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Page 7
... doubt , to fix a term of exile , but attaching to it an impos- sible condition . " " And why impossible , Julian ? " said Alice , in a tone of persuasion ; " were we not happier ere you threw the mask from your own counte- nance , and ...
... doubt , to fix a term of exile , but attaching to it an impos- sible condition . " " And why impossible , Julian ? " said Alice , in a tone of persuasion ; " were we not happier ere you threw the mask from your own counte- nance , and ...
Page 52
... doubt not now , that I looked on the living form of one , who had indeed powerful reasons to conceal him in the cleft of the rock . " " Are these reasons a secret ? " asked Julian Peveril . " Not properly a secret , ” replied ...
... doubt not now , that I looked on the living form of one , who had indeed powerful reasons to conceal him in the cleft of the rock . " " Are these reasons a secret ? " asked Julian Peveril . " Not properly a secret , ” replied ...
Page 54
... doubt whether it be lawful to use weapons in their defence . Yet you hear me not praise , or even vindicate the death of the King , though so far deserved , as he was false to his oath as a Prince and ma- gistrate . I only tell you what ...
... doubt whether it be lawful to use weapons in their defence . Yet you hear me not praise , or even vindicate the death of the King , though so far deserved , as he was false to his oath as a Prince and ma- gistrate . I only tell you what ...
Page 81
... you or I. However , she is a Catholic , and that is enough ; and I have little doubt , that if the fel- lows could seize on our scrap of a kingdom here , VOL . II . F and cut all our throats , they would have the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 81.
... you or I. However , she is a Catholic , and that is enough ; and I have little doubt , that if the fel- lows could seize on our scrap of a kingdom here , VOL . II . F and cut all our throats , they would have the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 81.
Page 83
... doubt , she would soon have had them in the Castle court , with a dozen of the old matchlocks levelled against them — that is her way of solving all sudden difficulties . " " But in which , I trust , you do not acquiesce , my lord ...
... doubt , she would soon have had them in the Castle court , with a dozen of the old matchlocks levelled against them — that is her way of solving all sudden difficulties . " " But in which , I trust , you do not acquiesce , my lord ...
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