Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... 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 whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a man on earth from whom I have the ...
... 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 whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a man on earth from whom I have the ...
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... expressed . You are here - at least are believed to be here on an errand dangerous to the Lord of the Island . That danger will be retorted on yourself , if you make Man long your place of residence . Be warned , and depart in time ...
... expressed . You are here - at least are believed to be here on an errand dangerous to the Lord of the Island . That danger will be retorted on yourself , if you make Man long your place of residence . Be warned , and depart in time ...
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... expression , that Julian , though her as- pect was so familiar to him , could hardly persuade himself but what her countenance was entirely new . The wild , fantastic , elvish vivacity of the features , seemed totally vanished and had ...
... expression , that Julian , though her as- pect was so familiar to him , could hardly persuade himself but what her countenance was entirely new . The wild , fantastic , elvish vivacity of the features , seemed totally vanished and had ...
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... expression had given place to that of wild and unsettled vivacity , which was most common to them . Her eyes glanced with more than their wonted fire , and her glances were more piercingly wild and unsettled than usual . To Ju- lian's ...
... expression had given place to that of wild and unsettled vivacity , which was most common to them . Her eyes glanced with more than their wonted fire , and her glances were more piercingly wild and unsettled than usual . To Ju- lian's ...
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... expressed himself towards Major Bridge- north in so conciliating a manner as might excite hopes of proselytism , which his conscience told him he could not realize with honour . Yet , on the other hand , he had no right , from what ...
... expressed himself towards Major Bridge- north in so conciliating a manner as might excite hopes of proselytism , which his conscience told him he could not realize with honour . Yet , on the other hand , he had no right , from what ...
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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.