Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... dame . " " Can you speak thus , Alice ? " said her lover . " Can you use such expressions ? and are you not sensible that they show plainly it is your own pride , not regard for me , that makes you resist the hap- piness of both ...
... dame . " " Can you speak thus , Alice ? " said her lover . " Can you use such expressions ? and are you not sensible that they show plainly it is your own pride , not regard for me , that makes you resist the hap- piness of both ...
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... Dames , " said the Earl ; " here you rove gallantly , and at free will , through our dominions , fulfilling of appointments , and achieving amorous adventures ; while we are condemned to sit in our royal halls , as dull and as immovable ...
... Dames , " said the Earl ; " here you rove gallantly , and at free will , through our dominions , fulfilling of appointments , and achieving amorous adventures ; while we are condemned to sit in our royal halls , as dull and as immovable ...
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... 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 which it was her ...
... 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 which it was her ...
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... Dame Whitecraft as excellent ; " for , " said she , “ we know by practice that too much water drowns the miller , and we spare it on our malt as we would in our mill - dam . " " I drink to your health in it , dame , " said the elder ...
... Dame Whitecraft as excellent ; " for , " said she , “ we know by practice that too much water drowns the miller , and we spare it on our malt as we would in our mill - dam . " " I drink to your health in it , dame , " said the elder ...
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... dame , and dangerous , is the miller's wife , " said the stranger , looking at Peveril . " Is not that old Chaucer's phrase ? " " I - I believe so , " said Peveril , not much read in Chaucer , who was then even more neglected than at ...
... dame , and dangerous , is the miller's wife , " said the stranger , looking at Peveril . " Is not that old Chaucer's phrase ? " " I - I believe so , " said Peveril , not much read in Chaucer , who was then even more neglected than at ...
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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.