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Page 4
... of moss and lichen , interspersed with wild flowers backed with a bush of copsewood , he took his place beside her , indeed , but at such distance as to intimate the duty of an attendant , who was there only to hear and to obey .
... of moss and lichen , interspersed with wild flowers backed with a bush of copsewood , he took his place beside her , indeed , but at such distance as to intimate the duty of an attendant , who was there only to hear and to obey .
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Hear a hint of mine , and believe it , though it is darkly expressed . You are here -- at least are believed to be here - on an errand dangerous to the Lord of the Island . That danger will be retorted on yourself , if you make Man long ...
Hear a hint of mine , and believe it , though it is darkly expressed . You are here -- at least are believed to be here - on an errand dangerous to the Lord of the Island . That danger will be retorted on yourself , if you make Man long ...
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... or detained in harbour by a revenue pink , or ashore , if you like it , and lying high and dry upon the sand . Imagine the royal image in the dullest of all predicaments , and you have not equalled mine . " “ I am happy to hear , at ...
... or detained in harbour by a revenue pink , or ashore , if you like it , and lying high and dry upon the sand . Imagine the royal image in the dullest of all predicaments , and you have not equalled mine . " “ I am happy to hear , at ...
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“ Resist ! mein Gott , ” said the captain , ” she did 1 resist like a troop of horse — she did cry , you might hear her at Whitehaven - she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney ; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade .
“ Resist ! mein Gott , ” said the captain , ” she did 1 resist like a troop of horse — she did cry , you might hear her at Whitehaven - she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney ; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade .
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But you hear me use none of your Papist abjurations . I swear not by the Mass , or before George , or by any thing that belongs to idolatry ; but such downright oaths as may serve a poor Protestant gentleman , who would fain serve ...
But you hear me use none of your Papist abjurations . I swear not by the Mass , or before George , or by any thing that belongs to idolatry ; but such downright oaths as may serve a poor Protestant gentleman , who would fain serve ...
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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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