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In the meanwhile , you are desirous to complete the union which you propose without the knowledge of your parents , and take the chance of their being hereafter reconciled to it ? So I understand from the proposal which you made but ...
In the meanwhile , you are desirous to complete the union which you propose without the knowledge of your parents , and take the chance of their being hereafter reconciled to it ? So I understand from the proposal which you made but ...
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... as well from the language of the daughter , as of the father , that Bridgenorth was desirous , as the price of his favour , he should adopt some line of conduct inconsistent with the principles in which he had been educated .
... as well from the language of the daughter , as of the father , that Bridgenorth was desirous , as the price of his favour , he should adopt some line of conduct inconsistent with the principles in which he had been educated .
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That Bridgenorth is in the island seems certain ; but private affairs of consequence are alleged as the cause of his visit ; and I am not desirous to have him arrested unless I could prove some mal - practices against him and his ...
That Bridgenorth is in the island seems certain ; but private affairs of consequence are alleged as the cause of his visit ; and I am not desirous to have him arrested unless I could prove some mal - practices against him and his ...
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... whom he had no reason to think himself indifferent , should have been so suddenly desirous of their eternal separation , while her father , whose opposition he so 1 much dreaded , seemed to be at least tolerant PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... whom he had no reason to think himself indifferent , should have been so suddenly desirous of their eternal separation , while her father , whose opposition he so 1 much dreaded , seemed to be at least tolerant PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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But by no conjecture which he could form , could he make the least guess concerning the nature of that compliance of which Bridgenorth seemed desirous . He could not imagine , notwithstanding Alice had spoken of treachery , that her ...
But by no conjecture which he could form , could he make the least guess concerning the nature of that compliance of which Bridgenorth seemed desirous . He could not imagine , notwithstanding Alice had spoken of treachery , that her ...
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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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