Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Walter Scott. own regard for his parents , and for the honour of his house . This delay gave rise to suspicion , and Bridge- north's eye gleamed , and his lip quivered , while he gave vent to it . " Hark ye , young man - deal openly with ...
Walter Scott. own regard for his parents , and for the honour of his house . This delay gave rise to suspicion , and Bridge- north's eye gleamed , and his lip quivered , while he gave vent to it . " Hark ye , young man - deal openly with ...
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... honour and duty , —and you shall soon see how eagerly I will obey your directions , or sub- mit to your conditions . " " They are summed in few words , " answered Bridgenorth . " Be an honest man , and the friend of your country . " 99 ...
... honour and duty , —and you shall soon see how eagerly I will obey your directions , or sub- mit to your conditions . " " They are summed in few words , " answered Bridgenorth . " Be an honest man , and the friend of your country . " 99 ...
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... honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to be friendly to its tenets . The bigotry of the laymen - the persevering art of the priesthood ...
... honoured individual , and that I have since travelled in Popish countries ; but even for these very reasons I have seen Popery too closely to be friendly to its tenets . The bigotry of the laymen - the persevering art of the priesthood ...
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... honour . And such a proceeding was totally inconsistent with the conduct of Major Bridgenorth in every other respect ; besides his being too calm and cold - blood- ed to permit of his putting a mortal affront upon the son of his old ...
... honour . And such a proceeding was totally inconsistent with the conduct of Major Bridgenorth in every other respect ; besides his being too calm and cold - blood- ed to permit of his putting a mortal affront upon the son of his old ...
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... honoured lord were of a more stir- ring , as well as a more peremptory cast , than those which await your son . " I know not that , " said the Countess . " The wheel appears to be again revolving ; and the pre- sent period is not ...
... honoured lord were of a more stir- ring , as well as a more peremptory cast , than those which await your son . " I know not that , " said the Countess . " The wheel appears to be again revolving ; and the pre- sent period is not ...
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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.