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It is a great lesson to me , sir ; for hitherto I had thought with the vulgar , that gentle manners went with gentle blood . But perhaps courtesy is too chival. 66 rous a quality to be wasted in intercourse with 2 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ...
It is a great lesson to me , sir ; for hitherto I had thought with the vulgar , that gentle manners went with gentle blood . But perhaps courtesy is too chival. 66 rous a quality to be wasted in intercourse with 2 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ...
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Nay , I desire no thanks -- I have to require of you , in return , a piece of service , not perhaps entirely safe to yourself , but which , as times are circumstanced no person is so well able to render to my house .
Nay , I desire no thanks -- I have to require of you , in return , a piece of service , not perhaps entirely safe to yourself , but which , as times are circumstanced no person is so well able to render to my house .
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You will do well , perhaps , to use a feigned name in London . ” “ Pardon me , madam , ” said Julian ; “ I will do nothing that can draw on me unnecessary attention ; but to bear a feigned name , or affect any disguise beyond living ...
You will do well , perhaps , to use a feigned name in London . ” “ Pardon me , madam , ” said Julian ; “ I will do nothing that can draw on me unnecessary attention ; but to bear a feigned name , or affect any disguise beyond living ...
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... expressions towards the father were chiefly dictated by the fear , that , during his absence , Major Bridgenorth might be tempted to change the residence of his daughter , and perhaps to convey her altogether out of his reach .
... expressions towards the father were chiefly dictated by the fear , that , during his absence , Major Bridgenorth might be tempted to change the residence of his daughter , and perhaps to convey her altogether out of his reach .
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... which was to guide him to noble deeds were the resolutions which thronged upon his mind , and which exalted his spirits to that state of romantic melancholy , which perhaps is ill - exchanged even for feelings of joyful rapture .
... which was to guide him to noble deeds were the resolutions which thronged upon his mind , and which exalted his spirits to that state of romantic melancholy , which perhaps is ill - exchanged even for feelings of joyful rapture .
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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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