Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... looks on earth . There's more hath past between them than belongs To Love's sweet sorrows . Old Play . As he approached the monument of Goddard Crovan , Julian cast many an anxious glance to see whether any object visible beside the ...
... looks on earth . There's more hath past between them than belongs To Love's sweet sorrows . Old Play . As he approached the monument of Goddard Crovan , Julian cast many an anxious glance to see whether any object visible beside the ...
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... look of one who is dubious of the reception she is about to meet with from a valued friend , while she con- fesses a fault , pleads an apology , or solicits a re- conciliation . In short , the whole face was so much alive with ...
... look of one who is dubious of the reception she is about to meet with from a valued friend , while she con- fesses a fault , pleads an apology , or solicits a re- conciliation . In short , the whole face was so much alive with ...
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... look of the deepest dejection , the little mute , first touching her bosom , and beckoning with her finger , made to him the usual sign that the Count- ess desired to see him , -then turned , as if to usher him to her apartment . As he ...
... look of the deepest dejection , the little mute , first touching her bosom , and beckoning with her finger , made to him the usual sign that the Count- ess desired to see him , -then turned , as if to usher him to her apartment . As he ...
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... looks . Little will he thank me send- ing you on his errand ; and there will be many to ask whether it was like the Lady of Latham to thrust her friend's son on the danger which should have been found by her own . But O , Julian , I am ...
... looks . Little will he thank me send- ing you on his errand ; and there will be many to ask whether it was like the Lady of Latham to thrust her friend's son on the danger which should have been found by her own . But O , Julian , I am ...
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... look out on the sea , slumbering under the in- fluence of a full moon , which tipped each wave with silver - such were the only pastimes he could in- vent , until midnight had past for one hour , when the next was wasted in anxious ...
... look out on the sea , slumbering under the in- fluence of a full moon , which tipped each wave with silver - such were the only pastimes he could in- vent , until midnight had past for one hour , when the next was wasted in anxious ...
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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.