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“ Even so I judged of you , and therefore , I asked this interview , to conjure you that you will break off all intercourse with our family - return to your parents - or , what will be much safer , visit the continent once more , and ...
“ Even so I judged of you , and therefore , I asked this interview , to conjure you that you will break off all intercourse with our family - return to your parents - or , what will be much safer , visit the continent once more , and ...
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... that you have incurred the contempt and resentment of all to satisfy a boyish passion ; and that the poor beauty , once sufficient to mislead you , was gradually declining under the influence of grief and vexation .
... that you have incurred the contempt and resentment of all to satisfy a boyish passion ; and that the poor beauty , once sufficient to mislead you , was gradually declining under the influence of grief and vexation .
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Once more , I warn you , avoid my father - leave this island , which will be soon agitated by strange incidents -- while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem ...
Once more , I warn you , avoid my father - leave this island , which will be soon agitated by strange incidents -- while you stay , be on your guard - distrust every thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem ...
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He was mute for a moment , in the vain attempt to shape his answer so as at once to intimate acquiescence in what Bridgenorth stated , and a vindication of his me The proown regard for his parents , and for 16 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
He was mute for a moment , in the vain attempt to shape his answer so as at once to intimate acquiescence in what Bridgenorth stated , and a vindication of his me The proown regard for his parents , and for 16 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
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After having passed the flask in silence betwixt them once or twice , they withdrew each into a separate embrazure of the windows of the dining apartment , which , such was the extreme thickness of the wall , were deep enough to afford ...
After having passed the flask in silence betwixt them once or twice , they withdrew each into a separate embrazure of the windows of the dining apartment , which , such was the extreme thickness of the wall , were deep enough to afford ...
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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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