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Page 50
... head , and the man continued : - " About fifteen years ago , my Lord , I resided at Palermo , and was con- nected with a set of bravos . My cir- cumstances were such as drove me to the the dreadful trade of blood . I had nothing to 50.
... head , and the man continued : - " About fifteen years ago , my Lord , I resided at Palermo , and was con- nected with a set of bravos . My cir- cumstances were such as drove me to the the dreadful trade of blood . I had nothing to 50.
Page 56
... which was in a lone house on the beach , more than a league from Palermo . It was here I deter- mined to keep the Signor Valvano ; for though the remembrance of the service service he had rendered me made me resolve not to 56.
... which was in a lone house on the beach , more than a league from Palermo . It was here I deter- mined to keep the Signor Valvano ; for though the remembrance of the service service he had rendered me made me resolve not to 56.
Page 67
... Palermo , in order to regain his posses- sions , which on supposition of his death had fallen into the hands of his nearest relative . He took leave of the Marchese and Marchesa , and promised , as soon as his affairs would allow him ...
... Palermo , in order to regain his posses- sions , which on supposition of his death had fallen into the hands of his nearest relative . He took leave of the Marchese and Marchesa , and promised , as soon as his affairs would allow him ...
Page 78
... Palermo . That journey was fatal to the peace of Theodora , and was the consequence of plunging me into a horrible abyss of guilt . L When the Marchese returned his conduct was entirely changed , he be- came gloomy and morose ; he no ...
... Palermo . That journey was fatal to the peace of Theodora , and was the consequence of plunging me into a horrible abyss of guilt . L When the Marchese returned his conduct was entirely changed , he be- came gloomy and morose ; he no ...
Page 79
... Palermo that I began to have a sus- picion of the cause that agitated the bosom of the Marchese . It appeared that he had lost while at Palermo vast sums of money at the gam- bling table , and that he was obliged to dispose of a ...
... Palermo that I began to have a sus- picion of the cause that agitated the bosom of the Marchese . It appeared that he had lost while at Palermo vast sums of money at the gam- bling table , and that he was obliged to dispose of a ...
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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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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.