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said the young man , taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an 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 ...
said the young man , taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an 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 ...
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... these sate the Earl of Derby , busied in looking over some of the new publications which had been forwarded from London ; and at intervals confessing how little power or interest these had for him , by yawning fearfully as he looked ...
... these sate the Earl of Derby , busied in looking over some of the new publications which had been forwarded from London ; and at intervals confessing how little power or interest these had for him , by yawning fearfully as he looked ...
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Startled out of his reverie by this intimation of her presence , he looked down , and could not , without interest , behold this singular and helpless being . Her hair was unloosened , and streamed over her shoulders in such length ...
Startled out of his reverie by this intimation of her presence , he looked down , and could not , without interest , behold this singular and helpless being . Her hair was unloosened , and streamed over her shoulders in such length ...
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And , for the royalists , either they have caught the general delirium which has seized on Protestants in general , or they stand aloof and neutral , afraid to show any interest in the unhappy Catholics , lest they be judged altogether ...
And , for the royalists , either they have caught the general delirium which has seized on Protestants in general , or they stand aloof and neutral , afraid to show any interest in the unhappy Catholics , lest they be judged altogether ...
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... the meanwhile acting on the idea of her having harboured a misplaced attachment to him , he thought he should best consult her interest , and his own character , in keeping at as great a distance from her as circumstances admitted .
... the meanwhile acting on the idea of her having harboured a misplaced attachment to him , he thought he should best consult her interest , and his own character , in keeping at as great a distance from her as circumstances admitted .
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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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