Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... hand on you , with a fortune sufficient to have matched that of your ancestors , when they had most reason to boast of their wealth . This , young man , seems no equal bargain . And yet , " he continued , after a momen- tary pause ...
... hand on you , with a fortune sufficient to have matched that of your ancestors , when they had most reason to boast of their wealth . This , young man , seems no equal bargain . And yet , " he continued , after a momen- tary pause ...
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... hands , like free - born English- men , than that they should slide into the bloodless but dishonoured grave which slavery opens for its vassals - But it is not of war that I was about to speak , " he added , assuming a milder tone ...
... hands , like free - born English- men , than that they should slide into the bloodless but dishonoured grave which slavery opens for its vassals - But it is not of war that I was about to speak , " he added , assuming a milder tone ...
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... hand ; " for whose sake I have endured to suffer so much from your house unrequited , even when the means of requital were in my own hand . " “ It was indeed from the instructions of that ex- 20 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... hand ; " for whose sake I have endured to suffer so much from your house unrequited , even when the means of requital were in my own hand . " “ It was indeed from the instructions of that ex- 20 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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... hand , but presently re- suming it " Alas ! that church , as now constituted , usurps scarcely less than Rome herself upon men's consciences and liberties ; yet out of the weakness of this half - reformed church may God be pleased to ...
... hand , but presently re- suming it " Alas ! that church , as now constituted , usurps scarcely less than Rome herself upon men's consciences and liberties ; yet out of the weakness of this half - reformed church may God be pleased to ...
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... strife ( which I desire not ) should fall between us . Thou shalt hear of me sooner than thou thinkest for . " He shook Peveril heartily by the hand , and again bid him farewell , leaving him under the confused and 22 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
... strife ( which I desire not ) should fall between us . Thou shalt hear of me sooner than thou thinkest for . " He shook Peveril heartily by the hand , and again bid him farewell , leaving him under the confused and 22 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK .
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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.