Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 136
... followed , with little attention to order or ceremony , into the eating - room , where a substantial supper was provided . In this manner , Peveril , although entitled , ac- cording to ordinary ceremonial , to some degree of precedence ...
... followed , with little attention to order or ceremony , into the eating - room , where a substantial supper was provided . In this manner , Peveril , although entitled , ac- cording to ordinary ceremonial , to some degree of precedence ...
Page 142
... followed him in silence up an old - fash- ioned winding stair - case , within a turret . At the landing - place on the top , was a small apartment , where an ordinary pallet - bed , two chairs , and a small stone table , were the only ...
... followed him in silence up an old - fash- ioned winding stair - case , within a turret . At the landing - place on the top , was a small apartment , where an ordinary pallet - bed , two chairs , and a small stone table , were the only ...
Page 158
... followed each other quick , the last being enforced by the levelling and present- ing the said long - barrelled gun with which he was armed . " Why , what a murrain ! " answered Lance . " Is it your fashion to go a shooting at this time ...
... followed each other quick , the last being enforced by the levelling and present- ing the said long - barrelled gun with which he was armed . " Why , what a murrain ! " answered Lance . " Is it your fashion to go a shooting at this time ...
Page 160
... followed by a great crash amongst the lower windows of the house , according to a new species of attack which had been suggested by some of the asailants . " I would take the honest fellow's word , and let young Peveril go , " said one ...
... followed by a great crash amongst the lower windows of the house , according to a new species of attack which had been suggested by some of the asailants . " I would take the honest fellow's word , and let young Peveril go , " said one ...
Page 161
... followed to the besiegers , who , getting warm in the onset , answered the hostile discharges with loud shouts of " Peveril forever ! " and had al- ready made a practicable breach through the brick- wall of the tenement , through which ...
... followed to the besiegers , who , getting warm in the onset , answered the hostile discharges with loud shouts of " Peveril forever ! " and had al- ready made a practicable breach through the brick- wall of the tenement , through 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.