Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... danger to which I am at pre- sent exposed . The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irrecon- cilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offend- ed with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his ...
... danger to which I am at pre- sent exposed . The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irrecon- cilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offend- ed with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his ...
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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 . " 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 . " If he be resolved to require , and I determined to accede to , 6 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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... dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally . You do Master Bridgenorth less than justice in ...
... dangerous ? Believe not so ; his speech has already made impression on me in some particulars , and he listened with candour and patience to the objections which I made occasionally . You do Master Bridgenorth less than justice in ...
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... dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly abandon my parents , my friends , my country - suffer the existence of evils which I might aid to prevent , forego the prospects 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 , my friends , my country - suffer the existence of evils which I might aid to prevent , forego the prospects of ...
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... been necessary to save my own life or that of Ju- lian . That you are walking in a dangerous path I well know ; but you do it with your eyes open , and are actuated by motives of which you can es- 14 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... been necessary to save my own life or that of Ju- lian . That you are walking in a dangerous path I well know ; but you do it with your eyes open , and are actuated by motives of which you can es- 14 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.