Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 62
... interests of England were indeed particularly anti- catholic ; although it is not , perhaps , easy to give any distinct reason why they should be so , since theological disputes in general could scarce be con- sidered as interesting to ...
... interests of England were indeed particularly anti- catholic ; although it is not , perhaps , easy to give any distinct reason why they should be so , since theological disputes in general could scarce be con- sidered as interesting to ...
Page 83
... interest , also , he had promised himself to keep an eye . While he revolved these things in his mind , they had journeyed several miles without speaking ; and now entered upon a more waste country , and worse roads than they had ...
... interest , also , he had promised himself to keep an eye . While he revolved these things in his mind , they had journeyed several miles without speaking ; and now entered upon a more waste country , and worse roads than they had ...
Page 98
... interest and skill in the science of the kitchen , and was not himself either an enemy or a stranger to the pleasures of a good table , found , that on the present occasion , he was a mere novice . Both his companions , but Smith in ...
... interest and skill in the science of the kitchen , and was not himself either an enemy or a stranger to the pleasures of a good table , found , that on the present occasion , he was a mere novice . Both his companions , but Smith in ...
Page 141
... interest for him in his fallen fortunes and precarious condition , than he had been able to obtain from her when his worldly estate seemed so much the more exalted of the two . Cheered and fortified with the conviction that one bosom in ...
... interest for him in his fallen fortunes and precarious condition , than he had been able to obtain from her when his worldly estate seemed so much the more exalted of the two . Cheered and fortified with the conviction that one bosom in ...
Page 144
... interest in London . " " You have twice stated me as such an agent , ” said Peveril , resolved that his silence should not be construed into an admission of the charge , though he felt that it was in some degree well founded- " What ...
... interest in London . " " You have twice stated me as such an agent , ” said Peveril , resolved that his silence should not be construed into an admission of the charge , though he felt that it was in some degree well founded- " What ...
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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.