Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... 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 you as an auxiliary , he forgets those ties which PEVERIL OF ...
... 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 you as an auxiliary , he forgets those ties which PEVERIL OF ...
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... means to collect together her resolution , which , staggered by the eagerness of her lover , the impulse of her own affection , and the singularity of her sit- uation , seeming , in her case to justify what would have been most ...
... means to collect together her resolution , which , staggered by the eagerness of her lover , the impulse of her own affection , and the singularity of her sit- uation , seeming , in her case to justify what would have been most ...
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... mean or unworthy promptings , is either execrated or forgotten . Once more , I warn you , avoid my father - leave this is- land , which will be soon agitated by strange inci- dents - while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every ...
... mean or unworthy promptings , is either execrated or forgotten . Once more , I warn you , avoid my father - leave this is- land , which will be soon agitated by strange inci- dents - while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every ...
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... match which you have proposed to me , however unequal it may appear . ' " Show me but the means which can propitiate your favour , Major Bridgenorth , " said Peveril , -- " for I will not doubt that they will be PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 17.
... match which you have proposed to me , however unequal it may appear . ' " Show me but the means which can propitiate your favour , Major Bridgenorth , " said Peveril , -- " for I will not doubt that they will be PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 17.
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... 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 . " “ It was indeed from the instructions of that ex- 20 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... 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 . " “ It was indeed from the instructions of that ex- 20 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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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.