Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... interest in my fate ? - Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly abandon my parents , my friends , my country - suffer the existence of evils ...
... interest in my fate ? - Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly abandon my parents , my friends , my country - suffer the existence of evils ...
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... interest these had for him , by yawning fearfully as he looked out on the solitary expanse of waters , which , save for the flight of a flock of sea - gulls , or of a solitary cormorant , offered so little of variety to engage his ...
... interest these had for him , by yawning fearfully as he looked out on the solitary expanse of waters , which , save for the flight of a flock of sea - gulls , or of a solitary cormorant , offered so little of variety to engage his ...
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... interest , behold this singular and helpless being . Her hair was unloosened , and streamed over her shoulders in such length , that much of it lay upon the ground , and in such quantity , that it formed a dark veil , or shadow , not ...
... interest , behold this singular and helpless being . Her hair was unloosened , and streamed over her shoulders in such length , that much of it lay upon the ground , and in such quantity , that it formed a dark veil , or shadow , not ...
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... interest in the unhappy Catholics , lest they be judged altogether such as themselves , and abettors of the fearful conspiracy in which they are alleged to be engaged . In fact , I can not blame them . It is hard to expect that mere ...
... interest in the unhappy Catholics , lest they be judged altogether such as themselves , and abettors of the fearful conspiracy in which they are alleged to be engaged . In fact , I can not blame them . It is hard to expect that mere ...
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... interest , and his own character , in keep- ing at as great a distance from her as circumstances admitted . With this purpose , he made the sign she used for going to sleep , by leaning his head on his palm ; and having thus recommended ...
... interest , and his own character , in keep- ing at as great a distance from her as circumstances admitted . With this purpose , he made the sign she used for going to sleep , by leaning his head on his palm ; and having thus recommended ...
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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.