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Page 61
... was full of strangers , sean : en , and mercantile people , all intent upon their own affairs , and discussing them with noise and eagerness , peculiar to the business of a thriving sea - port . But although the general clamour of ...
... was full of strangers , sean : en , and mercantile people , all intent upon their own affairs , and discussing them with noise and eagerness , peculiar to the business of a thriving sea - port . But although the general clamour of ...
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It was an ordinary thing for a stranger to buy a horse for the purpose of a single journey , and to sell him , as well as he could , when he had reached the point of his destination ; and hence there was a constant demand , and a ...
It was an ordinary thing for a stranger to buy a horse for the purpose of a single journey , and to sell him , as well as he could , when he had reached the point of his destination ; and hence there was a constant demand , and a ...
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had a conciliating and obliging tendency towards the stranger , Peveril concluded he was one of those idle persons , who , unable or unwilling to supply themselves with means of indulgence at their own cost , are not unwilling to ...
had a conciliating and obliging tendency towards the stranger , Peveril concluded he was one of those idle persons , who , unable or unwilling to supply themselves with means of indulgence at their own cost , are not unwilling to ...
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... gave permission to the stranger to purchase a gray horse , much inferior , indeed , to that which he had resigned , both in form and in action , but very little lower in price , as Mr. Bridlesley , immediately on learning the demand ...
... gave permission to the stranger to purchase a gray horse , much inferior , indeed , to that which he had resigned , both in form and in action , but very little lower in price , as Mr. Bridlesley , immediately on learning the demand ...
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A stranger - entirely a stranger - never saw him before a wild young colt , I warrant him ; and knows a horse's mouth as well as I do . " a " . “ I begin to bethink me I saw such a face as his at the Jesuits ' consult , in the White ...
A stranger - entirely a stranger - never saw him before a wild young colt , I warrant him ; and knows a horse's mouth as well as I do . " a " . “ I begin to bethink me I saw such a face as his at the Jesuits ' consult , in the White ...
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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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