Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... head to droop on my shoulder - the slightest sign - the moving of an eye - lid , shall signify consent . All shall be pre- pared within an hour , within another , the priest shall unite us ; and within a third , we leave the isle behind ...
... head to droop on my shoulder - the slightest sign - the moving of an eye - lid , shall signify consent . All shall be pre- pared within an hour , within another , the priest shall unite us ; and within a third , we leave the isle behind ...
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... head . - You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best love is a safe love ? ” " Were danger alone in my way , " said Peveril , much surprised at the softened tone in which Bridgenorth made this observation ...
... head . - You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best love is a safe love ? ” " Were danger alone in my way , " said Peveril , much surprised at the softened tone in which Bridgenorth made this observation ...
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... head , as if ashamed , and , at the same time , gratified with his caresses - and he was thus induced to continue them , until , under the veil of her rich and abundant locks he suddenly felt his other hand , which she still held fast ...
... head , as if ashamed , and , at the same time , gratified with his caresses - and he was thus induced to continue them , until , under the veil of her rich and abundant locks he suddenly felt his other hand , which she still held fast ...
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... head or eye . As her infirmity rendered her pre- sence no bar to the most confidential conversation , the Countess proceeded to address Peveril as if they had been literally alone together . " Julian , " she said , " I am not now about ...
... head or eye . As her infirmity rendered her pre- sence no bar to the most confidential conversation , the Countess proceeded to address Peveril as if they had been literally alone together . " Julian , " she said , " I am not now about ...
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... head , are the accomplishments of a cavalier . " * " I kiss your hands , then , madam , " said Peveril , " and humbly beg you to believe , that whatever may fail in my present undertaking , my purpose to serve you , my noble kinswoman ...
... head , are the accomplishments of a cavalier . " * " I kiss your hands , then , madam , " said Peveril , " and humbly beg you to believe , that whatever may fail in my present undertaking , my purpose to serve you , my noble kinswoman ...
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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.