Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... true to gratitude and to honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable motives , you can not aid him in , except upon the suggestion of a silly and in- terested passion , at variance with all the engage- have formed at coming into ...
... true to gratitude and to honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable motives , you can not aid him in , except upon the suggestion of a silly and in- terested passion , at variance with all the engage- have formed at coming into ...
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... true specimen of womankind , " said her fa- ther , looking after her , " who would give the cause of nations up , rather than endanger a hair of her lover's head . - You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best ...
... true specimen of womankind , " said her fa- ther , looking after her , " who would give the cause of nations up , rather than endanger a hair of her lover's head . - You , Master Peveril , doubtless , hold her opinion , that the best ...
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... true , " he said , " I have been educated in a family where that faith is pro- fessed by one honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to ...
... true , " he said , " I have been educated in a family where that faith is pro- fessed by one honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to ...
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... true and loving child of his oppressed and deluded country . Farewell ; do not answer me now , thou art yet in the gall of bitterness , and it may be that strife ( which I desire not ) should fall between us . Thou shalt hear of me ...
... true and loving child of his oppressed and deluded country . Farewell ; do not answer me now , thou art yet in the gall of bitterness , and it may be that strife ( which I desire not ) should fall between us . Thou shalt hear of me ...
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... true son of Stanley and Peveril . I trust your nurture in this family has been ever suited to the esteem in which I hold you . - Nay , I desire no thanks - I have to require of you , in return , a piece of service , not perhaps entirely ...
... true son of Stanley and Peveril . I trust your nurture in this family has been ever suited to the esteem in which I hold you . - Nay , I desire no thanks - I have to require of you , in return , a piece of service , not perhaps entirely ...
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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.