Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 55
Page 5
replied Peveril , warmly ; " from me , whom you have thus highly favoured -- thus deeply obliged ? ” " Cease your protestations , Julian , ” answered the maiden , “ they do but make me the more sensible that I have acted over boldly .
replied Peveril , warmly ; " from me , whom you have thus highly favoured -- thus deeply obliged ? ” " Cease your protestations , Julian , ” answered the maiden , “ they do but make me the more sensible that I have acted over boldly .
Page 6
56 Do not mistake me , Julian , ” replied the maiden ; " my father is incapable of requesting aught of you that is not to his thinking just and honourable ; nay , he conceives that he only claims from you a debt , which is due as a ...
56 Do not mistake me , Julian , ” replied the maiden ; " my father is incapable of requesting aught of you that is not to his thinking just and honourable ; nay , he conceives that he only claims from you a debt , which is due as a ...
Page 7
“ Julian , ” replied Alice , “ it is you who misjudge my father's powers , and his purpose with respect to you , and who overrate your own powers of resistance . I am but a girl , but I have been taught by circumstances to think for ...
“ Julian , ” replied Alice , “ it is you who misjudge my father's powers , and his purpose with respect to you , and who overrate your own powers of resistance . I am but a girl , but I have been taught by circumstances to think for ...
Page 9
“ Fear not for my parents , Alice , ” 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 ...
“ Fear not for my parents , Alice , ” 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 ...
Page 12
any more than “ You can not blind me with your sophistry , Julian , ” replied Alice Bridgenorth , you can overpower me with your passion . Had the patriarch destined his son to death upon any less ground than faith and humble obedience ...
any more than “ You can not blind me with your sophistry , Julian , ” replied Alice Bridgenorth , you can overpower me with your passion . Had the patriarch destined his son to death upon any less ground than faith and humble obedience ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alice already answered apartment appearance arms attend better Bridgenorth brought Castle cause character charge Charles Chiffinch Christian common companion confidence Countess course court dame danger Derby desirous door Duke duty entered expressed eyes father favour fear Fenella followed Ganlesse give Grace hand hath head hear heard honour horse hour interest Julian keep King lady Lance least leave less light live London look Lord madam Major manner Master means mind Mistress nature never observed once perhaps permit person Peveril pleasure Plot poor present rendered replied returned scarce secure seemed seen Sir Geoffrey soon sound speak spoke stranger tell thee thing thou thought tion tone true turned usual voice witnesses woman young
Popular passages
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.
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |