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In the meanwhile , my sole amusement has been the grimaces and fantastic gestures of that ape Fenella , who is more out of humour , and more absurd , in consequence , than you ever saw her . Morris says , it is because you pushed her ...
In the meanwhile , my sole amusement has been the grimaces and fantastic gestures of that ape Fenella , who is more out of humour , and more absurd , in consequence , than you ever saw her . Morris says , it is because you pushed her ...
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side him the little dumb maiden , the elfin Fenella . She was seated on a low cushion or stool , with which she had nestled close to Peveril's side , and had remained there for a short space of time ; expecting , no doubt , he would ...
side him the little dumb maiden , the elfin Fenella . She was seated on a low cushion or stool , with which she had nestled close to Peveril's side , and had remained there for a short space of time ; expecting , no doubt , he would ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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In an instant Fenella was seated at an embroidering - frame ; where , but for the movement of her dexterous fingers , she might have seemed a statue , so little did she move from her work , either As her infirmity rendered her presence ...
In an instant Fenella was seated at an embroidering - frame ; where , but for the movement of her dexterous fingers , she might have seemed a statue , so little did she move from her work , either As her infirmity rendered her presence ...
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... Fenella stood before him . With eyes that seemed red with recent tears , and with a look of the deepest dejection , the little mute , first touching her bosom , and beckoning with her finger , made to him the usual sign that the ...
... Fenella stood before him . With eyes that seemed red with recent tears , and with a look of the deepest dejection , the little mute , first touching her bosom , and beckoning with her finger , made to him the usual sign that the ...
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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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