Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... person . I would that our Cavaliers or whatsoever they are pleased to call themselves , would have some more charity to- wards those who differ from them in Church and State . But to hope that I would surrender the principles in which I ...
... person . I would that our Cavaliers or whatsoever they are pleased to call themselves , would have some more charity to- wards those who differ from them in Church and State . But to hope that I would surrender the principles in which I ...
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... person is so well able to render to my house . " " You have been ever my good and noble lady , " answered Peveril , as well as my kind , and I may say maternal , protectress . You have a right to command the blood of Stanley in the ...
... person is so well able to render to my house . " " You have been ever my good and noble lady , " answered Peveril , as well as my kind , and I may say maternal , protectress . You have a right to command the blood of Stanley in the ...
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... 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 of all that is noble and weal- thy . No whisper , I presume , however indirect , has ...
... 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 of all that is noble and weal- thy . No whisper , I presume , however indirect , has ...
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... person of distinction belong- ing to the family . For an instant , Julian could scarce divest himself of the belief that the wailing , gibbering form which glided before him , with a lamp in her hand , was the genius of his mother's ...
... person of distinction belong- ing to the family . For an instant , Julian could scarce divest himself of the belief that the wailing , gibbering form which glided before him , with a lamp in her hand , was the genius of his mother's ...
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... persons to whom they are addressed so disguised , that you will run no danger in conversing with them . Without their aid , indeed , you will not be able to obtain the ac- VOL . II.- 5 t curate information you go to seek . None can ...
... persons to whom they are addressed so disguised , that you will run no danger in conversing with them . Without their aid , indeed , you will not be able to obtain the ac- VOL . II.- 5 t curate information you go to seek . None can ...
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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.