Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 13
... 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 , has not leisure to think of them , so much is he occupied with such a ...
... 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 , has not leisure to think of them , so much is he occupied with such a ...
Page 60
... confidence . The threatening motion used by Fenella , he no longer considered as worthy of any notice excepting as a new mark of the irritability of her temper . He amused himself with walking the deck , and musing on his past and ...
... confidence . The threatening motion used by Fenella , he no longer considered as worthy of any notice excepting as a new mark of the irritability of her temper . He amused himself with walking the deck , and musing on his past and ...
Page 63
... confident tone , and such as showed himself master of the subject on which he spoke . The price of the horse being settled to about fifteen pounds , which was very high for the period , that of the saddle and bridle had next to be ...
... confident tone , and such as showed himself master of the subject on which he spoke . The price of the horse being settled to about fifteen pounds , which was very high for the period , that of the saddle and bridle had next to be ...
Page 90
... confidence of their destined victims ; but Julian thought he dis- covered in this man's manner , a wild and reckless frankness , which he could not but connect with the idea of sincerity in the present case . He therefore answered ...
... confidence of their destined victims ; but Julian thought he dis- covered in this man's manner , a wild and reckless frankness , which he could not but connect with the idea of sincerity in the present case . He therefore answered ...
Page 91
... confidence mutual ? " " No ; much the contrary . I know nothing of you whatever - you have named me ; and , knowing me to be Julian Peveril , know you may travel with me in perfect security . " " The devil I do ! " answered his ...
... confidence mutual ? " " No ; much the contrary . I know nothing of you whatever - you have named me ; and , knowing me to be Julian Peveril , know you may travel with me in perfect security . " " The devil I do ! " answered his ...
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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.