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All shall be prepared within an hour , within another , the priest shall unite us ; and within a third , we leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the contiBut while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he ...
All shall be prepared within an hour , within another , the priest shall unite us ; and within a third , we leave the isle behind us , and seek our fortunes on the contiBut while he spoke , in joyful anticipation of the consent which he ...
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Yes , ” answered the Countess , and her eye flashed fire as she spoke ; 6 and had my advice been listened to , they had been apprehended in the very fact ; and so dealt with , as to be a warning to all others how they sought this ...
Yes , ” answered the Countess , and her eye flashed fire as she spoke ; 6 and had my advice been listened to , they had been apprehended in the very fact ; and so dealt with , as to be a warning to all others how they sought this ...
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Peveril had , in the meantime , leisure to remark , that the boatmen spoke to each other doubtfully , and bent anxious looks on Fenella , as if doubtful whether they had acted properly in bringing her off . After about a quarter of an ...
Peveril had , in the meantime , leisure to remark , that the boatmen spoke to each other doubtfully , and bent anxious looks on Fenella , as if doubtful whether they had acted properly in bringing her off . After about a quarter of an ...
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And so , Master Ganlesse , keep your own pace , and I will keep the contrary ; for I beg leave to forbear your company As Peveril spoke thus , he pulled up his horse , and made a full stop . The stranger burst out a - laughing .
And so , Master Ganlesse , keep your own pace , and I will keep the contrary ; for I beg leave to forbear your company As Peveril spoke thus , he pulled up his horse , and made a full stop . The stranger burst out a - laughing .
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As he spoke thus , they alighted under the great broad - branched oak tree , which served to canopy the ale - bench , which , at an earlier hour , had groaned under the weight of a frequent conclave of rustic politicians .
As he spoke thus , they alighted under the great broad - branched oak tree , which served to canopy the ale - bench , which , at an earlier hour , had groaned under the weight of a frequent conclave of rustic politicians .
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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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