Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 41
... thoughts , hopes , and wishes , will be on the moment that will restore me to the Black - Fort , and its lovely valley . Let me hope that yours will sometimes rest on the lonely exile , whom nothing could render such , but the command ...
... thoughts , hopes , and wishes , will be on the moment that will restore me to the Black - Fort , and its lovely valley . Let me hope that yours will sometimes rest on the lonely exile , whom nothing could render such , but the command ...
Page 44
... thought came across Peveril's mind , which , in spite of his better reason , made him shudder involuntarily . As a Peaksman , and a long resident in the Isle of Man , he was well ac- quainted with many a superstitious legend , and ...
... thought came across Peveril's mind , which , in spite of his better reason , made him shudder involuntarily . As a Peaksman , and a long resident in the Isle of Man , he was well ac- quainted with many a superstitious legend , and ...
Page 48
... thoughts began to stream in upon him like a troubled tide - recalling at once the past , and anticipating the future . It was in vain that he wrapped himself in his riding cloak , and , lying down on his bed , endeavoured to com- pose ...
... thoughts began to stream in upon him like a troubled tide - recalling at once the past , and anticipating the future . It was in vain that he wrapped himself in his riding cloak , and , lying down on his bed , endeavoured to com- pose ...
Page 51
... thought he heard him baying at the mortal foot- steps which disturbed his gloomy realm . No such terrors , however ... thoughts` with that extreme acuteness of observation which her deprivations had occasioned her acquiring . 4- She laid ...
... thought he heard him baying at the mortal foot- steps which disturbed his gloomy realm . No such terrors , however ... thoughts` with that extreme acuteness of observation which her deprivations had occasioned her acquiring . 4- She laid ...
Page 54
... thoughts which arose as he viewed its clear and unchanging light , were disinterested and noble . To seek his country's welfare , and secure the blessings of domestic peace - to discharge a bold and perilous duty to his friend and ...
... thoughts which arose as he viewed its clear and unchanging light , were disinterested and noble . To seek his country's welfare , and secure the blessings of domestic peace - to discharge a bold and perilous duty to his friend and ...
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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.