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Page 84
said the other , interrupting him . “ You are like the old Romans , who held that hostis meant both a stranger and an enemy . I will there . fore be no longer a stranger . My name is Ganlesse -by profession I am a Roman Catholic priest ...
said the other , interrupting him . “ You are like the old Romans , who held that hostis meant both a stranger and an enemy . I will there . fore be no longer a stranger . My name is Ganlesse -by profession I am a Roman Catholic priest ...
Page 85
“ My way is yours , " said the pertinacious Master Ganlesse , as he called himself ; “ and we will both travel the safer , that we journey in company . I have the receipt of fern - seed , man , and walk invisible .
“ My way is yours , " said the pertinacious Master Ganlesse , as he called himself ; “ and we will both travel the safer , that we journey in company . I have the receipt of fern - seed , man , and walk invisible .
Page 86
I am no longer Ganlesse , the seminary priest , but changing his tone , and snuffling in the nose ) Simon Canter , a poor preacher of the word , who travels this way to call sinners to repentance ; and to strengthen , and to edify ...
I am no longer Ganlesse , the seminary priest , but changing his tone , and snuffling in the nose ) Simon Canter , a poor preacher of the word , who travels this way to call sinners to repentance ; and to strengthen , and to edify ...
Page 87
... enough to devise a handsome branch of the Popish Plot . How will you look , when you see come forth , in comely folio form , The Narrative of a Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 87.
... enough to devise a handsome branch of the Popish Plot . How will you look , when you see come forth , in comely folio form , The Narrative of a Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 87.
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Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the horrid Popish Conspiracy for the Murther of the King , and Massacre of all Protestants , as given on oath to the Honourable House of Commons ; setting forth , how far ...
Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the horrid Popish Conspiracy for the Murther of the King , and Massacre of all Protestants , as given on oath to the Honourable House of Commons ; setting forth , how far ...
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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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