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Page 11
... in your line there should arise some who may think the claims of the hierarchy too exorbitant , the powers of the crown too extensive , men shall not say these ideas were derived from Alice Bridgenorth , their whig grand - dame .
... in your line there should arise some who may think the claims of the hierarchy too exorbitant , the powers of the crown too extensive , men shall not say these ideas were derived from Alice Bridgenorth , their whig grand - dame .
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She was a buxom dame , about thirty , whose comely and cheerfu , countenance did honour to the choice of the jolly miller , her loving mate ; and was now stationed under the shade of an old - fashioned huge projecting chimney , within ...
She was a buxom dame , about thirty , whose comely and cheerfu , countenance did honour to the choice of the jolly miller , her loving mate ; and was now stationed under the shade of an old - fashioned huge projecting chimney , within ...
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She assisted her mistress in putting on the table the dishes which the latter had prepared ; and a foaming jug of home - brewed ale being placed betwixt them , was warranted by Dame Whitecraft as excellent ; “ for , ” said she , know by ...
She assisted her mistress in putting on the table the dishes which the latter had prepared ; and a foaming jug of home - brewed ale being placed betwixt them , was warranted by Dame Whitecraft as excellent ; “ for , ” said she , know by ...
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“ A dainty dame , and dangerous , is the miller's wife , ” said the stranger , looking at Peveril . " Is not that old Chaucer's phrase ? ” " 1 - I believe so , ” said Peveril , not much read in Chaucer , who was then even more neglected ...
“ A dainty dame , and dangerous , is the miller's wife , ” said the stranger , looking at Peveril . " Is not that old Chaucer's phrase ? ” " 1 - I believe so , ” said Peveril , not much read in Chaucer , who was then even more neglected ...
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Ay , but all the world knows that they do come by it , dame ; and that is a great comfort . They rustle in their canonical silks , and swagger in their buff and scarlet , who but they ? -Ay , ay , the cursed fox thrives and not so ...
Ay , but all the world knows that they do come by it , dame ; and that is a great comfort . They rustle in their canonical silks , and swagger in their buff and scarlet , who but they ? -Ay , ay , the cursed fox thrives and not so ...
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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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