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Page 15
... apartment . Ju- lian followed her steps with his eyes till the last wave of her garment was visible at the closing door ; then turned his looks to Ma- jor Bridgenorth , and then sunk them on the ground PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 15.
... apartment . Ju- lian followed her steps with his eyes till the last wave of her garment was visible at the closing door ; then turned his looks to Ma- jor Bridgenorth , and then sunk them on the ground PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 15.
Page 31
... followed as thick as is usual in cases , where folks endea- vour to avert deserved censure by a clamorous justification ere the charge be brought . " No wonder she was cheated , " she said , " out of sight of her own interest , when it ...
... followed as thick as is usual in cases , where folks endea- vour to avert deserved censure by a clamorous justification ere the charge be brought . " No wonder she was cheated , " she said , " out of sight of her own interest , when it ...
Page 69
... followed his sport among the mountains too far - had returned late -and finding her ladyship was removed from Castletown , had instantly followed the family hither ; but as the night - bell was rung , and the watch set , he had deemed ...
... followed his sport among the mountains too far - had returned late -and finding her ladyship was removed from Castletown , had instantly followed the family hither ; but as the night - bell was rung , and the watch set , he had deemed ...
Page 132
... followed by the young and the gay around him - has disgusted the minds of all sober and thinking men . I had not now held conference with you in this inti- mate fashion , were I not aware that you , Mas ter Julian , were free from such ...
... followed by the young and the gay around him - has disgusted the minds of all sober and thinking men . I had not now held conference with you in this inti- mate fashion , were I not aware that you , Mas ter Julian , were free from such ...
Page 173
... her apartment . As he followed her through the long gloomy vaulted passages which afforded communication betwixt -the various apartments of the castle , he could not but observe that her usual light trip was ex- PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 173.
... her apartment . As he followed her through the long gloomy vaulted passages which afforded communication betwixt -the various apartments of the castle , he could not but observe that her usual light trip was ex- PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 173.
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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...