Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 90
... appearance which could insinuate them into the confidence of their destined victims ; but Julian thought he dis- covered in this man's manner , a wild and reckless frankness , which he could not but connect with the idea of sincerity in ...
... appearance which could insinuate them into the confidence of their destined victims ; but Julian thought he dis- covered in this man's manner , a wild and reckless frankness , which he could not but connect with the idea of sincerity in ...
Page 132
... appearance was any thing but indifferent to her . He bowed profoundly - a courtesy which she returned with equal formality , but did not venture to approach more nearly , feeling at once the delicacy of his own situation and of hers ...
... appearance was any thing but indifferent to her . He bowed profoundly - a courtesy which she returned with equal formality , but did not venture to approach more nearly , feeling at once the delicacy of his own situation and of hers ...
Page 137
... appearance ; and the countenance itself , far from exhibiting any thing marked or me- morable , was one of those ordinary visages which we see almost without remarking them , and which leave our memory so soon as the object is with ...
... appearance ; and the countenance itself , far from exhibiting any thing marked or me- morable , was one of those ordinary visages which we see almost without remarking them , and which leave our memory so soon as the object is with ...
Page 138
... appearance . He used also several of the more mi- nute refinements , then only observed at tables of the higher rank ; and Julian thought he could dis- cern , at every turn , something of courtly manners and gestures , under the precise ...
... appearance . He used also several of the more mi- nute refinements , then only observed at tables of the higher rank ; and Julian thought he could dis- cern , at every turn , something of courtly manners and gestures , under the precise ...
Page 139
... appearance here for good or for evil ? Did it respect his fa- ther's house , or his own person , or the family of Bridgenorth ? Was the real character of Ganlesse known to the master of the house , inflexible as he was in all which ...
... appearance here for good or for evil ? Did it respect his fa- ther's house , or his own person , or the family of Bridgenorth ? Was the real character of Ganlesse known to the master of the house , inflexible as he was in all which ...
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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.