Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 198
... grace contained other and very different characters , and was indeed as va- rious as his own opinions and pursuits . Besides many of the young nobility and wealthy gentry of England , who made his Grace the glass at which they dressed ...
... grace contained other and very different characters , and was indeed as va- rious as his own opinions and pursuits . Besides many of the young nobility and wealthy gentry of England , who made his Grace the glass at which they dressed ...
Page 199
... Grace's pleasure . His soft and serene whisper , in which he asked whether it were his Grace's pleasure to rise , was briefly and sharply answered by the counter questions , " Who waits ? -What's o'clock ? " ant . " It is Jerningham ...
... Grace's pleasure . His soft and serene whisper , in which he asked whether it were his Grace's pleasure to rise , was briefly and sharply answered by the counter questions , " Who waits ? -What's o'clock ? " ant . " It is Jerningham ...
Page 200
... Grace , " do you think I will read all these ? I am like Clarence , who ask- ed a cup of wine , and was soused into a butt of sack . I mean is there any thing which presses ? " " This letter , your Grace , " said Jerningham ...
... Grace , " do you think I will read all these ? I am like Clarence , who ask- ed a cup of wine , and was soused into a butt of sack . I mean is there any thing which presses ? " " This letter , your Grace , " said Jerningham ...
Page 201
... Grace will not be so cruel , " said Jern- ingham . Thou art a compassionate fellow , Jerningham ; but conceit must be punished . " " But if your Lordship should resume your fan- cy for her ? " 66 Why , then , you must swear the billet ...
... Grace will not be so cruel , " said Jern- ingham . Thou art a compassionate fellow , Jerningham ; but conceit must be punished . " " But if your Lordship should resume your fan- cy for her ? " 66 Why , then , you must swear the billet ...
Page 202
... Grace said you owed five pieces and a beating , " replied Jerningham . " The money for his satire , and the cudgel ... Grace's style will be discovered ; and though the ladies ' names are not at the letters , yet they will be traced ...
... Grace said you owed five pieces and a beating , " replied Jerningham . " The money for his satire , and the cudgel ... Grace's style will be discovered ; and though the ladies ' names are not at the letters , yet they will be traced ...
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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.