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That Alice should extend her hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bounded over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kindly stretched out , should devour it ...
That Alice should extend her hand to her lover , as with the ardour of a young grayhound he bounded over the obstacles of the rugged path , was as natural as that Julian , seized on the hand so kindly stretched out , should devour it ...
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But Alice , young as she was , and attached to Julian by such long habits of kindly intimacy , still knew well how to subdue the tendency of her own treacherous affections . “ This is not right , ” she said , extricating her hand from ...
But Alice , young as she was , and attached to Julian by such long habits of kindly intimacy , still knew well how to subdue the tendency of her own treacherous affections . “ This is not right , ” she said , extricating her hand from ...
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But that he should sacrifice to an inexperienced young man , whose ruling motive he will term a childish passion , any part of those treasured principles which he has maintained through good reputę and bad repute - 0 , do not dream of ...
But that he should sacrifice to an inexperienced young man , whose ruling motive he will term a childish passion , any part of those treasured principles which he has maintained through good reputę and bad repute - 0 , do not dream of ...
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said the young man , taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ? Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly ...
said the young man , taking her unresisting hand ; bid me go , and yet own an interest in my fate ? Can you bid me , for fear of dangers , which , as a man , as a gentleman , and a loyal one , I am bound to show my face to , meanly ...
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“ I thank you , Alice , ” he said to his daughter , “ for the pains you have taken to traverse my designs towards this young man , and towards yourself . I thank you for the hints you have thrown out before my appearance ...
“ I thank you , Alice , ” he said to his daughter , “ for the pains you have taken to traverse my designs towards this young man , and towards yourself . I thank you for the hints you have thrown out before my appearance ...
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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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