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Page 52
... the men once more to pull in to the precarious landing - place ; and throwing into his countenance a part of the displeasure which he really felt , endeavoured to make her comprehend the necessity of returning to her mistress .
... the men once more to pull in to the precarious landing - place ; and throwing into his countenance a part of the displeasure which he really felt , endeavoured to make her comprehend the necessity of returning to her mistress .
Page 74
She assisted her mistress in putting on the table the dishes which the latter had prepared ; and a foaming jug of home - brewed ale being placed betwixt them , was warranted by Dame Whitecraft as excellent ; “ for , ” said she , know by ...
She assisted her mistress in putting on the table the dishes which the latter had prepared ; and a foaming jug of home - brewed ale being placed betwixt them , was warranted by Dame Whitecraft as excellent ; “ for , ” said she , know by ...
Page 77
The dog answered these courtesies by a civil shake of the tail , while he gobbled up what was assigned him by the stranger's benevolence , in the greater haste , that he heard his mistress's voice at the door .
The dog answered these courtesies by a civil shake of the tail , while he gobbled up what was assigned him by the stranger's benevolence , in the greater haste , that he heard his mistress's voice at the door .
Page 85
... 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 - maid , to make it ready .
... 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 - maid , to make it ready .
Page 115
To this menace Matthew made no reply , and Peveril presently heard him leave the apartment , after a few earnest words betwixt him and his mistress . Impatient at this delay , and at the evil omen implied in these people's conversation ...
To this menace Matthew made no reply , and Peveril presently heard him leave the apartment , after a few earnest words betwixt him and his mistress . Impatient at this delay , and at the evil omen implied in these people's conversation ...
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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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