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I am but a girl , but I have been taught by circumstances to think for myself , and to consider the character of those who are around me . My father's views in ecclesiastical and civil policy , are as dear to him as the life which he ...
I am but a girl , but I have been taught by circumstances to think for myself , and to consider the character of those who are around me . My father's views in ecclesiastical and civil policy , are as dear to him as the life which he ...
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Heaven , that rendered the King's course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of his bigoted successor , we already see what sort of monareh shall .succeed to the crown of ...
Heaven , that rendered the King's course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of his bigoted successor , we already see what sort of monareh shall .succeed to the crown of ...
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... the meanwhile acting on the idea of her having harboured a misplaced attachment to him , he thought he should best consult her interest , and his own character , in keeping at as great a distance from her as circumstances admitted .
... the meanwhile acting on the idea of her having harboured a misplaced attachment to him , he thought he should best consult her interest , and his own character , in keeping at as great a distance from her as circumstances admitted .
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The thought was not altogether inconsistent with her father's character , and the intrigues in which he was engaged ; but , then , if so , to what peril was she exposed , that she ...
The thought was not altogether inconsistent with her father's character , and the intrigues in which he was engaged ; but , then , if so , to what peril was she exposed , that she ...
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The fermentation excited in London had plainly reached even this remote sea - port , and was received by the inhabitants with the peculiar stormy energy which invests men in their situation with the character of the winds and waves with ...
The fermentation excited in London had plainly reached even this remote sea - port , and was received by the inhabitants with the peculiar stormy energy which invests men in their situation with the character of the winds and waves with ...
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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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