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If he is not offended with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a man on earth from whom I have the least cause to apprehend any danger or ill will . " “ My father , ” said Alice ...
If he is not offended with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a man on earth from whom I have the least cause to apprehend any danger or ill will . " “ My father , ” said Alice ...
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The good old cause , as it is termed , is dearer to him than a thousand daughters , and setting him aside , I what tie is there between you and this barren isle between my Alice and any spot Alice and any spot of the British dominions ...
The good old cause , as it is termed , is dearer to him than a thousand daughters , and setting him aside , I what tie is there between you and this barren isle between my Alice and any spot Alice and any spot of the British dominions ...
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Think what I , the cause of all , should feel , when your father frowns , your mother weeps , your noble friends stand aloof , and you , even you yourself , shall have made the painful discovery , that you have incurred the contempt and ...
Think what I , the cause of all , should feel , when your father frowns , your mother weeps , your noble friends stand aloof , and you , even you yourself , shall have made the painful discovery , that you have incurred the contempt and ...
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... the suddenness of which alone has prevented you from carrying your confidence to a pitch which would have placed my life and that of others at the discretion of a boy , who , when the cause of God and his country is laid before him ...
... the suddenness of which alone has prevented you from carrying your confidence to a pitch which would have placed my life and that of others at the discretion of a boy , who , when the cause of God and his country is laid before him ...
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“ A true specimen of womankind , " said her father , looking after her , " who would give the cause of nations up , rather than endanger a hair of her lover's head.You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best love ...
“ A true specimen of womankind , " said her father , looking after her , " who would give the cause of nations up , rather than endanger a hair of her lover's head.You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best love ...
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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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