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He has kindness of heart , and vivacity of talent ; and yet“ Dearest lady , ” said Peveril , , ” said Peveril , “ why will you distress yourself with fixing your eye on deficiencies which arise rather from a change of times and manners ...
He has kindness of heart , and vivacity of talent ; and yet“ Dearest lady , ” said Peveril , , ” said Peveril , “ why will you distress yourself with fixing your eye on deficiencies which arise rather from a change of times and manners ...
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“ Still , my dearest lady , ” said Peveril , “ you must allow that the duties to which the times summoned your late honoured lord were of a more stirring , as well as a more peremptory cast , than those which await your son .
“ Still , my dearest lady , ” said Peveril , “ you must allow that the duties to which the times summoned your late honoured lord were of a more stirring , as well as a more peremptory cast , than those which await your son .
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“ Pardon me , dearest lady , ” said Julian , “ this can not be . The noble and generous people of England can not be thus strangely misled . Whatever prepossessions may be current among the more vulgar , the Houses of Legislature can ...
“ Pardon me , dearest lady , ” said Julian , “ this can not be . The noble and generous people of England can not be thus strangely misled . Whatever prepossessions may be current among the more vulgar , the Houses of Legislature can ...
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dice against you , which will instantly arise , were it known you had so lately left this island , and its Popish lady . You will do well , perhaps , to use a feigned name in London . ” “ Pardon me , madam , ” said Julian ; “ I will do ...
dice against you , which will instantly arise , were it known you had so lately left this island , and its Popish lady . You will do well , perhaps , to use a feigned name in London . ” “ Pardon me , madam , ” said Julian ; “ I will do ...
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66 Tush , madam , ” answered Peveril ; “ it is more unlike the Lady of Latham to anticipate dangers which may not exist at all , and to which , if they do indeed occur , I am less obnoxious than my noble kinsman . Farewell !
66 Tush , madam , ” answered Peveril ; “ it is more unlike the Lady of Latham to anticipate dangers which may not exist at all , and to which , if they do indeed occur , I am less obnoxious than my noble kinsman . Farewell !
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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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