PeverilHoughton Mifflin, 1923 |
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... followed by a very heavy and measured pace , which shook the long oak- floored gallery in such a manner as forcibly to arrest my attention . ' A stranger , sir , just arrived from Edin- burgh by the north mail , desires to speak with ...
... followed by a very heavy and measured pace , which shook the long oak- floored gallery in such a manner as forcibly to arrest my attention . ' A stranger , sir , just arrived from Edin- burgh by the north mail , desires to speak with ...
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... followed by all the various sounds which announce the onset of a hungry company on a well - furnished table ; and at the same time gave the lady an opportunity to leave the apartment , and look to the accommodation of her other company ...
... followed by all the various sounds which announce the onset of a hungry company on a well - furnished table ; and at the same time gave the lady an opportunity to leave the apartment , and look to the accommodation of her other company ...
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... followed at about half that distance by two more , with their carabines advanced , as if ready for action . About one hundred yards behind the advance came the main body ; where the Countess of Derby , mounted on Lady Peveril's ambling ...
... followed at about half that distance by two more , with their carabines advanced , as if ready for action . About one hundred yards behind the advance came the main body ; where the Countess of Derby , mounted on Lady Peveril's ambling ...
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... led , as Sir Geoffrey had ex- pected , by Major Bridgenorth . At his side was a person in black , with a silver greyhound on his arm ; and he was followed by about eight or ten inhabitants of the village 107 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
... led , as Sir Geoffrey had ex- pected , by Major Bridgenorth . At his side was a person in black , with a silver greyhound on his arm ; and he was followed by about eight or ten inhabitants of the village 107 PEVERIL OF THE PEAK.
Страница 108
Sir Walter Scott. followed by about eight or ten inhabitants of the village of Martindale - Moultrassie , two or three of whom were officers of the peace , and others were personally known to Sir Geoffrey as favourers of the subverted ...
Sir Walter Scott. followed by about eight or ten inhabitants of the village of Martindale - Moultrassie , two or three of whom were officers of the peace , and others were personally known to Sir Geoffrey as favourers of the subverted ...
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Alice Bridgenorth answered apartment arms betwixt blood called Cavaliers Charles Chiffinch Christian companion countenance Countess of Derby court Dame danger Deborah deemsters Derbyshire desire door Duchess of Portsmouth Duke of Buckingham dwarf earl Earl of Derby England eyes father favour fear Fenella followed Ganlesse gentleman give Grace hand hast hath hear heard Heaven honour horse island Isle Jerningham Julian Peveril justice King King's knight Lady Peveril ladyship Lance looked lord madam Majesty Major Bridgenorth manner Martindale Castle Master Bridgenorth Matt Chamberlain means mind Mistress Moultrassie Hall neighbour never noble occasion once Ormond party Peel Castle person pleasure Plot poor Popish Popish Plot present prisoner Puritan replied Roundheads scarce seemed Sir Geoffrey Peveril Solsgrace speak spoke stood stranger sword tell thee thou thought tion tone turned voice William Christian woman word young
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