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... and abide till God send better days to England , for these are black with many a storm . " “ And can you bid me go , Alice ? " said the young man , taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ?
... and abide till God send better days to England , for these are black with many a storm . " “ And can you bid me go , Alice ? " said the young man , taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ?
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And for your own father , when State and Church intrigues allow him to bestow a thought upon you , will he not think that your happiness , your security is better cared for when you are my wife , than were you to continue under the ...
And for your own father , when State and Church intrigues allow him to bestow a thought upon you , will he not think that your happiness , your security is better cared for when you are my wife , than were you to continue under the ...
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... much in inviting you to this meeting ; but I did not guess that I could have been so cruel both to you and to iyself , as to suffer you to discover what you have to - day seen too plainly — that I love you better than you love me .
... much in inviting you to this meeting ; but I did not guess that I could have been so cruel both to you and to iyself , as to suffer you to discover what you have to - day seen too plainly — that I love you better than you love me .
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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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I appeal to your own conscience , Julian Pe . veril , whether this awakening hath not been in time , since you yourself know , and none better than you , the secret but rapid strides which Rome has made to erect her Dagon of idolatry ...
I appeal to your own conscience , Julian Pe . veril , whether this awakening hath not been in time , since you yourself know , and none better than you , the secret but rapid strides which Rome has made to erect her Dagon of idolatry ...
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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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