Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 59
... charged him with silence towards all her retinue . " And so I do keep silence , " continued the faithful confidant , 65 van I am in the havens of Man ; but when I am on the broad seas , den my tongue is mine own , you know . Die foolish ...
... charged him with silence towards all her retinue . " And so I do keep silence , " continued the faithful confidant , 65 van I am in the havens of Man ; but when I am on the broad seas , den my tongue is mine own , you know . Die foolish ...
Page 66
... charge in that country , which he thought unlikely , as it was pro- bable they would commence by securing those who lived nearest to the sea - ports . A word or two which he overheard , strengthened his hopes . " And hark ye , friend ...
... charge in that country , which he thought unlikely , as it was pro- bable they would commence by securing those who lived nearest to the sea - ports . A word or two which he overheard , strengthened his hopes . " And hark ye , friend ...
Page 72
... charged her to get nothing ready but the fish. ́ The good woman , important as every cook in the discharge of her duty , deigned not for some time so much as to acknowledge that she heard the reproof of her guest ; and when she did so ...
... charged her to get nothing ready but the fish. ́ The good woman , important as every cook in the discharge of her duty , deigned not for some time so much as to acknowledge that she heard the reproof of her guest ; and when she did so ...
Page 94
... charge of both their horses , and they themselves entered the inn . The ordinary room of a poor inn seemed to have undergone some alterations , to render it fit for company of a higher description . There were a beaufet , a couch , and ...
... charge of both their horses , and they themselves entered the inn . The ordinary room of a poor inn seemed to have undergone some alterations , to render it fit for company of a higher description . There were a beaufet , a couch , and ...
Page 124
... charge of my duty as a magistrate , for the rescue of a person legally attached . Did you not hear the report of a pistol ? " I will swear to it , ” said Everett . And I , " said Dangerfield . While we were , making search in the cellar ...
... charge of my duty as a magistrate , for the rescue of a person legally attached . Did you not hear the report of a pistol ? " I will swear to it , ” said Everett . And I , " said Dangerfield . While we were , making search in the cellar ...
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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.