Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bound- ed over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kind- ly stretched out , should devour it with kisses , and , for a ...
... hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bound- ed over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kind- ly stretched out , should devour it with kisses , and , for a ...
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... hand from Julian's grasp , " this is not right , Juli- an . If I have been too rash in admitting such a meeting as the present , it is not you that should make me sensible of my folly . " Julian Peveril's mind had been early illumined ...
... hand from Julian's grasp , " this is not right , Juli- an . If I have been too rash in admitting such a meeting as the present , it is not you that should make me sensible of my folly . " Julian Peveril's mind had been early illumined ...
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... hand ; " can you bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ? - Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly abandon my parents , my friends , my ...
... hand ; " can you bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ? - Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly abandon my parents , my friends , my ...
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... hand to his daughter to with- draw . " I obey you , father , " said Alice , who had by this time recovered from the extremity of her sur- prise , - " I obey you ; but Heaven is my witness that you do me more than injustice in suspecting ...
... hand to his daughter to with- draw . " I obey you , father , " said Alice , who had by this time recovered from the extremity of her sur- prise , - " I obey you ; but Heaven is my witness that you do me more than injustice in suspecting ...
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... hand , " said Bridgenorth . " Well , young man , one thing has pleased me in your conduct , though of much I have my reasons to complain - one thing has pleased me . You have surmounted that bounding wall of aris- tocratical pride in ...
... hand , " said Bridgenorth . " Well , young man , one thing has pleased me in your conduct , though of much I have my reasons to complain - one thing has pleased me . You have surmounted that bounding wall of aris- tocratical pride in ...
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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.