Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 32
... Countess ; but when will the call of duty prove superior to that of the most idle or trivial indulgence which can serve to drive over the lazy hour ? His father was of another mould ; and how often was it my lot to entreat that he would ...
... Countess ; but when will the call of duty prove superior to that of the most idle or trivial indulgence which can serve to drive over the lazy hour ? His father was of another mould ; and how often was it my lot to entreat that he would ...
Page 33
... Countess , " resemble more the dreams of a sick man , than the regular information which I might have expect- ed from such correspondents as mine ; -their ex- pressions are like those of men who walk in their sleep , and speak by ...
... Countess , " resemble more the dreams of a sick man , than the regular information which I might have expect- ed from such correspondents as mine ; -their ex- pressions are like those of men who walk in their sleep , and speak by ...
Page 34
... Countess . 66 They are like sheep penned up in the shambles , that the butcher may take his choice among them . In the obscure and brief communi- cations which I have had by a secure hand , they do but anticipate their own utter ruin ...
... Countess . 66 They are like sheep penned up in the shambles , that the butcher may take his choice among them . In the obscure and brief communi- cations which I have had by a secure hand , they do but anticipate their own utter ruin ...
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... Countess , and her eye flashed fire as she spoke ; " and had my advice been listened to , they had been apprehended in the very fact ; and so dealt with , as to be a warning to all others how they sought this independent principal- ity ...
... Countess , and her eye flashed fire as she spoke ; " and had my advice been listened to , they had been apprehended in the very fact ; and so dealt with , as to be a warning to all others how they sought this independent principal- ity ...
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... Countess , 66 as well may you ask a hungry lion to feel com- passion , as a prejudiced and furious people to do justice . They are like the madman at the height of frenzy , who murders without compunction his best and dearest friend ...
... Countess , 66 as well may you ask a hungry lion to feel com- passion , as a prejudiced and furious people to do justice . They are like the madman at the height of frenzy , who murders without compunction his best and dearest friend ...
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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.