Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 58
... lady yonder had the good luck to buy her . " " A seiltanzer , " said Peveril ; " what do you mean by that ? ” " I mean a rope - danzer , a mountebank , a Hans pickel - harring . I vas know Adrian Brackel vell— he sell de powders dat ...
... lady yonder had the good luck to buy her . " " A seiltanzer , " said Peveril ; " what do you mean by that ? ” " I mean a rope - danzer , a mountebank , a Hans pickel - harring . I vas know Adrian Brackel vell— he sell de powders dat ...
Page 72
... lady , " said her guest , " do not fix any misconstruction upon me - I dare say the eggs and the bacon are excellent ; only , they are ra- ther a dish too heavy for my stomach . " 66 Ay , or your conscience perhaps , sir , " answer- ed ...
... lady , " said her guest , " do not fix any misconstruction upon me - I dare say the eggs and the bacon are excellent ; only , they are ra- ther a dish too heavy for my stomach . " 66 Ay , or your conscience perhaps , sir , " answer- ed ...
Page 73
... lady , and , as he conceived , had put a piece of mo- ney into her hand . The altered tone of the mil- ler's moiety corresponded very much with this supposition . 66 Nay , indeed , and forsooth , " she said , " her house was Liberty ...
... lady , and , as he conceived , had put a piece of mo- ney into her hand . The altered tone of the mil- ler's moiety corresponded very much with this supposition . 66 Nay , indeed , and forsooth , " she said , " her house was Liberty ...
Page 77
... 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 come in for the host's , that is , for the lion's share , " said the stranger , looking at ...
... 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 come in for the host's , that is , for the lion's share , " said the stranger , looking at ...
Page 80
... lady ; and unconscious of having done any thing to excite the miller's displeasure , he pursued his jour- ney without thinking farther of the matter . Julian was a little surprised , and not altogether pleased , to find that his new ...
... lady ; and unconscious of having done any thing to excite the miller's displeasure , he pursued his jour- ney without thinking farther of the matter . Julian was a little surprised , and not altogether pleased , to find that his new ...
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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.