Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 49
... Keep , or inhabited part of the Castle , by a series of obscure passages leading to a postern gate , which she unlocked with a key , selected from a bundle which she carried at her girdle . They now stood in the castle - yard , in the ...
... Keep , or inhabited part of the Castle , by a series of obscure passages leading to a postern gate , which she unlocked with a key , selected from a bundle which she carried at her girdle . They now stood in the castle - yard , in the ...
Page 51
... keeping a drowsy watch at the lower gate of the Castle ; whilst another , seated on the stone steps which communi- cated with the parapet of the bounding and exterior wall , was slumbering , in full security , with his musket peacefully ...
... keeping a drowsy watch at the lower gate of the Castle ; whilst another , seated on the stone steps which communi- cated with the parapet of the bounding and exterior wall , was slumbering , in full security , with his musket peacefully ...
Page 55
... 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 to her to go to rest , he himself ...
... 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 to her to go to rest , he himself ...
Page 59
... keep silence , " continued the faithful confidant , 65 van I am in the havens of Man ; but when I am on the broad seas , den my tongue is mine own , you know . Die foolish beoples in the island , they say she is a wechsel - balg - what ...
... keep silence , " continued the faithful confidant , 65 van I am in the havens of Man ; but when I am on the broad seas , den my tongue is mine own , you know . Die foolish beoples in the island , they say she is a wechsel - balg - what ...
Page 67
... keep a man's gifts in use ; and were I altogether to renounce oaths in my private discourse , how should I know how to use one when I needed it ? But you hear me use none of your Papist abjurations . I swear not by the Mass , or before ...
... keep a man's gifts in use ; and were I altogether to renounce oaths in my private discourse , how should I know how to use one when I needed it ? But you hear me use none of your Papist abjurations . I swear not by the Mass , or before ...
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