Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 65
... grace in the sight of the emissary ; who before se- lecting two horses for his attendants , gave permis- sion to the stranger to purchase a gray horse , much inferior , indeed , to that which he had resigned , both in form and in action ...
... grace in the sight of the emissary ; who before se- lecting two horses for his attendants , gave permis- sion to the stranger to purchase a gray horse , much inferior , indeed , to that which he had resigned , both in form and in action ...
Page 69
... grace , announced that John Whitecraft united the two honest occu- pations of landlord and miller , and doubtless , took toll from the public in both capacities . Such a place promised a traveller , who journeyed incognito , more safe ...
... grace , announced that John Whitecraft united the two honest occu- pations of landlord and miller , and doubtless , took toll from the public in both capacities . Such a place promised a traveller , who journeyed incognito , more safe ...
Page 85
... grace - an old tale of Edgehill and Worster fights to relish a cold venison pasty , and a flask of claret mantled with cobwebs - a bed for you in the priest's hiding hole - and , for aught I know , pretty Mistress Betty , the dairy ...
... grace - an old tale of Edgehill and Worster fights to relish a cold venison pasty , and a flask of claret mantled with cobwebs - a bed for you in the priest's hiding hole - and , for aught I know , pretty Mistress Betty , the dairy ...
Page 97
... grace - time , " he said , " to save a whole nation from perdition . We could bring no chauf- fettes with any convenience ; and even Chaubert is nothing , unless his dishes are tasted in the very moment of projection . Come , uncover ...
... grace - time , " he said , " to save a whole nation from perdition . We could bring no chauf- fettes with any convenience ; and even Chaubert is nothing , unless his dishes are tasted in the very moment of projection . Come , uncover ...
Page 137
... grace before meat , which was delivered by one of the company- who , from his Geneva band and serge doublet , pre- sided , as Julian supposed , over some dissenting- congregation - he noticed that this man kept the same demure and ...
... grace before meat , which was delivered by one of the company- who , from his Geneva band and serge doublet , pre- sided , as Julian supposed , over some dissenting- congregation - he noticed that this man kept the same demure and ...
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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.