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Page 14
“ I obey you , father , ” said Alice , who had by this time recovered from the extremity of her surprise , — " I obey you ; but Heaven is my witness ~ that you do me more than injustice in suspecting me capable of betraying your secrets ...
“ I obey you , father , ” said Alice , who had by this time recovered from the extremity of her surprise , — " I obey you ; but Heaven is my witness ~ that you do me more than injustice in suspecting me capable of betraying your secrets ...
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He will take his place , he says , in the House of Lords , and publicly demand justice for the insult thrown on his house , by perjured and interested witnesses . ” “ It is a generous resolution , and worthy of my friend , ” said Julian ...
He will take his place , he says , in the House of Lords , and publicly demand justice for the insult thrown on his house , by perjured and interested witnesses . ” “ It is a generous resolution , and worthy of my friend , ” said Julian ...
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... or should be , accused by competent witnesses , of being accessory to , or favourers of , the hellish and damnable Popish Plot , at present carried on within the bowels of the kingdom ; and charging all men , as they loved their ...
... or should be , accused by competent witnesses , of being accessory to , or favourers of , the hellish and damnable Popish Plot , at present carried on within the bowels of the kingdom ; and charging all men , as they loved their ...
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I take it on my damnation , ” said this zealous Protestant witness , “ that I will discover the marks of the beast on every one of them betwixt sixteen and seventy , as plainly as if they had crossed themselves with ink , instead of ...
I take it on my damnation , ” said this zealous Protestant witness , “ that I will discover the marks of the beast on every one of them betwixt sixteen and seventy , as plainly as if they had crossed themselves with ink , instead of ...
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said the slow soft voice of the more precise of the two witnesses . 66 Methinks I have seen him somewhere before . Is he from these parts ? ” “ Not that I know of , ” said Bridlesley ; who like all the other inhabitants of England at ...
said the slow soft voice of the more precise of the two witnesses . 66 Methinks I have seen him somewhere before . Is he from these parts ? ” “ Not that I know of , ” said Bridlesley ; who like all the other inhabitants of England at ...
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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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