Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... 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 out ...
... 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 out ...
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... Bridgenorth became more as- sured as she observed the power which she pos- sessed over her lover ; and the self - command which Peveril exhibited , which other damsels in her situa tion might have judged inconsistent with intensi- ty of ...
... Bridgenorth became more as- sured as she observed the power which she pos- sessed over her lover ; and the self - command which Peveril exhibited , which other damsels in her situa tion might have judged inconsistent with intensi- ty of ...
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... Bridgenorth less than justice in confound- ing him with the unreasonable bigots in policy and religion , who can listen to no argument but what favours their own prepossessions . " " Julian , " replied Alice , " it is you who misjudge ...
... Bridgenorth less than justice in confound- ing him with the unreasonable bigots in policy and religion , who can listen to no argument but what favours their own prepossessions . " " Julian , " replied Alice , " it is you who misjudge ...
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... Bridgenorth , their whig grand - dame . " " Can you speak thus , Alice ? " said her lover . " Can you use such expressions ? and are you not sensible that they show plainly it is your own pride , not regard for me , that makes you ...
... Bridgenorth , their whig grand - dame . " " Can you speak thus , Alice ? " said her lover . " Can you use such expressions ? and are you not sensible that they show plainly it is your own pride , not regard for me , that makes you ...
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... Bridgenorth , " any more than you can overpower me with your passion . Had the patriarch destined his son to death upon any less ground than faith and humble obedience to a divine commandment , he had meditated a murder , and not a ...
... Bridgenorth , " any more than you can overpower me with your passion . Had the patriarch destined his son to death upon any less ground than faith and humble obedience to a divine commandment , he had meditated a murder , and not a ...
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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.