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The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offended with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a ...
The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offended with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a ...
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Hear a hint of mine , and believe it , though it is darkly 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 ...
Hear a hint of mine , and believe it , though it is darkly 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 ...
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... alive with expression , that Julian , though her aspect was so familiar to him , could hardly persuade himself but ... and pathetic cast of countenance , aided by the expression of the large dark eyes , which as they were turned up ...
... alive with expression , that Julian , though her aspect was so familiar to him , could hardly persuade himself but ... and pathetic cast of countenance , aided by the expression of the large dark eyes , which as they were turned up ...
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There was , indeed , when she looked up , a blush still visible on her dark features ; but their melancholy and languid expression had given place to that of wild and unsettled vivacity , which was most common to them .
There was , indeed , when she looked up , a blush still visible on her dark features ; but their melancholy and languid expression had given place to that of wild and unsettled vivacity , which was most common to them .
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He held the paper in his hand for a minute after he had folded , but before he had sealed it , while he hurriedly debated in his own mind whether he had not expressed himself towards Major Bridgenorth in so conciliating a manner as ...
He held the paper in his hand for a minute after he had folded , but before he had sealed it , while he hurriedly debated in his own mind whether he had not expressed himself towards Major Bridgenorth in so conciliating a manner as ...
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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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