Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem almost impossible , from cir- cumstances , to attach a shadow of suspicion - trust not the very stones of the most secret apartment in Holm - Peel , for that which hath ...
... thing - be jealous of every one , even of those to whom it may seem almost impossible , from cir- cumstances , to attach a shadow of suspicion - trust not the very stones of the most secret apartment in Holm - Peel , for that which hath ...
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... thing , could not , at the moment , find any thing more fitting to say . " Yes , sir , I thank you , " said Major Bridge- north , in the same cold sarcastic tone , " for having shown me that breach of hospitality , infringement of good ...
... thing , could not , at the moment , find any thing more fitting to say . " Yes , sir , I thank you , " said Major Bridge- north , in the same cold sarcastic tone , " for having shown me that breach of hospitality , infringement of good ...
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... things which I would not face to - to - deserve your good opinion . " " Or rather to win my daughter's hand , " said ... thing has pleased me . You have surmounted that bounding wall of aris- tocratical pride in which your father , and ...
... things which I would not face to - to - deserve your good opinion . " " Or rather to win my daughter's hand , " said ... thing has pleased me . You have surmounted that bounding wall of aris- tocratical pride in which your father , and ...
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... things . Bridgenorth , though strong - minded and sagacious , is haunted by the fears of Popery , which are the bugbears of his sect . My residence in the family of the Countess of Derby is more than enough to inspire him with ...
... things . Bridgenorth , though strong - minded and sagacious , is haunted by the fears of Popery , which are the bugbears of his sect . My residence in the family of the Countess of Derby is more than enough to inspire him with ...
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... thing , when hurried away by the violence of party feeling ? Even those who have too much sense to believe in the incredible fictions which gull the multitude , will beware how they expose them , if their own political party can gain a ...
... thing , when hurried away by the violence of party feeling ? Even those who have too much sense to believe in the incredible fictions which gull the multitude , will beware how they expose them , if their own political party can gain a ...
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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.