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... Abbot advanced to Ricardo , who , de- lighted to see a man for whom he felt the greatest esteem , willingly protracted the conversation , till the train of monks : being ready , he was obliged to depart . The The abbot informed him that ...
... Abbot advanced to Ricardo , who , de- lighted to see a man for whom he felt the greatest esteem , willingly protracted the conversation , till the train of monks : being ready , he was obliged to depart . The The abbot informed him that ...
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Edward Montague. The abbot informed him that he was going to leave the monastery he now presided over for another , the name and situation of which he minutely de- scribed to Ricardo , and concluded with expressing an earnest wish to see ...
Edward Montague. The abbot informed him that he was going to leave the monastery he now presided over for another , the name and situation of which he minutely de- scribed to Ricardo , and concluded with expressing an earnest wish to see ...
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... abbot of the neighbouring monastery , who not having yet departed to his new situation , had , at the request of Ricardo , attended to perform the nuptial ceremony . Ricardo was agreeably surprised on entering the hall to see the Count ...
... abbot of the neighbouring monastery , who not having yet departed to his new situation , had , at the request of Ricardo , attended to perform the nuptial ceremony . Ricardo was agreeably surprised on entering the hall to see the Count ...
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... - lodies Preceded by the abbot , Ricardo and Louisa , followed by the Signora Bono- ni , the Count de Leoni , and the princi- pal attendants , entered the chapel , and at at the altar were united in the indis- soluble bonds 44.
... - lodies Preceded by the abbot , Ricardo and Louisa , followed by the Signora Bono- ni , the Count de Leoni , and the princi- pal attendants , entered the chapel , and at at the altar were united in the indis- soluble bonds 44.
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... abbot retired to his mo- nastery , and Ricardo resumed his seat by the side of the lovely Marchesa de Carlentini ; he , however , was silent on the subject of his conversation with the abbot . In the evening the hall was brilliantly ...
... abbot retired to his mo- nastery , and Ricardo resumed his seat by the side of the lovely Marchesa de Carlentini ; he , however , was silent on the subject of his conversation with the abbot . In the evening the hall was brilliantly ...
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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.