Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... thou art , and bound by no ties of kindred profligacy with the enemies of your country , can you be already hardened to the claims she may form on you at this crisis ? " " It were easy to answer you generally , Major Bridgenorth ...
... thou art , and bound by no ties of kindred profligacy with the enemies of your country , can you be already hardened to the claims she may form on you at this crisis ? " " It were easy to answer you generally , Major Bridgenorth ...
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... thou must forbear every thought of seeing her , save through me . I accept not thy suit , neither do I reject it ... art yet in the gall of bitterness , and it may be that strife ( which I desire not ) should fall between us . Thou shalt ...
... thou must forbear every thought of seeing her , save through me . I accept not thy suit , neither do I reject it ... art yet in the gall of bitterness , and it may be that strife ( which I desire not ) should fall between us . Thou shalt ...
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... thou art now pouring out , thou couldst not , in thy bitterest mood , wish a worse fate than to be necklaced somewhat tight by a pair of white arms ? " " By a tenpenny cord , " answered Smith ; " but not till you were dead ; that ...
... thou art now pouring out , thou couldst not , in thy bitterest mood , wish a worse fate than to be necklaced somewhat tight by a pair of white arms ? " " By a tenpenny cord , " answered Smith ; " but not till you were dead ; that ...
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... thou art a more complete mechanist than . I suspected ; thou hast brought thy seene - shifting inventions to Derbyshire in marvellously short time . " " A rope and pullies can be easily come by , " an- swered Will ; " and with a saw and ...
... thou art a more complete mechanist than . I suspected ; thou hast brought thy seene - shifting inventions to Derbyshire in marvellously short time . " " A rope and pullies can be easily come by , " an- swered Will ; " and with a saw and ...
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... thou art come in the right time , Julian . Strike me one good blow - cleave me that traitorous thief from the crown to the brisket ; and that done ` I care not what comes next . " The sight of his father's situation made the son forget ...
... thou art come in the right time , Julian . Strike me one good blow - cleave me that traitorous thief from the crown to the brisket ; and that done ` I care not what comes next . " The sight of his father's situation made the son forget ...
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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.