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do you , for you only can , do you reconcile me to exile and inaction , and give happiness to one , who , for your sake is willing to resign honour . ' " It can not - it can not be , ” said Alice , faultering as she uttered her negative ...
do you , for you only can , do you reconcile me to exile and inaction , and give happiness to one , who , for your sake is willing to resign honour . ' " It can not - it can not be , ” said Alice , faultering as she uttered her negative ...
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... and I thank God who gives me light enough to perceive , and strength enough to withstand , your folly as well as my own . Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun ...
... and I thank God who gives me light enough to perceive , and strength enough to withstand , your folly as well as my own . Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun ...
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“ A true specimen of womankind , " said her father , looking after her , " who would give the cause of nations up , rather than endanger a hair of her lover's head.You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best love ...
“ A true specimen of womankind , " said her father , looking after her , " who would give the cause of nations up , rather than endanger a hair of her lover's head.You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best love ...
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... The feelings which I entertain towards your daughter , Master Bridgenorth , are of a nature to supersede many other considerations , to which , in any other case , I should feel it my duty to give the most re . verential attention .
... The feelings which I entertain towards your daughter , Master Bridgenorth , are of a nature to supersede many other considerations , to which , in any other case , I should feel it my duty to give the most re . verential attention .
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... give her a claim to kindness and protection from your family , which you know will be disregarded , on condition I consent to bestow her hand on you , with a fortune ' sufficient to have matched that of your ancestors , when they ...
... give her a claim to kindness and protection from your family , which you know will be disregarded , on condition I consent to bestow her hand on you , with a fortune ' sufficient to have matched that of your ancestors , when they ...
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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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