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“ My father , ” said Alice , “ means well by his country , and well by you ; yet I sometimes fear he may rather injure than serve his good cause ; and still more do I dread , that in attempting to engage a you as an auxiliary ...
“ My father , ” said Alice , “ means well by his country , and well by you ; yet I sometimes fear he may rather injure than serve his good cause ; and still more do I dread , that in attempting to engage a you as an auxiliary ...
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... we leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the contiBut while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he implored ; Alice found means to collect together her resolution , which , staggered by the eagerness ...
... we leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the contiBut while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he implored ; Alice found means to collect together her resolution , which , staggered by the eagerness ...
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Yet while they marched in the same ranks , and spurred their horses at the same trumpet - sound , the memory of the former are dear to us as patriots or loyalists that of those who acted on mean or unworthy promptings , is either ...
Yet while they marched in the same ranks , and spurred their horses at the same trumpet - sound , the memory of the former are dear to us as patriots or loyalists that of those who acted on mean or unworthy promptings , is either ...
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... which you have proposed to me , however unequal it may appear . 6 Show me but the means which can propitiate your favour , Major Bridgenorth , ” said Peveril . 72 و 66 > " for I will not doubt that they will PEVERIL OF THE PLAK . 17.
... which you have proposed to me , however unequal it may appear . 6 Show me but the means which can propitiate your favour , Major Bridgenorth , ” said Peveril . 72 و 66 > " for I will not doubt that they will PEVERIL OF THE PLAK . 17.
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“ Spoken like the son of your excellent mother , " said Bridgenorth , grasping his hand ; “ for whose sake I have endured to suffer so much from your house unrequited , even when the means of requital were in my own hand . ” 6.
“ Spoken like the son of your excellent mother , " said Bridgenorth , grasping his hand ; “ for whose sake I have endured to suffer so much from your house unrequited , even when the means of requital were in my own hand . ” 6.
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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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