Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... Duke of York con- formed to the Catholic faith ; and the same event has doubled the hate and jealousy of the Protes- tants . So far , I fear , there may be just cause for suspicion , that the Duke is a better Catholic than an Englishman ...
... Duke of York con- formed to the Catholic faith ; and the same event has doubled the hate and jealousy of the Protes- tants . So far , I fear , there may be just cause for suspicion , that the Duke is a better Catholic than an Englishman ...
Page 191
... Duke of Bucks , that may be evidence thou wert first in town . ' 99 Tom Beacon ducked and exit ; and Lance , after having made some show of helping him to horse , ran back to tell his master the joyful intelligence , that a lucky ...
... Duke of Bucks , that may be evidence thou wert first in town . ' 99 Tom Beacon ducked and exit ; and Lance , after having made some show of helping him to horse , ran back to tell his master the joyful intelligence , that a lucky ...
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... Duke was the most licentious and most gay ; yet while expending a princely fortune , a strong constitution , and ... Duke's levee - if any thing could be termed usual where all was irregular - had been long past . hall was filled with ...
... Duke was the most licentious and most gay ; yet while expending a princely fortune , a strong constitution , and ... Duke's levee - if any thing could be termed usual where all was irregular - had been long past . hall was filled with ...
Page 197
... Duke in personal splendour . But his anti - chamber , in par- ticular , might be compared to a gathering of eagles to the slaughter , were not the simile too dignified to express that vile race , who by a hundred devices , all tending ...
... Duke in personal splendour . But his anti - chamber , in par- ticular , might be compared to a gathering of eagles to the slaughter , were not the simile too dignified to express that vile race , who by a hundred devices , all tending ...
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... Duke of Buckingham - all genuine descendants of the daughter of the horse - leech , whose cry is " Give , give ... Duke's mansion as a sort of neu- tral ground ; sure , that if he was not of their opi- nion to - day , the very ...
... Duke of Buckingham - all genuine descendants of the daughter of the horse - leech , whose cry is " Give , give ... Duke's mansion as a sort of neu- tral ground ; sure , that if he was not of their opi- nion to - day , the very ...
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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.