Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 56
... person aboard who could speak English , answered to the summons , and replied to Peveril's demand , what noise that was ? —that a boat was going off with the young woman -- that she whimpered a little as she left the vessel - and " dat ...
... person aboard who could speak English , answered to the summons , and replied to Peveril's demand , what noise that was ? —that a boat was going off with the young woman -- that she whimpered a little as she left the vessel - and " dat ...
Page 63
... to be adjusted , and the thin mean - looking person before mentioned , found nearly as much to say on this subject as on the other . As his remarks had a conciliating and obliging tendency towards the stranger , PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 63.
... to be adjusted , and the thin mean - looking person before mentioned , found nearly as much to say on this subject as on the other . As his remarks had a conciliating and obliging tendency towards the stranger , PEVERIL OF THE PEAK . 63.
Page 64
... persons , who , unable or unwilling to supply themselves with means of indulgence at their own cost , are not ... person , was just about to offer him the courtesy of a morning draught , when he observed he had suddenly left the ...
... persons , who , unable or unwilling to supply themselves with means of indulgence at their own cost , are not ... person , was just about to offer him the courtesy of a morning draught , when he observed he had suddenly left the ...
Page 65
... persons of certain individuals named in the warrant ; and of all other persons who are , or should be , ac- cused by competent witnesses , of being accessory to , or favourers of , the hellish and damnable Pop- ish Plot , at present ...
... persons of certain individuals named in the warrant ; and of all other persons who are , or should be , ac- cused by competent witnesses , of being accessory to , or favourers of , the hellish and damnable Pop- ish Plot , at present ...
Page 66
... persons he thus addressed , who wore the garb of a broken - down citizen , only answered , " Ay , truly , Master Topham , it is time to purge the garner . دو The other , who had a formidable pair of whis- kers , a red nose , and a ...
... persons he thus addressed , who wore the garb of a broken - down citizen , only answered , " Ay , truly , Master Topham , it is time to purge the garner . دو The other , who had a formidable pair of whis- kers , a red nose , and a ...
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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.