Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 35
... madam , " answered Peve- ril , that the measures of precaution which my kinsman has adopted , have had the complete effect of disconcerting the conspiracy . " " For the present , Julian ; but they should have been such as would have ...
... madam , " answered Peve- ril , that the measures of precaution which my kinsman has adopted , have had the complete effect of disconcerting the conspiracy . " " For the present , Julian ; but they should have been such as would have ...
Page 37
... madam , " said Peveril , much moved by the distress of his patroness ; " your ladyship was wont to rely something on my judg- ment . I will act for the best - will communicate with those whom you point out to me , and only with them ...
... madam , " said Peveril , much moved by the distress of his patroness ; " your ladyship was wont to rely something on my judg- ment . I will act for the best - will communicate with those whom you point out to me , and only with them ...
Page 38
... madam , " answered Peveril ; " think of me but as the younger brother of my kinsman . You have ever done by me the duties of a mother ; and have a right to my filial services , were it at a risk ten times greater than a journey to ...
... madam , " answered Peveril ; " think of me but as the younger brother of my kinsman . You have ever done by me the duties of a mother ; and have a right to my filial services , were it at a risk ten times greater than a journey to ...
Page 39
... madam , " said Julian ; " I will do nothing that can draw on me unnecessary attention ; but to bear a feigned name , or affect any disguise beyond living with extreme privacy , would , I think , be unwise as well as unworthy ; and what ...
... madam , " said Julian ; " I will do nothing that can draw on me unnecessary attention ; but to bear a feigned name , or affect any disguise beyond living with extreme privacy , would , I think , be unwise as well as unworthy ; and what ...
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... madam , " said Peveril ; " and whatever you desire me to charge myself with , of that I undertake the care . Yet allow me to doubt whether an intercourse with Catholics will at this moment forward the purposes of my mis- sion . " " You ...
... madam , " said Peveril ; " and whatever you desire me to charge myself with , of that I undertake the care . Yet allow me to doubt whether an intercourse with Catholics will at this moment forward the purposes of my mis- sion . " " You ...
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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.