Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... ghost- seer , whom he upbraids with having neglected a charge imposed at their first meeting . Even his anger , however , produced no more violent emotion than a cold sternness of manner in his speech and 12 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... ghost- seer , whom he upbraids with having neglected a charge imposed at their first meeting . Even his anger , however , produced no more violent emotion than a cold sternness of manner in his speech and 12 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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... the vulgar , that gentle manners went with gentle blood . But perhaps courtesy is too chival- rous a quality to be wasted in intercourse with a 2 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 13 than a cold sternness of manner in his speech and ...
... the vulgar , that gentle manners went with gentle blood . But perhaps courtesy is too chival- rous a quality to be wasted in intercourse with a 2 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 13 than a cold sternness of manner in his speech and ...
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... manner the most solemn -the most awful . " " What I have said , " replied Julian Peveril , " being the unbiassed sentiments of my heart , shall , upon no proper occasion , want the support of my open avowal ; and I think it strange you ...
... manner the most solemn -the most awful . " " What I have said , " replied Julian Peveril , " being the unbiassed sentiments of my heart , shall , upon no proper occasion , want the support of my open avowal ; and I think it strange you ...
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... manner , that I had no other mode of getting rid of her . " " She must have supposed your departure , at a moment so critical , was dangerous to the state of our garrison , " answered the Earl , " it shows how dearly she esteems my ...
... manner , that I had no other mode of getting rid of her . " " She must have supposed your departure , at a moment so critical , was dangerous to the state of our garrison , " answered the Earl , " it shows how dearly she esteems my ...
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... manner which we have described . Startled out of his re- verie by this intimation of her presence , he looked down , and could not , without interest , behold this singular and helpless being . Her hair was unloosened , and streamed ...
... manner which we have described . Startled out of his re- verie by this intimation of her presence , he looked down , and could not , without interest , behold this singular and helpless being . Her hair was unloosened , and streamed ...
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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.