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Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun my father — you can not walk in his paths and be true to gratitude and to honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable ...
Farewell , then , Julian ; but first take the solemn advice which I called you hither to impart to you : -Shun my father — you can not walk in his paths and be true to gratitude and to honour . What he doeth from pure and honourable ...
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“ A true specimen of womankind , " said her father , 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 love ...
“ A true specimen of womankind , " said her father , 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 love ...
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“ It is true , ” he said , “ I have been educated in a family where that faith is professed by one honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too ...
“ It is true , ” he said , “ I have been educated in a family where that faith is professed by one honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too ...
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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 child of his oppressed and deluded country . Farewell ; do not answer me now ...
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 child of his oppressed and deluded country . Farewell ; do not answer me now ...
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... from my place of concealment in your father's tle — it has pleased me to think you a 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 .
... from my place of concealment in your father's tle — it has pleased me to think you a 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 .
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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.
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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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