Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... 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 other , placed in more favourable cir- cumstances , it avails ...
... 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 other , placed in more favourable cir- cumstances , it avails ...
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... honour . " " It can not - it can not be , " said Alice , faulter- ing as she uttered her negative . " And yet , " she said , " how many in my place - left alone and un- protected , as I am - But I must not - I must not for your sake ...
... honour . " " It can not - it can not be , " said Alice , faulter- ing as she uttered her negative . " And yet , " she said , " how many in my place - left alone and un- protected , as I am - But I must not - I must not for your sake ...
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... honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable motives , you can not aid him in , except upon the suggestion of a silly and in- terested passion , at variance with all the engage- have formed at coming into life . ” “ Once more , Alice ...
... honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable motives , you can not aid him in , except upon the suggestion of a silly and in- terested passion , at variance with all the engage- have formed at coming into life . ” “ Once more , Alice ...
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... honour , sir , " said Julian , " your daugh ter is guiltless of all that can offend you ; she re- sisted every offer which the headstrong violence of my passion urged me to press upon her . ' And , in brief , " said Bridgenorth , " I am ...
... honour , sir , " said Julian , " your daugh ter is guiltless of all that can offend you ; she re- sisted every offer which the headstrong violence of my passion urged me to press upon her . ' And , in brief , " said Bridgenorth , " I am ...
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... mute for a moment , in the vain attempt to shape his answer so as at once to intimate acquiescence in what Bridgenorth stated , and a vindication of his own regard for his parents , and for the honour 16 PEVERID OF THE PEAK .
... mute for a moment , in the vain attempt to shape his answer so as at once to intimate acquiescence in what Bridgenorth stated , and a vindication of his own regard for his parents , and for the honour 16 PEVERID OF THE PEAK .
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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.