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66 I understand you not , Alice , ” said Peveril ; nor can I see any danger to which I am at present exposed . The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes .
66 I understand you not , Alice , ” said Peveril ; nor can I see any danger to which I am at present exposed . The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes .
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... a creature to the Creator , and as a man to your fellow - men . ' “ So guarded , where can be the danger of our intercourse ? " replied Julian . 66 If he be resolved ! to require , and I determined to accede to 6 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... a creature to the Creator , and as a man to your fellow - men . ' “ So guarded , where can be the danger of our intercourse ? " replied Julian . 66 If he be resolved ! to require , and I determined to accede to 6 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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to require , and I determined to accede to , nothing save what flows from conviction , what have I to fear , Alice ? and how is my intercourse with your father dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in ...
to require , and I determined to accede to , nothing save what flows from conviction , what have I to fear , Alice ? and how is my intercourse with your father dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in ...
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... taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ? Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly abandon my parents ...
... taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ? Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly abandon my parents ...
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... had it been necessary to save my own life or that of Julian . That you are walking in a dangerous path I well know ; but you do it with your eyes open , 20 she re) . and are actuated by motives of which you can PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... had it been necessary to save my own life or that of Julian . That you are walking in a dangerous path I well know ; but you do it with your eyes open , 20 she re) . and are actuated by motives of which you can PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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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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