Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... " I un- derstand you not . If a course of action is good , it needs no vindication from the actor's motives →→→→ if bad , it can derive none . " ments you " You can not blind me with your sophistry , PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 11.
... " I un- derstand you not . If a course of action is good , it needs no vindication from the actor's motives →→→→ if bad , it can derive none . " ments you " You can not blind me with your sophistry , PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 11.
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... course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of his bigoted suc- cessor , we already see what sort of monareh shall .succeed to the crown of England . This is a criti- cal ...
... course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of his bigoted suc- cessor , we already see what sort of monareh shall .succeed to the crown of England . This is a criti- cal ...
Page 27
... course of life ; and the events of the day had given Peveril too much matter for reflection to permit his starting amusing or interesting topics of conversation . After having passed the flask in si- lence betwixt them once or twice ...
... course of life ; and the events of the day had given Peveril too much matter for reflection to permit his starting amusing or interesting topics of conversation . After having passed the flask in si- lence betwixt them once or twice ...
Page 37
... course to resolve ! " . " Let me go to London , madam , " said Peveril , much moved by the distress of his patroness ; " your ladyship was wont to rely something on my judg- ment . I will act for the best - will communicate with those ...
... course to resolve ! " . " Let me go to London , madam , " said Peveril , much moved by the distress of his patroness ; " your ladyship was wont to rely something on my judg- ment . I will act for the best - will communicate with those ...
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... course , from Whitehaven . You have bills of exchange , it is true ; but are you provided with ready money to furnish yourself with a good horse ? " " I am sufficiently rich , madam , " answered Juli- an ; and good nags are plenty in ...
... course , from Whitehaven . You have bills of exchange , it is true ; but are you provided with ready money to furnish yourself with a good horse ? " " I am sufficiently rich , madam , " answered Juli- an ; and good nags are plenty in ...
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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.