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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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“ 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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She stooped her 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 ...
She stooped her 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 ...
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... “ why will you distress yourself with fixing your eye on deficiencies which arise rather from a change of times and manners , than any degeneracy of my noble friend ? Let him be once engaged in his duty , whether in head or eye .
... “ why will you distress yourself with fixing your eye on deficiencies which arise rather from a change of times and manners , than any degeneracy of my noble friend ? Let him be once engaged in his duty , whether in head or eye .
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“ A good horse , Julian , ” said the Countess , 6 and a good sword , next to a good heart and head , are the accomplishments of a cavalier . ” “ I kiss your hands , then , madam , " said Peveril , “ and humbly beg you to believe ...
“ A good horse , Julian , ” said the Countess , 6 and a good sword , next to a good heart and head , are the accomplishments of a cavalier . ” “ I kiss your hands , then , madam , " said Peveril , “ and humbly beg you to believe ...
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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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