Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... already reached their place of meeting . One in- stant set the palfrey at liberty , with slackened girths and loosened reins , to pick its own way through the dell at will ; another placed Julian Peveril by the side of Alice Bridgenorth ...
... already reached their place of meeting . One in- stant set the palfrey at liberty , with slackened girths and loosened reins , to pick its own way through the dell at will ; another placed Julian Peveril by the side of Alice Bridgenorth ...
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... already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally . You do Master Bridgenorth less than justice in confound- ing him with the unreasonable bigots in ...
... already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally . You do Master Bridgenorth less than justice in confound- ing him with the unreasonable bigots in ...
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... Already , many of those who most desired the return of Charles Stuart , regard him as a King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us in His anger . His unlimited license - an example so readily followed by the young and ...
... Already , many of those who most desired the return of Charles Stuart , regard him as a King whom Heaven , importunate by our entreaties , gave to us in His anger . His unlimited license - an example so readily followed by the young and ...
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... already hardened to the claims she may form on you at this crisis ? " " It were easy to answer you generally , Major Bridgenorth , " replied Peveril- " It were easy to say that my country can not make a claim on me which I will not ...
... already hardened to the claims she may form on you at this crisis ? " " It were easy to answer you generally , Major Bridgenorth , " replied Peveril- " It were easy to say that my country can not make a claim on me which I will not ...
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... already told me something of this , " said Julian ; and that there were agents in this is- land whose object was to excite insurrection . " " Yes , " answered the Countess , and her eye flashed fire as she spoke ; " and had my advice ...
... already told me something of this , " said Julian ; and that there were agents in this is- land whose object was to excite insurrection . " " Yes , " answered the Countess , and her eye flashed fire as she spoke ; " and had my advice ...
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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.