Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 41
... 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 debated in his own mind whether he had not ...
... 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 debated in his own mind whether he had not ...
Page 43
... 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 Ju- lian , somewhat ashamed of his ...
... 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 Ju- lian , somewhat ashamed of his ...
Page 44
... 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 . It instantly occurred to him ...
... 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 . It instantly occurred to him ...
Page 55
... scarce visible in the dis- tance , and thus intimated to her the necessity of her return to Holm - Peel . She looked down , and shook her head , as if negativing his proposal with obstinate decision . Julian renewed his expostula- tion ...
... scarce visible in the dis- tance , and thus intimated to her the necessity of her return to Holm - Peel . She looked down , and shook her head , as if negativing his proposal with obstinate decision . Julian renewed his expostula- tion ...
Page 56
... 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 character , and the intrigues in which he was engag- ed ; but , then , if so ...
... 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 character , and the intrigues in which he was engag- ed ; but , then , if so ...
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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.