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If I have been too rash in admitting such a meeting as the present , it is not you that should make me sensible of my folly . ” Julian Peveril's mind had been early illumined with that touch of romantic fire which deprives passion of ...
If I have been too rash in admitting such a meeting as the present , it is not you that should make me sensible of my folly . ” Julian Peveril's mind had been early illumined with that touch of romantic fire which deprives passion of ...
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66 I understand you not , Alice , ” said Peveril ; nor can I see any danger to which I am at present exposed . The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes .
66 I understand you not , Alice , ” said Peveril ; nor can I see any danger to which I am at present exposed . The sentiments which your father has expressed towards me , are of a nature irreconcilable with hostile purposes .
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... my young friend , ” said Bridgenorth ; 66 and I trust to see thy name rank high amongst those by whom the prey shall be rent from the mighty . At present , thy prejudices occupy thy mind like the strong keeper of the house Vol .
... my young friend , ” said Bridgenorth ; 66 and I trust to see thy name rank high amongst those by whom the prey shall be rent from the mighty . At present , thy prejudices occupy thy mind like the strong keeper of the house Vol .
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I know not that , ” said the Countess . wheel appears to be again revolving ; and the present period is not unlikely to bring back such scenes as my younger years witnessed . --Well , be it so ; they will not find Charlotte , de la ...
I know not that , ” said the Countess . wheel appears to be again revolving ; and the present period is not unlikely to bring back such scenes as my younger years witnessed . --Well , be it so ; they will not find Charlotte , de la ...
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fury of a whole people ; for , in the present state of general agitation , whoever disbelieves the least tittle of the enormous improbabilities which have been accumulated by these wretched informers , is instantly hunted down , as one ...
fury of a whole people ; for , in the present state of general agitation , whoever disbelieves the least tittle of the enormous improbabilities which have been accumulated by these wretched informers , is instantly hunted down , as one ...
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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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