Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... Countess of Derby is more than enough to inspire him with suspicions of my faith , from which , thank Heaven , I can vindicate myself with truth and good con- science . " So thinking , he again adjusted the girths of his palfrey ...
... Countess of Derby is more than enough to inspire him with suspicions of my faith , from which , thank Heaven , I can vindicate myself with truth and good con- science . " So thinking , he again adjusted the girths of his palfrey ...
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... Countess's household permitted . She herself , accompanied by her gentlewoman and attendants , retired early after the tables were left to their own company . Wine had , for the moment , no charms for either ; for the Earl was out of ...
... Countess's household permitted . She herself , accompanied by her gentlewoman and attendants , retired early after the tables were left to their own company . Wine had , for the moment , no charms for either ; for the Earl was out of ...
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... Countess , or the security of her little kingdom of Man , was to be endangered . This carried such indelible disgrace in the front , that he could not suppose the scheme proposed to him by any who was not prepared to defend with his ...
... Countess , or the security of her little kingdom of Man , was to be endangered . This carried such indelible disgrace in the front , that he could not suppose the scheme proposed to him by any who was not prepared to defend with his ...
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... Countess . In an instant Fenella's whole deportment was changed . She started up , and arranged herself in her seat with the rapidity of lightning ; and at the same moment , with one turn of her hand , braided her length of locks into a ...
... Countess . In an instant Fenella's whole deportment was changed . She started up , and arranged herself in her seat with the rapidity of lightning ; and at the same moment , with one turn of her hand , braided her length of locks into a ...
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... Countess's apartment , they found her with writing implements , and many sealed letters , before her . She received Julian with her usual kindness ; and having caused him to be seated , beckoned to the mute to resume her needle . In an ...
... Countess's apartment , they found her with writing implements , and many sealed letters , before her . She received Julian with her usual kindness ; and having caused him to be seated , beckoned to the mute to resume her needle . In an ...
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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.