PeverilHoughton Mifflin, 1923 |
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... present work . It was now several years since my immediate younger brother , Thomas Scott , al- ready mentioned in these notes , had resided for two or three seasons in the Isle of Man , and having access to the registers of that ...
... present work . It was now several years since my immediate younger brother , Thomas Scott , al- ready mentioned in these notes , had resided for two or three seasons in the Isle of Man , and having access to the registers of that ...
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... present author , an opulent farmer in Roxburghshire and made signs that she desired shelter for the night , which , according to the custom of the times , was readily granted . The next day the country was covered with snow , and the ...
... present author , an opulent farmer in Roxburghshire and made signs that she desired shelter for the night , which , according to the custom of the times , was readily granted . The next day the country was covered with snow , and the ...
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... present to them a lively fictitious picture , for which the original anecdote or circum- stance which he made free to press into his service only furnished a slight sketch . Now I cannot perceive any harm in this . The stores of history ...
... present to them a lively fictitious picture , for which the original anecdote or circum- stance which he made free to press into his service only furnished a slight sketch . Now I cannot perceive any harm in this . The stores of history ...
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... present day may at least , however , do something ; and it is well to keep a pattern before our eyes , though that pattern be inimitable . Dryasdust . Well , sir , with me you must have your own course ; and for reasons well known to ...
... present day may at least , however , do something ; and it is well to keep a pattern before our eyes , though that pattern be inimitable . Dryasdust . Well , sir , with me you must have your own course ; and for reasons well known to ...
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... present letter , at the head of Peveril of the Peak . - I am , Dear Sir , very much , Your faithful and obedient Servant , JONAS DRYASDUST . Michaelmas Day , 1822 , YORK . PEVERIL OF THE PEAK CHAPTER I When civil dudgeon first PREFATORY ...
... present letter , at the head of Peveril of the Peak . - I am , Dear Sir , very much , Your faithful and obedient Servant , JONAS DRYASDUST . Michaelmas Day , 1822 , YORK . PEVERIL OF THE PEAK CHAPTER I When civil dudgeon first PREFATORY ...
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