Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 139
... grace , the company arose from table , and were instantly summoned to the exercise of family worship . A train of domestics , grave , sad , and melancholy as their superiors , gli- ded in to assist at this act of devotion , and ranged ...
... grace , the company arose from table , and were instantly summoned to the exercise of family worship . A train of domestics , grave , sad , and melancholy as their superiors , gli- ded in to assist at this act of devotion , and ranged ...
Page 168
... grace is passed , during which your com- pliance with my advice might — I will speak it plain- ly - have led to your union . For her happiness- if such a word belongs to a mortal pilgrimage - I shall care for it sufficiently . She ...
... grace is passed , during which your com- pliance with my advice might — I will speak it plain- ly - have led to your union . For her happiness- if such a word belongs to a mortal pilgrimage - I shall care for it sufficiently . She ...
Page 175
... grace , and help me at the tap . " " The tap for me , " said Lance , without waiting his master's decision . " It is an element which I could live and die in . " " The bar , then , for me , " said Peveril , and , step- ping back ...
... grace , and help me at the tap . " " The tap for me , " said Lance , without waiting his master's decision . " It is an element which I could live and die in . " " The bar , then , for me , " said Peveril , and , step- ping back ...
Page 179
... Grace of Buckingham , the court would be as dull as my Lord Chancellor's wig . " " Or as the head it covers . - Well , my lord , the fewer at court , there is the more room for those that can bustle there . But there are two main ...
... Grace of Buckingham , the court would be as dull as my Lord Chancellor's wig . " " Or as the head it covers . - Well , my lord , the fewer at court , there is the more room for those that can bustle there . But there are two main ...
Page 180
... Grace of Bucks . " " As blithe a peer , " said Smith , " as ever turn- ed night to day . Nay , it shall be an overflowing bumper an you will ; and I will drink it super na- culum . And how stands the great Madam ? " " Stoutly against ...
... Grace of Bucks . " " As blithe a peer , " said Smith , " as ever turn- ed night to day . Nay , it shall be an overflowing bumper an you will ; and I will drink it super na- culum . And how stands the great Madam ? " " Stoutly against ...
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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.