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Page 155
... the chamber , and entered the chapel . The Signor Ferdinando was not there ; and anxiously waiting his com- ing , she leaned against the skreen , leav- H 6 ing ing her lamp at some distance on the steps of 155 "ORDINANDO' ...
... the chamber , and entered the chapel . The Signor Ferdinando was not there ; and anxiously waiting his com- ing , she leaned against the skreen , leav- H 6 ing ing her lamp at some distance on the steps of 155 "ORDINANDO' ...
Page 157
... Ferdinando , " perceive that it is love the most ardent which impels From the first moment I saw me . you , I devoted myself to your service . Continually have I lamented your cruel destiny , and continually have I endea- voured to seek ...
... Ferdinando , " perceive that it is love the most ardent which impels From the first moment I saw me . you , I devoted myself to your service . Continually have I lamented your cruel destiny , and continually have I endea- voured to seek ...
Page 158
... Ferdinando was not unpleasant to her ears . She raised her eyes on him - they met his enamoured gaze- they spoke more than the tongue could ever express the fire of love was in them . Ferdinando with rapturous sensa- tions rivetted his ...
... Ferdinando was not unpleasant to her ears . She raised her eyes on him - they met his enamoured gaze- they spoke more than the tongue could ever express the fire of love was in them . Ferdinando with rapturous sensa- tions rivetted his ...
Page 160
Edward Montague. As Agatha had much to perform , and the Signor Ferdinando had some affairs to arrange at Lingua Crossa , a city near the base of the fiery Etna , their next meeting was fixed for the seventh night from that period , and ...
Edward Montague. As Agatha had much to perform , and the Signor Ferdinando had some affairs to arrange at Lingua Crossa , a city near the base of the fiery Etna , their next meeting was fixed for the seventh night from that period , and ...
Page 161
... Ferdinando retired to her couch rather earlier than usual ; she felt little in- clined to sleep , but lay looking at the moon which was gliding along the heavens , and threw her silver radi- anee into the chamber of Agatha . As the ...
... Ferdinando retired to her couch rather earlier than usual ; she felt little in- clined to sleep , but lay looking at the moon which was gliding along the heavens , and threw her silver radi- anee into the chamber of Agatha . As the ...
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The Demon of Sicily - A Romance, in Four Volumes - Vol. II, Volume 2 Edward Montague No preview available - 2010 |
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Abbess abbot abode Agatha agitated alarmed arms arose attended awaited banditti beams beauties beheld bosom breast cardo casement Castello Castle cavalier cham chamber chese conduct convent corridore couch Count de Leoni countenance cruel dark delight Demon descended domestics door dreadful endeavoured entered the chapel eyes father fear Ferdinando forest gate gaze gloomy greatly grey dawn grief Grimaldi guilty acts hand happiness hastily heard heart horror hour lamp lancholy late Marchese leave length light looked Lord Louisa maldi Marchese de Carlentini ment midnight mind monastery monk moon morning mother night obliged Palermo passage passed peared portals portuning proceeded real delight recollection reign replied residence retired Ricardo ruminating Santa Catherina seemed sensations side Signor Valvano Signora Bononi silent skreen soon sounds South Angle Tower specting steps tello ther thou tion trembling unfortunate Theodora voice walls wish
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Page 141 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls; and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina; silence is in the house of her fathers.