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Page 49
... to his estate , where , as he was allotting his new vassals their promised lands , one of them who had been in conversation with the Count's domestics came up , much VOL . II . D much agitated , and requested to speak in private to 49.
... to his estate , where , as he was allotting his new vassals their promised lands , one of them who had been in conversation with the Count's domestics came up , much VOL . II . D much agitated , and requested to speak in private to 49.
Page 50
Edward Montague. much agitated , and requested to speak in private to him . The Count consented to grant the man's request , who begged he would inform him if it was true that the Marchese de Carlentini was dead , as in that case he had ...
Edward Montague. much agitated , and requested to speak in private to him . The Count consented to grant the man's request , who begged he would inform him if it was true that the Marchese de Carlentini was dead , as in that case he had ...
Page 79
... 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 considerable part of his estate to discharge them . " His conduct to ...
... 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 considerable part of his estate to discharge them . " His conduct to ...
Page 117
... agitated , soon rendered his endeavours useless ; and when with fond solicitude she inquired the cause of the evident me- lancholy that oppressed him , he found himself unable to frame any other rea- son for it than the true one , which ...
... agitated , soon rendered his endeavours useless ; and when with fond solicitude she inquired the cause of the evident me- lancholy that oppressed him , he found himself unable to frame any other rea- son for it than the true one , which ...
Page 128
... back , and Agatha raising her supplicating eyes to his countenance , read there that he not only forgave , but that the beauties of her person had ex- cited his admiration . The The terror which had agitated her by degrees subsided , 128.
... back , and Agatha raising her supplicating eyes to his countenance , read there that he not only forgave , but that the beauties of her person had ex- cited his admiration . The The terror which had agitated her by degrees subsided , 128.
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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.