Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 9
... arm around her ; " they love me , and they will soon learn to love in Alice , the only being on earth who could have rendered their son happy . And for your own father , when State and Church intrigues allow him to bestow a thought upon ...
... arm around her ; " they love me , and they will soon learn to love in Alice , the only being on earth who could have rendered their son happy . And for your own father , when State and Church intrigues allow him to bestow a thought upon ...
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... arm which had pressed her to his side - arose , and repelling his attempts to approach or detain her , said , with a simplicity not unmingled with dignity , Julian , I always knew I risked much in inviting you to this meeting ; but I ...
... arm which had pressed her to his side - arose , and repelling his attempts to approach or detain her , said , with a simplicity not unmingled with dignity , Julian , I always knew I risked much in inviting you to this meeting ; but I ...
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... arms in their hands , like free - born English- men , than that they should slide into the bloodless but dishonoured grave which slavery opens for its vassals - But it is not of war that I was about to speak , " he added , assuming a ...
... arms in their hands , like free - born English- men , than that they should slide into the bloodless but dishonoured grave which slavery opens for its vassals - But it is not of war that I was about to speak , " he added , assuming a ...
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... arms , which , in meditation , had been folded on his bosom ; and with- drawing his eyes from the vacant prospect of sea- coast and sea which they perused , without much consciousness upon what they rested , he beheld be- 4 side him the ...
... arms , which , in meditation , had been folded on his bosom ; and with- drawing his eyes from the vacant prospect of sea- coast and sea which they perused , without much consciousness upon what they rested , he beheld be- 4 side him the ...
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... arms a strong double - edged sword and an excellent pair of pistols , which last he carefully loaded with double bullets . Thus appointed , and with twenty pieces in his purse , and the bills we have mention- ed secured in a private ...
... arms a strong double - edged sword and an excellent pair of pistols , which last he carefully loaded with double bullets . Thus appointed , and with twenty pieces in his purse , and the bills we have mention- ed secured in a private ...
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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.