Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... leave my native land , you shall be my com- panion 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 , and setting him ...
... leave my native land , you shall be my com- panion 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 , and setting him ...
Page 10
... leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the conti- nent . " But while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he implored ; Alice found means to collect together her resolution , which , staggered by the ...
... leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the conti- nent . " But while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he implored ; Alice found means to collect together her resolution , which , staggered by the ...
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... leave this is- land , which will be soon agitated by strange inci- dents - while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem almost impossible , from cir- cumstances ...
... leave this is- land , which will be soon agitated by strange inci- dents - while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem almost impossible , from cir- cumstances ...
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... leave my daughter to the guardianship of Julian Peveril ? Runs not your counsel so , young , man ? " answered ... leaving him under the confused and 22 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... leave my daughter to the guardianship of Julian Peveril ? Runs not your counsel so , young , man ? " answered ... leaving him under the confused and 22 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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Walter Scott. 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 ...
Walter Scott. 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 ...
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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.