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If you will do aught for my sake , you will say yes ; or you will suffer this dear head to droop on my shoulder - the slightest sign — the moving of an eye - lid , shall signify consent . All shall be prepared within an hour , within ...
If you will do aught for my sake , you will say yes ; or you will suffer this dear head to droop on my shoulder - the slightest sign — the moving of an eye - lid , shall signify consent . All shall be prepared within an hour , within ...
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6 Not so , Julian ; not so , " answered Alice , with tears in her eyes ; " it is the command of duty to us both - of duty , which we can not transgress without risking our happiness here and hereafter . Think what I , the cause of all ...
6 Not so , Julian ; not so , " answered Alice , with tears in her eyes ; " it is the command of duty to us both - of duty , which we can not transgress without risking our happiness here and hereafter . Think what I , the cause of all ...
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Alice , pale as death , continued motionless , with her eyes fixed on the ground , without attempting the slightest reply to the ironical reproaches of her father . “ And you , " continued Major Bridgenorth , turning from his daughter ...
Alice , pale as death , continued motionless , with her eyes fixed on the ground , without attempting the slightest reply to the ironical reproaches of her father . “ And you , " continued Major Bridgenorth , turning from his daughter ...
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... had it been necessary to save my own life or that of Julian . That you are walking in a dangerous path I well know ; but you do it with your eyes open , 20 she re) . and are actuated by motives of which you can PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... had it been necessary to save my own life or that of Julian . That you are walking in a dangerous path I well know ; but you do it with your eyes open , 20 she re) . and are actuated by motives of which you can PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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This delay gave rise to suspicion , and Bridgenorth's eye gleamed , and his lip quivered , while he gave vent to it . 6. Hark ye , young man -- deal openly with me in this matter , if you would not have think you the execrable villain ...
This delay gave rise to suspicion , and Bridgenorth's eye gleamed , and his lip quivered , while he gave vent to it . 6. Hark ye , young man -- deal openly with me in this matter , if you would not have think you the execrable villain ...
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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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