Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 99
... permitting it to retrograde to the perpendicular . Nay , take it off before the bubble bursts on the rim , and the zest is gone . " “ You do me honour , sir , " said Peveril , taking the second glass . " I wish you a better office than ...
... permitting it to retrograde to the perpendicular . Nay , take it off before the bubble bursts on the rim , and the zest is gone . " “ You do me honour , sir , " said Peveril , taking the second glass . " I wish you a better office than ...
Page 119
... permitting him no other mode of defence . A third , who saw that Julian , young , active , and animated with the fury of a son who fights for his parents , was compelling the two guard to give ground , seized on his collar , and ...
... permitting him no other mode of defence . A third , who saw that Julian , young , active , and animated with the fury of a son who fights for his parents , was compelling the two guard to give ground , seized on his collar , and ...
Page 120
... permit you to take on my husband - I - I , who have some right to experience compassion at your hand , for most sincerely did I compassionate you when the hand of Heaven was heavy on you - I implore you not to involve my son in our ...
... permit you to take on my husband - I - I , who have some right to experience compassion at your hand , for most sincerely did I compassionate you when the hand of Heaven was heavy on you - I implore you not to involve my son in our ...
Page 134
... permitting no hair to escape , occasioned the former to project in the ungraceful manner which may be remarked in old pictures , and which procured for the Puritans the term of " prick - eared round - heads , " so unceremoniously ...
... permitting no hair to escape , occasioned the former to project in the ungraceful manner which may be remarked in old pictures , and which procured for the Puritans the term of " prick - eared round - heads , " so unceremoniously ...
Page 143
... permit her being implicated in such injurious suspicions . " " What she has already done , " said Bridgenorth , his face darkening as he spoke , " against the faith- ful champions of pure religion , hath sufficiently shown of what she ...
... permit her being implicated in such injurious suspicions . " " What she has already done , " said Bridgenorth , his face darkening as he spoke , " against the faith- ful champions of pure religion , hath sufficiently shown of what she ...
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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.