Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to be friendly to its tenets . The bigotry of the laymen - the persevering art of the priesthood- the perpetual intrigue for the extension of the forms ...
... Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to be friendly to its tenets . The bigotry of the laymen - the persevering art of the priesthood- the perpetual intrigue for the extension of the forms ...
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... Popish lady . You will do well , perhaps , to use a feigned name in London . " " Pardon me , madam , " said Julian ; " I will do nothing that can draw on me unnecessary attention ; but to bear a feigned name , or affect any disguise ...
... Popish lady . You will do well , perhaps , to use a feigned name in London . " " Pardon me , madam , " said Julian ; " I will do nothing that can draw on me unnecessary attention ; but to bear a feigned name , or affect any disguise ...
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... ny long enough to devise a handsome branch of the Popish Plot . How will you look , when you see come forth , in comely folio form , The Narrative of Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... ny long enough to devise a handsome branch of the Popish Plot . How will you look , when you see come forth , in comely folio form , The Narrative of Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
Page 88
Walter Scott. Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the horrid Popish Conspiracy for the Murther of the King , and Massacre of all Protes- tants , as given on oath to the Honourable House of Commons ; setting ...
Walter Scott. Simon Canter , otherwise called Stephen Ganlesse , concerning the horrid Popish Conspiracy for the Murther of the King , and Massacre of all Protes- tants , as given on oath to the Honourable House of Commons ; setting ...
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... Popish Countess of Derby , bringing , for aught I know , a whole army of Manxmen in your pocket , with full complement of arms , ammunition , bag- gage , and a train of field artillery ? " " It is not very likely I should be so poorly ...
... Popish Countess of Derby , bringing , for aught I know , a whole army of Manxmen in your pocket , with full complement of arms , ammunition , bag- gage , and a train of field artillery ? " " It is not very likely I should be so poorly ...
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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.