Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 11
... light enough to perceive , and strength enough to withstand , your folly as well as my own . Fare- well , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun my father - you can not walk ...
... light enough to perceive , and strength enough to withstand , your folly as well as my own . Fare- well , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun my father - you can not walk ...
Page 18
... light nor the op- portunity necessary for the display of your princi- ples , or the service of your country . You have lived when an apathy of mind , succeeding to the agitations of the Civil War , had made men indif- ferent to state ...
... light nor the op- portunity necessary for the display of your princi- ples , or the service of your country . You have lived when an apathy of mind , succeeding to the agitations of the Civil War , had made men indif- ferent to state ...
Page 43
... light trip was exchanged for a tardy and mournful step , which she accompanied with low inarticulate moaning ( which she was probably the less able to suppress , beause she could not judge how far it was audible , ) and also with ...
... light trip was exchanged for a tardy and mournful step , which she accompanied with low inarticulate moaning ( which she was probably the less able to suppress , beause she could not judge how far it was audible , ) and also with ...
Page 49
... light which now displayed them . To one of those churches Fenella took the direct course , and was followed by Julian , although he at once divined , and was superstitious enough to dislike , the path which she was about to adopt . It ...
... light which now displayed them . To one of those churches Fenella took the direct course , and was followed by Julian , although he at once divined , and was superstitious enough to dislike , the path which she was about to adopt . It ...
Page 50
... light of the lamp borne by the dumb maiden -sometimes having the advantage of a gleam of moonlight , darting into the dreary abyss through the shafted windows , or through breaches made by time . As the path was by no means a straight ...
... light of the lamp borne by the dumb maiden -sometimes having the advantage of a gleam of moonlight , darting into the dreary abyss through the shafted windows , or through breaches made by time . As the path was by no means a straight ...
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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.