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... which I would refuse , with such a prospect before me ? " “ Treachery and dishonour ! ” replied Alice ; " whatever would render you unworthy of the poor boon at which you aim - ay , were it more worthless than I confess it to be .
... which I would refuse , with such a prospect before me ? " “ Treachery and dishonour ! ” replied Alice ; " whatever would render you unworthy of the poor boon at which you aim - ay , were it more worthless than I confess it to be .
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... replied Julian , and pressing close to his companion's side , he ventured to throw his arm around her ; “ they love me , and they will soon learn to love in Alice , the only being on earth who could håve rendered their son happy .
... replied Julian , and pressing close to his companion's side , he ventured to throw his arm around her ; “ they love me , and they will soon learn to love in Alice , the only being on earth who could håve rendered their son happy .
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Heaven , that rendered the King's course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of his bigoted successor , we already see what sort of monareh shall .succeed to the crown of ...
Heaven , that rendered the King's course of license fruitful , hath denied issue to his bed of wedlock ; and in the gloomy and stern character of his bigoted successor , we already see what sort of monareh shall .succeed to the crown of ...
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... occurred to Julian's mind ; and hastily withdrawing his hand , and changing his posture , he asked of her , by a sign which custom had rendered familiar , whether she brought any message to him from the Countess .
... occurred to Julian's mind ; and hastily withdrawing his hand , and changing his posture , he asked of her , by a sign which custom had rendered familiar , whether she brought any message to him from the Countess .
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In an instant Fenella was seated at an embroidering - frame ; where , but for the movement of her dexterous fingers , she might have seemed a statue , so little did she move from her work , either As her infirmity rendered her presence ...
In an instant Fenella was seated at an embroidering - frame ; where , but for the movement of her dexterous fingers , she might have seemed a statue , so little did she move from her work , either As her infirmity rendered her presence ...
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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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