Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 49
... course , and was followed by Julian , although he at once divined , and was superstitious enough to dislike , the path which she was about to adopt . It was by a secret passage through this church , that in former times the guard - room ...
... course , and was followed by Julian , although he at once divined , and was superstitious enough to dislike , the path which she was about to adopt . It was by a secret passage through this church , that in former times the guard - room ...
Page 51
... course of a few minutes , they attained the de- serted and now ruinous guard - house . The broken walls of the little edifice served to conceal them from the sentinels , one of whom was keeping a drowsy watch at the lower gate of the ...
... course of a few minutes , they attained the de- serted and now ruinous guard - house . The broken walls of the little edifice served to conceal them from the sentinels , one of whom was keeping a drowsy watch at the lower gate of the ...
Page 60
... course they intend- ed to hold , that the master , after many efforts to beat against it , declared his bark , which was by no means an excellent sea - boat , was unequal to mak- ing Whitehaven ; and that he was compelled to make a fair ...
... course they intend- ed to hold , that the master , after many efforts to beat against it , declared his bark , which was by no means an excellent sea - boat , was unequal to mak- ing Whitehaven ; and that he was compelled to make a fair ...
Page 61
... course , Peveril did not object . It saved him some land journey , in case he visited his father's castle ; and the Countess's commission would be discharg- ed as effectually the one way as the other . The vessel was put , accordingly ...
... course , Peveril did not object . It saved him some land journey , in case he visited his father's castle ; and the Countess's commission would be discharg- ed as effectually the one way as the other . The vessel was put , accordingly ...
Page 63
... course swore his customer had pitched upon the best horse ever darkened the stable door , since he had dealt that way ; that no such horses were to be had now - a- days , for that the mares were dead that foaled them ; and having named ...
... course swore his customer had pitched upon the best horse ever darkened the stable door , since he had dealt that way ; that no such horses were to be had now - a- days , for that the mares were dead that foaled them ; and having named ...
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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.