Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 116
... Sir Geoffrey is gone to Heaven with my old Roger Raine ? " " Sacred Heaven ! " exclaimed Peveril ; " when was my father taken ill ? ” " Never , as I knows of , " said the dame ; " but , about three hours since , arrived a party at the ...
... Sir Geoffrey is gone to Heaven with my old Roger Raine ? " " Sacred Heaven ! " exclaimed Peveril ; " when was my father taken ill ? ” " Never , as I knows of , " said the dame ; " but , about three hours since , arrived a party at the ...
Page 118
... Sir Geoffrey's side , showed the stout old Cavalier had not been reduced to this state of bondage without an attempt at resistance . Two or three persons , having their backs turned towards Julian , sat round a table , and appeared ...
... Sir Geoffrey's side , showed the stout old Cavalier had not been reduced to this state of bondage without an attempt at resistance . Two or three persons , having their backs turned towards Julian , sat round a table , and appeared ...
Page 119
... Sir Geoffrey , and stand on their own defence . Sir Geoffrey , thus far liberated , shouted to his lady , " Undo the belt , dame , and we will have three good blows for it yet - they must fight well , that beat both father and son ...
... Sir Geoffrey , and stand on their own defence . Sir Geoffrey , thus far liberated , shouted to his lady , " Undo the belt , dame , and we will have three good blows for it yet - they must fight well , that beat both father and son ...
Page 120
... Sir Geoffrey ; " for nothing less than the father of all fanatics saved your brains from being blown about like the rinsings of Beelzebub's por- ridge - pot . " " Sir Geoffrey , " said Major Bridgenorth , “ I have already told you ...
... Sir Geoffrey ; " for nothing less than the father of all fanatics saved your brains from being blown about like the rinsings of Beelzebub's por- ridge - pot . " " Sir Geoffrey , " said Major Bridgenorth , “ I have already told you ...
Page 121
... Sir Geoffrey , " replied Bridgenorth , " if the birth you boast of has made you blind to better prin- ciples , it might have at least taught you civility . What do you complain of ? I am a magistrate ; and I execute a warrant ...
... Sir Geoffrey , " replied Bridgenorth , " if the birth you boast of has made you blind to better prin- ciples , it might have at least taught you civility . What do you complain of ? I am a magistrate ; and I execute a warrant ...
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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.