Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us in His anger . His unlimited license - an example so ... King's course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of ...
... King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us in His anger . His unlimited license - an example so ... King's course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of ...
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... King . But the laws of England are un- der the guardianship of upright and learned judges , and of a gracious monarch . " " And of a House of Commons , " interrupted Bridgenorth , " no longer doating upon restored monarchy , but ...
... King . But the laws of England are un- der the guardianship of upright and learned judges , and of a gracious monarch . " " And of a House of Commons , " interrupted Bridgenorth , " no longer doating upon restored monarchy , but ...
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... 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 hu- mour . " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the Earl ; " here ...
... 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 hu- mour . " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the Earl ; " here ...
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... King , " said Peveril , " the King and the Protestant royalists - what say they to this growing tempest ? " " Charles , " replied the Countess , " with his usual selfish prudence , truckles to the storm ; and will let cord and axe do ...
... King , " said Peveril , " the King and the Protestant royalists - what say they to this growing tempest ? " " Charles , " replied the Countess , " with his usual selfish prudence , truckles to the storm ; and will let cord and axe do ...
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... , were heard the emphatic sounds of " Deep , damnable , accursed plot , " - " Bloody Papist villains , " The King in danger - the gallows too good for them 6 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 6.1 a fair wind of it, and run for Liverpool...
... , were heard the emphatic sounds of " Deep , damnable , accursed plot , " - " Bloody Papist villains , " The King in danger - the gallows too good for them 6 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 6.1 a fair wind of it, and run for Liverpool...
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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.