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“ Fear not for my parents , Alice , ” replied Julian , and pressing close to his companion's side , he ventured to throw his arm around her ; “ they love me , and they will soon learn to love in Alice , the only being on earth who could ...
“ Fear not for my parents , Alice , ” replied Julian , and pressing close to his companion's side , he ventured to throw his arm around her ; “ they love me , and they will soon learn to love in Alice , the only being on earth who could ...
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She extricated herself from the 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 ...
She extricated herself from the 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 ...
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Better that men should die bravely , with their arms in their hands , like free - born Englishmen , 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 ...
Better that men should die bravely , with their arms in their hands , like free - born Englishmen , 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 ...
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He unclasped his arms , which , in meditation , had been folded on his bosom ; and withdrawing his eyes from the vacant prospect of seacoast and sea which they perused , without much consciousness upon what they rested , he beheld be0 ...
He unclasped his arms , which , in meditation , had been folded on his bosom ; and withdrawing his eyes from the vacant prospect of seacoast and sea which they perused , without much consciousness upon what they rested , he beheld be0 ...
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He then exchanged the dress he usually wore , for one more suited to travelling ; and having put a change or two of linen into a small cloak - bag , selected as arms a strong ...
He then exchanged the dress he usually wore , for one more suited to travelling ; and having put a change or two of linen into a small cloak - bag , selected as arms a strong ...
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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.
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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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