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It is impossible > I can not surrender at once my love and my honour . " " There is no remedy , ” said Alice , but she could not suppress a sigh while she said so— " there is no remedy - none whatever . What we might have been to each ...
It is impossible > I can not surrender at once my love and my honour . " " There is no remedy , ” said Alice , but she could not suppress a sigh while she said so— " there is no remedy - none whatever . What we might have been to each ...
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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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Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun my father — you can not walk in his paths and be true to gratitude and to honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable ...
Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun my father — you can not walk in his paths and be true to gratitude and to honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable ...
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“ On my honour , sir , ” said Julian , " your daugh“ ter is guiltless of all that can offend you ; sisted every offer which the headstrong violence of my passion urged me to press upon her .
“ On my honour , sir , ” said Julian , " your daugh“ ter is guiltless of all that can offend you ; sisted every offer which the headstrong violence of my passion urged me to press upon her .
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me The proown regard for his parents , and for the honour of his house . This delay gave rise to suspicion , and Bridgenorth's eye gleamed , and his lip quivered , while he gave vent to it . 6. Hark ye , young man -- deal openly with me ...
me The proown regard for his parents , and for the honour of his house . This delay gave rise to suspicion , and Bridgenorth's eye gleamed , and his lip quivered , while he gave vent to it . 6. Hark ye , young man -- deal openly with me ...
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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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