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But we are Englishmen ; and with us such unnatural lethargy can not continue long . Already , many of those who most desired the return of Charles Stuart , regard him as a King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us ...
But we are Englishmen ; and with us such unnatural lethargy can not continue long . Already , many of those who most desired the return of Charles Stuart , regard him as a King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us ...
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When that is made plain to me , no man will more willingly discharge the duty of a faithful liegeman to the law as well as the King . But the laws of England are under the guardianship of upright and learned judges , and of a gracious ...
When that is made plain to me , no man will more willingly discharge the duty of a faithful liegeman to the law as well as the King . But the laws of England are under the guardianship of upright and learned judges , and of a gracious ...
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Ballad of King Estmere . > JULIAN's first rencounter , after re - entering the Castle , was with its young Lord , who received him with his usual kindness and lightness of humour . 66 " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the ...
Ballad of King Estmere . > JULIAN's first rencounter , after re - entering the Castle , was with its young Lord , who received him with his usual kindness and lightness of humour . 66 " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the ...
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“ But the King , ” said Peveril , " the King and the Protestant royalists — what say they to this growing tempest ? " 66 Charles , ” replied the Countess , “ with his usual selfish prudence , truckles to the storm ; and will let cord ...
“ But the King , ” said Peveril , " the King and the Protestant royalists — what say they to this growing tempest ? " 66 Charles , ” replied the Countess , “ with his usual selfish prudence , truckles to the storm ; and will let cord ...
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... tonnage , demurrage , and such like , were heard the emphatic sounds of “ Deep , damnable , accursed plot , " _ “ Bloody Papist villains , " - " The crew . " 1 King in danger - the gallows too good for them 6 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... tonnage , demurrage , and such like , were heard the emphatic sounds of “ Deep , damnable , accursed plot , " _ “ Bloody Papist villains , " - " The crew . " 1 King in danger - the gallows too good for them 6 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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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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