Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 18
... Charles Stuart , regard him as a King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us in His anger . His unlimited license - an example so readily followed by the young and the gay around him - has disgusted the minds of all ...
... Charles Stuart , regard him as a King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us in His anger . His unlimited license - an example so readily followed by the young and the gay around him - has disgusted the minds of all ...
Page 34
... Charles , " replied the Countess , " with his usual selfish prudence , truckles to the storm ; and will let cord and axe do their work on the most in- nocent men in his dominions , rather than lose an hour of pleasure in attempting ...
... Charles , " replied the Countess , " with his usual selfish prudence , truckles to the storm ; and will let cord and axe do their work on the most in- nocent men in his dominions , rather than lose an hour of pleasure in attempting ...
Page 65
... Charles Topham , their of- ficer of the Black Rod , to pursue and seize upon the persons of certain individuals named in the warrant ; and of all other persons who are , or should be , ac- cused by competent witnesses , of being ...
... Charles Topham , their of- ficer of the Black Rod , to pursue and seize upon the persons of certain individuals named in the warrant ; and of all other persons who are , or should be , ac- cused by competent witnesses , of being ...
Page 133
... Charles the Se- cond ; amongst whom , excess of extravagance in ap- parel , like excesses of every other kind , was highly fashionable . Julian at first glanced his eyes but slightly along the range of grave and severe faces which ...
... Charles the Se- cond ; amongst whom , excess of extravagance in ap- parel , like excesses of every other kind , was highly fashionable . Julian at first glanced his eyes but slightly along the range of grave and severe faces which ...
Page 186
... Charles's pleasures , was nearly allied to the part which he seemed about to play in the present in- trigue ; but that Christian , whom he had always sup- posed a Puritan as strict as his brother - in - law Bridgenorth , should be ...
... Charles's pleasures , was nearly allied to the part which he seemed about to play in the present in- trigue ; but that Christian , whom he had always sup- posed a Puritan as strict as his brother - in - law Bridgenorth , should be ...
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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.