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“ And you , " continued Major Bridgenorth , turning from his daughter to her lover , — “ you , sir , have well repaid the liberal confidence which I placed in you with so little reserve . You I have to thank also for some lessons ...
“ And you , " continued Major Bridgenorth , turning from his daughter to her lover , — “ you , sir , have well repaid the liberal confidence which I placed in you with so little reserve . You I have to thank also for some lessons ...
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She turned from them , disappeared among the underwood , and was seen no more . “ 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 ...
She turned from them , disappeared among the underwood , and was seen no more . “ 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 ...
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His whole soul turned upon the interview which he had had that day with Alice Bridgenorth , and with her father ; while he in vain endeavoured to form any hypothesis which could explain to him why the daughter , to whom he had no reason ...
His whole soul turned upon the interview which he had had that day with Alice Bridgenorth , and with her father ; while he in vain endeavoured to form any hypothesis which could explain to him why the daughter , to whom he had no reason ...
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The wild , fantastic , elvish vivacity of the features , seemed totally vanished and had given place to a sorrowful , tender , and pathetic cast of countenance , aided by the expression of the large dark eyes , which as they were turned ...
The wild , fantastic , elvish vivacity of the features , seemed totally vanished and had given place to a sorrowful , tender , and pathetic cast of countenance , aided by the expression of the large dark eyes , which as they were turned ...
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Fancy , turning from more painful anticipations , suggested to him that he was now entering upon life , at a crisis when rea solution and talents were almost certain to make the fortune 42 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
Fancy , turning from more painful anticipations , suggested to him that he was now entering upon life , at a crisis when rea solution and talents were almost certain to make the fortune 42 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK ,
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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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