Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kind- ly stretched out , should devour it with kisses , and , for a moment or two , without reprehension ; while the other hand , which should have aided in the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. ...
... natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kind- ly stretched out , should devour it with kisses , and , for a moment or two , without reprehension ; while the other hand , which should have aided in the PEVERIL OF THE PEAK. ...
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... nature had stretched a cushion of moss and lichen , interspersed with wild flowers backed with a bush of copsewood , he took his place beside her , indeed , but at such distance as to intimate the duty of an attendant , who was there ...
... nature had stretched a cushion of moss and lichen , interspersed with wild flowers backed with a bush of copsewood , he took his place beside her , indeed , but at such distance as to intimate the duty of an attendant , who was there ...
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... nature irrecon- cilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offend- ed with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a man on earth from whom I have the least cause to apprehend any ...
... nature irrecon- cilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offend- ed with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a man on earth from whom I have the least cause to apprehend any ...
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... nature has poured into my veins , and with the rude nurture which my father allotted to me . " " I understand you not , sir , " replied Julian Pe- veril , who , feeling the necessity of saying some- thing , could not , at the moment ...
... nature has poured into my veins , and with the rude nurture which my father allotted to me . " " I understand you not , sir , " replied Julian Pe- veril , who , feeling the necessity of saying some- thing , could not , at the moment ...
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... nature to supersede many other considerations , to which , in any other case , I should feel it my duty to give the most re- verential attention . I will not disguise from you , that my father's prejudices against such a match would be ...
... nature to supersede many other considerations , to which , in any other case , I should feel it my duty to give the most re- verential attention . I will not disguise from you , that my father's prejudices against such a match would be ...
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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.