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And for your own father , when State and Church intrigues allow him to bestow a thought upon you , will he not think that your happiness , your security is better cared for when you are my wife , than were you to continue under the ...
And for your own father , when State and Church intrigues allow him to bestow a thought upon you , will he not think that your happiness , your security is better cared for when you are my wife , than were you to continue under the ...
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It is a great lesson to me , sir ; for hitherto I had thought with the vulgar , that gentle manners went with gentle blood . But perhaps courtesy is too chival. 66 rous a quality to be wasted in intercourse with 2 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ...
It is a great lesson to me , sir ; for hitherto I had thought with the vulgar , that gentle manners went with gentle blood . But perhaps courtesy is too chival. 66 rous a quality to be wasted in intercourse with 2 * PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ...
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For my daughter , thou must forbear every thought of seeing her , save through me . I accept not thy suit , neither do I reject it ; only this I intimate to you , that he who would be my son , must first show himself the true and loving ...
For my daughter , thou must forbear every thought of seeing her , save through me . I accept not thy suit , neither do I reject it ; only this I intimate to you , that he who would be my son , must first show himself the true and loving ...
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But the gross , thick , and palpable falsehoods of conspiracy and murder , blood and firethe imaginary armies -- the intended massacresform a collection of falsehoods , that one would have thought indigestible , even by the coarse apVOL ...
But the gross , thick , and palpable falsehoods of conspiracy and murder , blood and firethe imaginary armies -- the intended massacresform a collection of falsehoods , that one would have thought indigestible , even by the coarse apVOL ...
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The preparations for his journey were not of a nature to divert the thoughts which speedily pressed on him . He found that half an hour's conversation had once more completely changed his immediate prospects and plans for the future .
The preparations for his journey were not of a nature to divert the thoughts which speedily pressed on him . He found that half an hour's conversation had once more completely changed his immediate prospects and plans for the future .
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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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