Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 67
... heard the following alarming conversation pass , of which he seemed himself the object . " Who is that youth ? " said the slow soft voice of the more precise of the two witnesses . " Me- thinks I have seen him somewhere before . Is he ...
... heard the following alarming conversation pass , of which he seemed himself the object . " Who is that youth ? " said the slow soft voice of the more precise of the two witnesses . " Me- thinks I have seen him somewhere before . Is he ...
Page 72
... heard the reproof of her guest ; and when she did so , it was only to repel it in a magisterial and authoritative tone . " If he did not like bacon- ( bacon from their own hitch , well fed on peas and bran ) —if he did not like bacon ...
... heard the reproof of her guest ; and when she did so , it was only to repel it in a magisterial and authoritative tone . " If he did not like bacon- ( bacon from their own hitch , well fed on peas and bran ) —if he did not like bacon ...
Page 77
... heard his mistress's voice at the door . " Here is the canary , gentlemen , " said the land- lady ; and the goodman has set off the mill , to come to wait on you himself . He always does so , when company drink wine . " " That he may ...
... heard his mistress's voice at the door . " Here is the canary , gentlemen , " said the land- lady ; and the goodman has set off the mill , to come to wait on you himself . He always does so , when company drink wine . " " That he may ...
Page 96
... heard Smith observe to Gañlesse , - " By my faith , Dick , thou hast fallen into poor Slender's blunder ; missed Anne Page , and brought us a great lubberly post - master's boy . " " Hush , he will hear thee , " answered Ganlesse ...
... heard Smith observe to Gañlesse , - " By my faith , Dick , thou hast fallen into poor Slender's blunder ; missed Anne Page , and brought us a great lubberly post - master's boy . " " Hush , he will hear thee , " answered Ganlesse ...
Page 104
... heard the sound of voices , but they ceased to convey any impression to his understanding ; and in a few minutes he was faster asleep than he had ever been in the whole course of his life . CHAPTER VII . The Gordon then his bugle blew ...
... heard the sound of voices , but they ceased to convey any impression to his understanding ; and in a few minutes he was faster asleep than he had ever been in the whole course of his life . CHAPTER VII . The Gordon then his bugle blew ...
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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.