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That Alice should extend her hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bounded over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kindly stretched out , should devour it ...
That Alice should extend her hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bounded over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kindly stretched out , should devour it ...
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He let go the hand of Alice with as much respect as he could have paid to that of a princess ; and when she seated herself upon a rocky fragment , over which nature had stretched a cushion of moss and lichen , interspersed with wild ...
He let go the hand of Alice with as much respect as he could have paid to that of a princess ; and when she seated herself upon a rocky fragment , over which nature had stretched a cushion of moss and lichen , interspersed with wild ...
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The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offended with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a ...
The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes . If he is not offended with the bold wishes I may have formed , and his whole behaviour shows the contrary , I know not a ...
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You I have to thank also for some lessons , which may teach me to rest satisfied with the churl's blood which nature has poured into my veins , and with the rude nurture which my father allotted to me ...
You I have to thank also for some lessons , which may teach me to rest satisfied with the churl's blood which nature has poured into my veins , and with the rude nurture which my father allotted to me ...
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At length , perceiving that Major Bridgenorth seemed resolved quietly to await his answer , he mustered up courage to say , “ The feelings which I entertain towards your daughter , Master Bridgenorth , are of a nature to supersede many ...
At length , perceiving that Major Bridgenorth seemed resolved quietly to await his answer , he mustered up courage to say , “ The feelings which I entertain towards your daughter , Master Bridgenorth , are of a nature to supersede many ...
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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.
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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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