied they would have blockaded us in Rushin Castle , where we could not have held out for lack ...
Sir Walter Scott. imposts ; and , to tell you the truth , though I thought yesterday's sudden remove a whim of my mother's , I am almost satisfied they would have blockaded us in Rushin Castle , where we could not have held out for lack ...
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