Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... answered the maiden , " they do but make me the more sen- sible that I have acted over boldly . But I did for the best . I could not see you , whom I have known so long - you , who say you regard me with par- tiality- دو " Say that I ...
... answered the maiden , " they do but make me the more sen- sible that I have acted over boldly . But I did for the best . I could not see you , whom I have known so long - you , who say you regard me with par- tiality- دو " Say that I ...
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... answered Peveril . " That your father's especial line of politics differs widely from mine , I know well ; but how many instances have occurred , even during the bloody scenes of civil warfare , of good and worthy men laying the ...
... answered Peveril . " That your father's especial line of politics differs widely from mine , I know well ; but how many instances have occurred , even during the bloody scenes of civil warfare , of good and worthy men laying the ...
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... answered the maiden , " why make duty more painful by visionary projects , which you ought not to name , or I to listen to ? —Your parents father - it can not be ! " -my " Fear not for my parents , Alice , " replied Julian , and ...
... answered the maiden , " why make duty more painful by visionary projects , which you ought not to name , or I to listen to ? —Your parents father - it can not be ! " -my " Fear not for my parents , Alice , " replied Julian , and ...
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... answered Alice , with tears in her eyes ; " it is the command of duty to us both of duty , which we can not transgress without risking our happiness here and hereafter . Think what I , the cause of all , should feel , when your fa- ther ...
... answered Alice , with tears in her eyes ; " it is the command of duty to us both of duty , which we can not transgress without risking our happiness here and hereafter . Think what I , the cause of all , should feel , when your fa- ther ...
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... answer , he mustered up courage to say , " The feelings which I entertain towards your daughter , Master Bridgenorth , are of a nature to supersede many other considerations , to which , in any other case , I should feel it my duty to ...
... answer , he mustered up courage to say , " The feelings which I entertain towards your daughter , Master Bridgenorth , are of a nature to supersede many other considerations , to which , in any other case , I should feel it my duty to ...
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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.