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Leaving his faithful companion , Fairy , in the yillage as before , Julian entered the Castle , and found all within in the same state of quietness and good order which external appearances had announced . CHAPTER II .
Leaving his faithful companion , Fairy , in the yillage as before , Julian entered the Castle , and found all within in the same state of quietness and good order which external appearances had announced . CHAPTER II .
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JULIAN's first rencounter , after re - entering the Castle , was with its young Lord , who received him with his usual kindness and lightness of humour . 66 " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the Earl ; “ here you rove ...
JULIAN's first rencounter , after re - entering the Castle , was with its young Lord , who received him with his usual kindness and lightness of humour . 66 " Thrice welcome , Sir Knight of Dames , " said the Earl ; “ here you rove ...
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Fancy , turning from more painful anticipations , suggested to him that he was now entering upon life , at a crisis when rea solution and talents were almost certain to make the fortune 42 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
Fancy , turning from more painful anticipations , suggested to him that he was now entering upon life , at a crisis when rea solution and talents were almost certain to make the fortune 42 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
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... apparently to prevent Fenella from entering the vessel . The men and he talked eagerly in Dutch , looking anxiously at Fenella as they spoke together ; and Peveril hoped the result would be , that the poor young woman should be sent ...
... apparently to prevent Fenella from entering the vessel . The men and he talked eagerly in Dutch , looking anxiously at Fenella as they spoke together ; and Peveril hoped the result would be , that the poor young woman should be sent ...
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He had scarce remarked this circumstance , before a party of customers entered the place , whose haughty assumption of importance claimed the instant attention of Bridlesley , and all his militia of grooms and stable - boys .
He had scarce remarked this circumstance , before a party of customers entered the place , whose haughty assumption of importance claimed the instant attention of Bridlesley , and all his militia of grooms and stable - boys .
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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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