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... FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND HURST , ROBINSON , AND CO . LONDON . 1822 . Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh . PEVERIL OF PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... FOUR VOLUMES . VOL . II . EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO . EDINBURGH ; AND HURST , ROBINSON , AND CO . LONDON . 1822 . Printed by James Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh . PEVERIL OF PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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... Peveril with a fixed and penetrating glance . " Father ! " said Alice , utterly astonished , and terrified besides , by his sudden appearance at such a conjuncture , - " Father , I am not to blame . " " Of that anon , Alice , " said ...
... Peveril with a fixed and penetrating glance . " Father ! " said Alice , utterly astonished , and terrified besides , by his sudden appearance at such a conjuncture , - " Father , I am not to blame . " " Of that anon , Alice , " said ...
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... Peveril's — it was your father's ! What can you answer to all this , or how can you reconcile it with your present wishes ? " Julian , in reply , could only remark , “ That these injuries had been of long standing - that they had been ...
... Peveril's — it was your father's ! What can you answer to all this , or how can you reconcile it with your present wishes ? " Julian , in reply , could only remark , “ That these injuries had been of long standing - that they had been ...
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... Peveril , " he replied , " was never humbled . " " Had you said the sons of that house had never been humble , " answered Bridgenorth , " you would have come nearer the truth . — Are you not humbled ?. Live you not here , the lackey of ...
... Peveril , " he replied , " was never humbled . " " Had you said the sons of that house had never been humble , " answered Bridgenorth , " you would have come nearer the truth . — Are you not humbled ?. Live you not here , the lackey of ...
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... Peveril ? Said I not , he holdeth , as yet , but the dead let- ter - but the seed which is sown shall one day sprout and quicken ? -Enough , however , of this . For to - day this is thy habitation ... Peveril ; but 28 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... Peveril ? Said I not , he holdeth , as yet , but the dead let- ter - but the seed which is sown shall one day sprout and quicken ? -Enough , however , of this . For to - day this is thy habitation ... Peveril ; but 28 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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Page 227 - Then again for pathos, where will you mend the dying scene of Arcite ? Alas, my heartis queen ! alas, my wife ! Giver at once, and ender of my life. What is this world ? — What axen men to have ? Now with his love — now in his cold grave Alone, withouten other company. But I tire you, sir; and do injustice to the poet whom I remember but by halves.
Page 218 - What made our poet meddle with a plot ? Was't that he fancied, for the very sake And name of plot, his trifling play might take ? For there's not in't one inch-board evidence...