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You have lived when an apathy of mind , succeeding to the agitations of the Civil War , had made men indifferent to state affairs , and more willing to cultivate their own ease than to stand in the gap when the Lord was pleading with ...
You have lived when an apathy of mind , succeeding to the agitations of the Civil War , had made men indifferent to state affairs , and more willing to cultivate their own ease than to stand in the gap when the Lord was pleading with ...
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You are here -- at least are believed to be here - on an errand dangerous to the Lord of the Island . That danger will be retorted on yourself , if you make Man long your place of residence . Be warned , and depart in time .
You are here -- at least are believed to be here - on an errand dangerous to the Lord of the Island . That danger will be retorted on yourself , if you make Man long your place of residence . Be warned , and depart in time .
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The banner , which indicated that the Lord of Man held residence within its ruinous precincts , hung motionless by the ensign - staff . The sentinels walked to and fro on their posts , and hummed or PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 23.
The banner , which indicated that the Lord of Man held residence within its ruinous precincts , hung motionless by the ensign - staff . The sentinels walked to and fro on their posts , and hummed or PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 23.
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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 Earl ; “ here you rove ...
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 Earl ; “ here you rove ...
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“ Still , my dearest lady , ” said Peveril , “ you must allow that the duties to which the times summoned your late honoured lord were of a more stirring , as well as a more peremptory cast , than those which await your son .
“ Still , my dearest lady , ” said Peveril , “ you must allow that the duties to which the times summoned your late honoured lord were of a more stirring , as well as a more peremptory cast , than those which await your son .
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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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