Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 57
... scarce have regained his couch , where he now slumbered secure and sound , until day was far ad- vanced , and the invitation of the captain called him up to breakfast . VOL . IL - 6 CHAPTER IV . Now , what is this that haunts PEVERIL OF ...
... scarce have regained his couch , where he now slumbered secure and sound , until day was far ad- vanced , and the invitation of the captain called him up to breakfast . VOL . IL - 6 CHAPTER IV . Now , what is this that haunts PEVERIL OF ...
Page 62
... scarce be con- sidered as interesting to them . But zeal , amongst the lower orders at least , is often in an inverse ratio to knowledge , and sailors were not probably the less earnest and devoted Protestants , that they did not ...
... scarce be con- sidered as interesting to them . But zeal , amongst the lower orders at least , is often in an inverse ratio to knowledge , and sailors were not probably the less earnest and devoted Protestants , that they did not ...
Page 64
... scarce remarked this circumstance , before a party of customers entered the place , whose haughty as- sumption of importance claimed the instant atten- tion of Bridlesley , and all his militia of grooms and stable - boys . par- " Three ...
... scarce remarked this circumstance , before a party of customers entered the place , whose haughty as- sumption of importance claimed the instant atten- tion of Bridlesley , and all his militia of grooms and stable - boys . par- " Three ...
Page 67
... scarce out of the yard when he heard the following alarming conversation pass , of which he seemed himself the object . " Who is that youth ? " said the slow soft voice of the more precise of the two witnesses . " Me- thinks I have seen ...
... scarce out of the yard when he heard the following alarming conversation pass , of which he seemed himself the object . " Who is that youth ? " said the slow soft voice of the more precise of the two witnesses . " Me- thinks I have seen ...
Page 68
... scarce think he has enough in his purse to pay the fees . " This speech concluded the dialogue , which Pe- veril , finding himself so much concerned in the issue , thought it best to hear to an end . Now when it ceased , to get out of ...
... scarce think he has enough in his purse to pay the fees . " This speech concluded the dialogue , which Pe- veril , finding himself so much concerned in the issue , thought it best to hear to an end . Now when it ceased , to get out of ...
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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.