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Page 146
... Lance Outram , subsisting upon the savings of her better days , and on a small pension allowed by Sir Geoffrey to her age and faithful services . Now Dame Ellesmere and Mistress Deborah had 書 not by any means been formerly on so ...
... Lance Outram , subsisting upon the savings of her better days , and on a small pension allowed by Sir Geoffrey to her age and faithful services . Now Dame Ellesmere and Mistress Deborah had 書 not by any means been formerly on so ...
Page 147
... presuming on her good looks and flippant tongue , had so often provoked her by insubordination ; and her former lover , the redoubted Lance , not being conscious that ale had given rotundity to his own figure , which was formerly so ...
... presuming on her good looks and flippant tongue , had so often provoked her by insubordination ; and her former lover , the redoubted Lance , not being conscious that ale had given rotundity to his own figure , which was formerly so ...
Page 148
ference that Lance Outram , in his capacity of keeper , neglected not his own cottage when he supplied the larder at the Castle . A modest sip of the exeellent Derbyshire ale , and a tasting of the highlyseasoned hash , soon placed ...
ference that Lance Outram , in his capacity of keeper , neglected not his own cottage when he supplied the larder at the Castle . A modest sip of the exeellent Derbyshire ale , and a tasting of the highlyseasoned hash , soon placed ...
Page 149
And for the news , it is as true as that you are sitting there in a white hood , who will wear a black one ere long . ” 66 Lance Outram , " said the old woman , 66 make out , if thou be'st a man , and listen about if aught - stirs up at ...
And for the news , it is as true as that you are sitting there in a white hood , who will wear a black one ere long . ” 66 Lance Outram , " said the old woman , 66 make out , if thou be'st a man , and listen about if aught - stirs up at ...
Page 150
As she spoke , Lance Outram re - entered the cottage . “ Naunt , ” he said in dismay , “ I doubt it is true what she says . The beacon tower is as black belt . No Pole - star of Peveril . What does that betoken ?
As she spoke , Lance Outram re - entered the cottage . “ Naunt , ” he said in dismay , “ I doubt it is true what she says . The beacon tower is as black belt . No Pole - star of Peveril . What does that betoken ?
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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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