Waverley Novels: Peveril of the PeakReprint Services Corporation, 1902 |
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Page 98
... horse - she did cry , you might hear her at Whitehaven - she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney ; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade . ' ' What trade do you mean ? ' said Peveril . ' O , ' said the seaman , ' I vas know ...
... horse - she did cry , you might hear her at Whitehaven - she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney ; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade . ' ' What trade do you mean ? ' said Peveril . ' O , ' said the seaman , ' I vas know ...
Page 103
... a large choice of good horses ; for that trade was in former days more active than at present . It was an ordinary thing for a stranger to buy a horse for the purpose of a single journey , and to sell him , 103 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... a large choice of good horses ; for that trade was in former days more active than at present . It was an ordinary thing for a stranger to buy a horse for the purpose of a single journey , and to sell him , 103 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
Page 104
... horse , about sixteen hands high , and had him led into the yard , to see whether his paces corresponded with his ... horse ever darkened the stable - door , since he had dealt that way ; that no such horses were to be had now- a - days ...
... horse , about sixteen hands high , and had him led into the yard , to see whether his paces corresponded with his ... horse ever darkened the stable - door , since he had dealt that way ; that no such horses were to be had now- a - days ...
Page 105
... horses which might serve the Speaker himself at need ; but that , to speak Christian truth , he had just sold the best in his stable to that gentleman present , who , doubt- less , would give up the bargain if the horse was needed for ...
... horses which might serve the Speaker himself at need ; but that , to speak Christian truth , he had just sold the best in his stable to that gentleman present , who , doubt- less , would give up the bargain if the horse was needed for ...
Page 106
... horses for the public service , he must of course submit to resign his purchase . The man , with an air of extreme ... horse to this formidable functionary ; whom somebody com- pared to a lion , which , as the House of Commons was ...
... horses for the public service , he must of course submit to resign his purchase . The man , with an air of extreme ... horse to this formidable functionary ; whom somebody com- pared to a lion , which , as the House of Commons was ...
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