Peveril of the Peak, Volume 2James Crissy, 1826 - Great Britain |
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Page 38
... true ; but it could only be listened to by a widowed mother . Selfish as I am , I can not but reflect that my kinswoman has , in all events , the support of an affectionate husband- such is the interested reasoning to which we are not ...
... true ; but it could only be listened to by a widowed mother . Selfish as I am , I can not but reflect that my kinswoman has , in all events , the support of an affectionate husband- such is the interested reasoning to which we are not ...
Page 46
... true ; but are you provided with ready money to furnish yourself with a good horse ? " " I am sufficiently rich , madam , " answered Juli- an ; and good nags are plenty in Cumberland . There are those among them who know how to come 46 ...
... true ; but are you provided with ready money to furnish yourself with a good horse ? " " I am sufficiently rich , madam , " answered Juli- an ; and good nags are plenty in Cumberland . There are those among them who know how to come 46 ...
Page 79
... true , dame , " said her elder guest ; " that ' is what I call keeping a good publican conscience ; and so I will pay score presently , and be jogging on my way . " Peveril , on his part , also demanded a reckoning , and discharged it ...
... true , dame , " said her elder guest ; " that ' is what I call keeping a good publican conscience ; and so I will pay score presently , and be jogging on my way . " Peveril , on his part , also demanded a reckoning , and discharged it ...
Page 87
... True " said the stranger ; " but in your case , the danger is already undergone , and you should seek to counteract it . You have travelled in my compa- ny long enough to devise a handsome branch of the Popish Plot . How will you look ...
... True " said the stranger ; " but in your case , the danger is already undergone , and you should seek to counteract it . You have travelled in my compa- ny long enough to devise a handsome branch of the Popish Plot . How will you look ...
Page 98
... true and real business of life ; and weighed all its minutiæ with a proportionable degree of accuracy . To carve the morsel in the most delicate manner - and to ap- portion the proper seasoning with the accuracy of a chemist - to be ...
... true and real business of life ; and weighed all its minutiæ with a proportionable degree of accuracy . To carve the morsel in the most delicate manner - and to ap- portion the proper seasoning with the accuracy of a chemist - to be ...
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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.