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Page 67
“ Stick to that , noble captain , ” answered the officer ; “ but , prithee , reserve thy oaths to the court of justice ; it is but sheer waste to throw them away , as you do , in your ordinary conversation .
“ Stick to that , noble captain , ” answered the officer ; “ but , prithee , reserve thy oaths to the court of justice ; it is but sheer waste to throw them away , as you do , in your ordinary conversation .
Page 86
He has two daughters -- brighter . eyes never beamed under a pinched hood ; and for myself , I think there is more fire in those who live only to love and to devotion , than in your court beauties , whose hearts are running on twenty ...
He has two daughters -- brighter . eyes never beamed under a pinched hood ; and for myself , I think there is more fire in those who live only to love and to devotion , than in your court beauties , whose hearts are running on twenty ...
Page 101
They also talked freely of the court , and of that numerous class of gallants who were then described as 66 men of wit and pleasure about town ; " and to whom it seemed proba- , ble they themselves appertained .
They also talked freely of the court , and of that numerous class of gallants who were then described as 66 men of wit and pleasure about town ; " and to whom it seemed proba- , ble they themselves appertained .
Page 115
Nay , but good young master , it is because men counsel so differently ; for here was my poor old Roger Raine would have thought the chimney corner too cold for you ; and here is Mat Chamberlain thinks the cold court - yard is warm ...
Nay , but good young master , it is because men counsel so differently ; for here was my poor old Roger Raine would have thought the chimney corner too cold for you ; and here is Mat Chamberlain thinks the cold court - yard is warm ...
Page 117
He entered the large court - yard ; and could then perceive that lights yet twinkled in the lower part of the building , although he had not before obseryed them , owing to the height of the outward walls . The main door , or great hall ...
He entered the large court - yard ; and could then perceive that lights yet twinkled in the lower part of the building , although he had not before obseryed them , owing to the height of the outward walls . The main door , or great hall ...
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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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