Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... 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 sen- sible 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 sen- sible that I have acted over boldly ...
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... replied Alice ; " whatever would render you unworthy of the poor boon at which you aim - ay , were it more worth- less than I confess it to be . " " Would your father , " said Peveril , as he un- willingly received the impression which ...
... replied Alice ; " whatever would render you unworthy of the poor boon at which you aim - ay , were it more worth- less than I confess it to be . " " Would your father , " said Peveril , as he un- willingly received the impression which ...
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... 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 re- sistance . I am but a girl , but I have been taught by circumstances to think for myself , and ...
... 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 re- sistance . I am but a girl , but I have been taught by circumstances to think for myself , and ...
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... replied Julian , and pressing close to his companion's side , he ven- tured 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 have rendered their son happy . And ...
... replied Julian , and pressing close to his companion's side , he ven- tured 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 have rendered their son happy . And ...
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... replied Alice Bridgenorth , " any more than you can overpower me with your passion . Had the patriarch destined his son to death upon any less ground than faith and humble obedience to a divine commandment , he had meditated a murder ...
... replied Alice Bridgenorth , " any more than you can overpower me with your passion . Had the patriarch destined his son to death upon any less ground than faith and humble obedience to a divine commandment , he had meditated a murder ...
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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.