Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 78
... keep all good Protes- tants from plot and Popery ! " " I can easily conceive , my friend , " said Julian , " that curiosity is a passion which runs naturally to the alehouse ; and that anger , and jealousy , and fear , are all of them ...
... keep all good Protes- tants from plot and Popery ! " " I can easily conceive , my friend , " said Julian , " that curiosity is a passion which runs naturally to the alehouse ; and that anger , and jealousy , and fear , are all of them ...
Page 79
... keeping a good publican conscience ; and so I will pay score presently , and be jogging on my way . " Peveril , on his part , also demanded a reckoning , and discharged it so liberally , that the miller flour- ished his hat as he bowed ...
... keeping a good publican conscience ; and so I will pay score presently , and be jogging on my way . " Peveril , on his part , also demanded a reckoning , and discharged it so liberally , that the miller flour- ished his hat as he bowed ...
Page 81
... keeping society with him might seem to authorise whatever reports had been spread concerning the attachment of his family ... keep close by him . Julian then spurred his horse to a full trot ; and was soon satisfied , that the stranger ...
... keeping society with him might seem to authorise whatever reports had been spread concerning the attachment of his family ... keep close by him . Julian then spurred his horse to a full trot ; and was soon satisfied , that the stranger ...
Page 83
... 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 hitherto found , being , in fact , approaching the ...
... 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 hitherto found , being , in fact , approaching the ...
Page 84
... keeping such suspicious company . And so , Master Ganlesse , keep your own pace , and I will keep the contrary ; for I beg leave to forbear your company . " As Peveril spoke thus , he pulled up his horse , and made a full stop . " What ...
... keeping such suspicious company . And so , Master Ganlesse , keep your own pace , and I will keep the contrary ; for I beg leave to forbear your company . " As Peveril spoke thus , he pulled up his horse , and made a full stop . " 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.