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1 2 a cumstanced as we are , with open war about to break out betwixt our parents and friends , we can be but well - wishers - cold and distant well - wishers , who must part on this spot , and at this hour , never to meet again .
1 2 a cumstanced as we are , with open war about to break out betwixt our parents and friends , we can be but well - wishers - cold and distant well - wishers , who must part on this spot , and at this hour , never to meet again .
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Hark ye , young man -- deal openly with me in this matter , if you would not have think you the execrable villain who would have seduced an unhappy girl , under promises which he never designed to fulfil .
Hark ye , young man -- deal openly with me in this matter , if you would not have think you the execrable villain who would have seduced an unhappy girl , under promises which he never designed to fulfil .
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—No , never . ” “ Nay , but , madam , " replied Julian , “ I do not run the same risk - my person is not known in London - my situation , though not obscure in my own country , is too little known to be noticed in that huge assemblage ...
—No , never . ” “ Nay , but , madam , " replied Julian , “ I do not run the same risk - my person is not known in London - my situation , though not obscure in my own country , is too little known to be noticed in that huge assemblage ...
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My sole comfort is , that my stay will scarce be so long as to permit you to forget one who never can forget you . " He held the paper in his hand for a minute after he had folded , but before he had sealed it , while he hurriedly ...
My sole comfort is , that my stay will scarce be so long as to permit you to forget one who never can forget you . " He held the paper in his hand for a minute after he had folded , but before he had sealed it , while he hurriedly ...
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“ I kiss your hands , then , madam , " said Peveril , “ and humbly beg you to believe , that whatever may fail in my present undertaking , my purpose to serve you , my noble kinswoman and benefactress , can at least never swerve or ...
“ I kiss your hands , then , madam , " said Peveril , “ and humbly beg you to believe , that whatever may fail in my present undertaking , my purpose to serve you , my noble kinswoman and benefactress , can at least never swerve or ...
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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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