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So thinking , he again adjusted the girths of his ' palfrey , replaced the bit which he had slipped out of its mouth , that it might feed at liberty , and mounting , pursued his way back to the Castle of Holm - Peel , where he could not ...
So thinking , he again adjusted the girths of his ' palfrey , replaced the bit which he had slipped out of its mouth , that it might feed at liberty , and mounting , pursued his way back to the Castle of Holm - Peel , where he could not ...
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Leaving his faithful companion , Fairy , in the yillage as before , Julian entered the Castle , and found all within in the same state of quietness and good order which external appearances had announced . CHAPTER II .
Leaving his faithful companion , Fairy , in the yillage as before , Julian entered the Castle , and found all within in the same state of quietness and good order which external appearances had announced . CHAPTER II .
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JULIAN's first rencounter , after re - entering the Castle , was with its young Lord , who received him with his usual kindness and lightness of humour . 66 " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the Earl ; “ here you rove ...
JULIAN's first rencounter , after re - entering the Castle , was with its young Lord , who received him with his usual kindness and lightness of humour . 66 " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the Earl ; “ here you rove ...
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He is , he says , not merely the feudal chief of a small island , but one of the noble Peers of England , who must not remain in the security of an obscure and distant castle , when > > 66 a 9 66 his name , or that of his mother PEVERIL ...
He is , he says , not merely the feudal chief of a small island , but one of the noble Peers of England , who must not remain in the security of an obscure and distant castle , when > > 66 a 9 66 his name , or that of his mother PEVERIL ...
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“ I believe you are right , ” answered the Countess , after a moment's consideration ; and then added , “ You propose , doubtless , to pass through Derbyshire , and visit Martindale Castle ? " " I should wish it , madam , certainly ...
“ I believe you are right , ” answered the Countess , after a moment's consideration ; and then added , “ You propose , doubtless , to pass through Derbyshire , and visit Martindale Castle ? " " I should wish it , madam , certainly ...
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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.
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| Title | Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2 Peveril of the Peak, Walter Scott |
| Author | Walter Scott |
| Publisher | James Crissy, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jan 25, 2007 |
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