Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 199
... Duke's levee . It was high - tide in the anti - chamber , and had been so for more than an hour , ere the Duke's gen- tleman in ordinary ventured into his bed - chamber , carefully darkened , so as to make midnight at noon- day , to ...
... Duke's levee . It was high - tide in the anti - chamber , and had been so for more than an hour , ere the Duke's gen- tleman in ordinary ventured into his bed - chamber , carefully darkened , so as to make midnight at noon- day , to ...
Page 200
... Duke . Nay , if your Grace approves the terms in this schedule , and pleases to sign it , Gatheral will under- take for the matter , " answered Jerningham . " And could you not have said so at first , you blockhead , " said the Duke ...
... Duke . Nay , if your Grace approves the terms in this schedule , and pleases to sign it , Gatheral will under- take for the matter , " answered Jerningham . " And could you not have said so at first , you blockhead , " said the Duke ...
Page 201
... Duke , glancing over the billet . " Here is the old cant - cruel man - broken vows- Heaven's just revenge . Why the woman is think- ing of murder - not of love . No one should pre- tend to write upon so threadbare a topic without having ...
... Duke , glancing over the billet . " Here is the old cant - cruel man - broken vows- Heaven's just revenge . Why the woman is think- ing of murder - not of love . No one should pre- tend to write upon so threadbare a topic without having ...
Page 202
... Duke , " said his attendant , " this Settle is so dull a rascal , that nothing he can write will take . " " Then as we have given him steel to head the arrow , " said the Duke , " we will give him wings to waft it with - wood , he has ...
... Duke , " said his attendant , " this Settle is so dull a rascal , that nothing he can write will take . " " Then as we have given him steel to head the arrow , " said the Duke , " we will give him wings to waft it with - wood , he has ...
Page 203
... Duke , " said Christian , entering the apartment in somewhat a more courtly garb , but with the same unpretending and undistinguished mien , and in the same placid and indifferent manner with which he had accosted Julian Peveril upon ...
... Duke , " said Christian , entering the apartment in somewhat a more courtly garb , but with the same unpretending and undistinguished mien , and in the same placid and indifferent manner with which he had accosted Julian Peveril upon ...
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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.