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... replied Julian ; " it is you , Alice , who will deprive me altogether of reason . Did you not say , that if our parents could be brought to consent to our union , you would no 14 10 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . "I know not," said Alice, "...
... replied Julian ; " it is you , Alice , who will deprive me altogether of reason . Did you not say , that if our parents could be brought to consent to our union , you would no 14 10 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . "I know not," said Alice, "...
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... replied Bridge- north , " till I shew you the amount of what you offer me in exchange for a boon , which , what- ever may be its intrinsic value , is earnestly desi- red by you , and comprehends all that is valuable on earth which I ...
... replied Bridge- north , " till I shew you the amount of what you offer me in exchange for a boon , which , what- ever may be its intrinsic value , is earnestly desi- red by you , and comprehends all that is valuable on earth which I ...
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... replied Julian , “ much the contrary ; and it was but now that I remind- that you had been his friend . ” ed you # 3 " Ay . When he was in affliction and I in pros- perity , I was neither unwilling , nor altogether unable , to shew ...
... replied Julian , “ much the contrary ; and it was but now that I remind- that you had been his friend . ” ed you # 3 " Ay . When he was in affliction and I in pros- perity , I was neither unwilling , nor altogether unable , to shew ...
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... 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 a haughty woman ...
... 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 a haughty woman ...
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... replied Bridgenorth , even as the sluice brings into action the sleeping waters of the lake , which it finally drains . Necessity in- vents arts and discovers means ; and what neces- sity is sterner than that of civil war ? Therefore ...
... replied Bridgenorth , even as the sluice brings into action the sleeping waters of the lake , which it finally drains . Necessity in- vents arts and discovers means ; and what neces- sity is sterner than that of civil war ? Therefore ...
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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...