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Page 11
... and I thank God who gives me light enough to perceive , and strength enough to withstand , your folly as well as my own . Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun ...
... and I thank God who gives me light enough to perceive , and strength enough to withstand , your folly as well as my own . Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun ...
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Interrupt me not - I question not your will to be both ; but you have hitherto neither had the light nor the opportunity necessary for the display of your principles , or the service of your country . You have lived when an apathy of ...
Interrupt me not - I question not your will to be both ; but you have hitherto neither had the light nor the opportunity necessary for the display of your principles , or the service of your country . You have lived when an apathy of ...
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As he followed her through the long gloomy vaulted passages which afforded communication betwixt the various apartments of the castle , he could not but observe that her usual light trip was exchanged for a tardy and mournful step ...
As he followed her through the long gloomy vaulted passages which afforded communication betwixt the various apartments of the castle , he could not but observe that her usual light trip was exchanged for a tardy and mournful step ...
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... tower — the ancient mount , with its quadrangular sides facing the ruinous edifices which once boasted the name of Cathedral - seemed of more antique and anomalous form , when seen by the pale light which now displayed them .
... tower — the ancient mount , with its quadrangular sides facing the ruinous edifices which once boasted the name of Cathedral - seemed of more antique and anomalous form , when seen by the pale light which now displayed them .
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... Fenella , followed by Peveril , now boldly traversed the ruinous vaults through which it lay - sometimes only guided over heaps of ruins by the precarious light of the lamp borne by the dumb maiden -sometimes having the advantage of ...
... Fenella , followed by Peveril , now boldly traversed the ruinous vaults through which it lay - sometimes only guided over heaps of ruins by the precarious light of the lamp borne by the dumb maiden -sometimes having the advantage of ...
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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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