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His unlimited license - an example so readily followed by the young and the gay around him - has disgusted the minds of all sober and thinking men . I had not now held conference with you in this intimate fashion , were I not aware that ...
His unlimited license - an example so readily followed by the young and the gay around him - has disgusted the minds of all sober and thinking men . I had not now held conference with you in this intimate fashion , were I not aware that ...
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... and taking the direction of her apartment , she made a sign to Julian to follow her . The distance was not great betwixt the dining а . apartment and that to which Peveril now followed his 30 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... and taking the direction of her apartment , she made a sign to Julian to follow her . The distance was not great betwixt the dining а . apartment and that to which Peveril now followed his 30 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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apartment and that to which Peveril now followed his mute guide ; yet , in going thither , he had time enough to suffer cruelly from the sudden suspicion that this unhappy girl had misinterpreted the uniform kindness with which he had ...
apartment and that to which Peveril now followed his mute guide ; yet , in going thither , he had time enough to suffer cruelly from the sudden suspicion that this unhappy girl had misinterpreted the uniform kindness with which he had ...
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As he followed her through the long gloomy vaulted passages which afforded communication betwixt the various apartments of the castle , he could not but observe that her usual light trip was exchanged for a tardy and mournful step ...
As he followed her through the long gloomy vaulted passages which afforded communication betwixt the various apartments of the castle , he could not but observe that her usual light trip was exchanged for a tardy and mournful step ...
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At length it arrived — a tap at his door was followed by a low murmur , which made him suspect that the Countess had again employed her mute attendant as the most secure minister of her pleasure on this occasion .
At length it arrived — a tap at his door was followed by a low murmur , which made him suspect that the Countess had again employed her mute attendant as the most secure minister of her pleasure on this occasion .
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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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