PeverilHoughton Mifflin, 1923 |
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... whole inhabitants of the household were at church excepting Dumb Lizzie , whose infirmity was supposed to render her incapable of profiting by divine service , and who therefore stayed at home to take charge of the house . It happened ...
... whole inhabitants of the household were at church excepting Dumb Lizzie , whose infirmity was supposed to render her incapable of profiting by divine service , and who therefore stayed at home to take charge of the house . It happened ...
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... whole history anachronisms enough to overset all chronology ! The old gentleman hath broken all bounds : abiit , evasit , erupit . ' As these thoughts passed through my mind , I fell into a fit of musing , which is not uncommon with me ...
... whole history anachronisms enough to overset all chronology ! The old gentleman hath broken all bounds : abiit , evasit , erupit . ' As these thoughts passed through my mind , I fell into a fit of musing , which is not uncommon with me ...
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... whole day from the castle , and it was only from the great interest which he took in the washing , perfuming , and as it were purification , of the summer - house that it could have been guessed he knew anything of what had taken place ...
... whole day from the castle , and it was only from the great interest which he took in the washing , perfuming , and as it were purification , of the summer - house that it could have been guessed he knew anything of what had taken place ...
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... whole interest of the day ; the hours which precede it are spent in anticipation , the hours which follow in reflection on what has passed ; and fancy , dwelling on each brief circumstance , gives to seconds the duration of minutes , to ...
... whole interest of the day ; the hours which precede it are spent in anticipation , the hours which follow in reflection on what has passed ; and fancy , dwelling on each brief circumstance , gives to seconds the duration of minutes , to ...
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... whole up , the dame had a share of human vanity ; and being a sort of Lady Bountiful in her way , for the char- acter was not then confined to the old and the foolish , she was proud of the skill by which she had averted the probable ...
... whole up , the dame had a share of human vanity ; and being a sort of Lady Bountiful in her way , for the char- acter was not then confined to the old and the foolish , she was proud of the skill by which she had averted the probable ...
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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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