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If I ~ am to leave my native land , you shall be my companion in my exile . What have you to lose ?Whom have you to abandon ? -Your father ? — The good old cause , as it is termed , is dearer to him than a thousand daughters ...
If I ~ am to leave my native land , you shall be my companion in my exile . What have you to lose ?Whom have you to abandon ? -Your father ? — The good old cause , as it is termed , is dearer to him than a thousand daughters ...
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All shall be prepared within an hour , within another , the priest shall unite us ; and within a third , we leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the contiBut while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he ...
All shall be prepared within an hour , within another , the priest shall unite us ; and within a third , we leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the contiBut while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he ...
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Once more , I warn you , avoid my father - leave this island , which will be soon agitated by strange incidents -- while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem ...
Once more , I warn you , avoid my father - leave this island , which will be soon agitated by strange incidents -- while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem ...
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66 And leave my daughter to the guardianship of Julian Peveril ? Runs not your counsel so , young man ? ” answered Bridgenorth . “ Trust my safety , Julian , to my own prudence . , I have been accustomed to guide myself through worse ...
66 And leave my daughter to the guardianship of Julian Peveril ? Runs not your counsel so , young man ? ” answered Bridgenorth . “ Trust my safety , Julian , to my own prudence . , I have been accustomed to guide myself through worse ...
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66 bid him farewell , leaving him under the confused and mingled impression of pleasure , doubt , and wonder . Not a little surprised to find himself so far in the good graces of Alice's father , that his suit was even favoured with a ...
66 bid him farewell , leaving him under the confused and mingled impression of pleasure , doubt , and wonder . Not a little surprised to find himself so far in the good graces of Alice's father , that his suit was even favoured with a ...
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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.
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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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