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Page 41
My sole comfort is , that my stay will scarce be so long as to permit you to forget one who never can forget you . " He held the paper in his hand for a minute after he had folded , but before he had sealed it , while he hurriedly ...
My sole comfort is , that my stay will scarce be so long as to permit you to forget one who never can forget you . " He held the paper in his hand for a minute after he had folded , but before he had sealed it , while he hurriedly ...
Page 43
The words had scarce escaped his lips when he heard at the door of his apartment , which the servant had left ajar , a sound like a deep sigh , which was instantly succeeded by a gentle tap Come in , ” replied Julian , somewhat ashamed ...
The words had scarce escaped his lips when he heard at the door of his apartment , which the servant had left ajar , a sound like a deep sigh , which was instantly succeeded by a gentle tap Come in , ” replied Julian , somewhat ashamed ...
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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 race , come to announce to him his predestined doom .
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 race , come to announce to him his predestined doom .
Page 55
He took her hand with great kindness , but at the same time with much gravity , pointed to the boat , and to the Castle , whose towers and extended walls were now scarce visible in the distance , and thus intimated to her the necessity ...
He took her hand with great kindness , but at the same time with much gravity , pointed to the boat , and to the Castle , whose towers and extended walls were now scarce visible in the distance , and thus intimated to her the necessity ...
Page 56
The sound still rung in his earsthe accents were those of Alice and he could scarce persuade himself that his imagination had deceived him . Could she be in the same vessel ? The thought was not altogether inconsistent with her father's ...
The sound still rung in his earsthe accents were those of Alice and he could scarce persuade himself that his imagination had deceived him . Could she be in the same vessel ? The thought was not altogether inconsistent with her father's ...
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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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