Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... Alice Bridgenorth . That Alice should extend her hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bound- ed over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kind- ly stretched ...
... Alice Bridgenorth . That Alice should extend her hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bound- ed over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kind- ly stretched ...
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... Alice , young as she was , and attached to Julian by such long habits of kindly in- timacy , still knew well how to subdue the tendency of her own treacherous affections . " This is not right , " she said , extricating her hand from ...
... Alice , young as she was , and attached to Julian by such long habits of kindly in- timacy , still knew well how to subdue the tendency of her own treacherous affections . " This is not right , " she said , extricating her hand from ...
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... Alice , what a cold and doubtful phrase you have used to express the most devoted , the most sincere affection ! ” 66 " Well , then , " said Alice , sadly , " we will not quarrel about words ; but do not again interrupt me , -I could ...
... Alice , what a cold and doubtful phrase you have used to express the most devoted , the most sincere affection ! ” 66 " Well , then , " said Alice , sadly , " we will not quarrel about words ; but do not again interrupt me , -I could ...
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... Alice , " answered Peveril . " That your father's especial line of politics differs widely from mine , I know well ; but how many instances have occurred , even during the bloody scenes of civil warfare , of good and worthy men laying ...
... Alice , " answered Peveril . " That your father's especial line of politics differs widely from mine , I know well ; but how many instances have occurred , even during the bloody scenes of civil warfare , of good and worthy men laying ...
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... Alice ? and how is my intercourse with your father dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally ...
... Alice ? and how is my intercourse with your father dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally ...
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Page 194 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.