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... banditti , which in those wild secluded and desert regions was not improbable , he ordered his people to preserve the strictest si- lence . A light gleaming from a casement , which from its height apparently be- longed to a large ...
... banditti , which in those wild secluded and desert regions was not improbable , he ordered his people to preserve the strictest si- lence . A light gleaming from a casement , which from its height apparently be- longed to a large ...
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... banditti . At this idea the horn was drop- ping from his hand , when he suddenly reflected that his adored Louisa might be in their hands . Without hesitation , and confiding in the number of his attendants , he blew the horn . A hoarse ...
... banditti . At this idea the horn was drop- ping from his hand , when he suddenly reflected that his adored Louisa might be in their hands . Without hesitation , and confiding in the number of his attendants , he blew the horn . A hoarse ...
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... had unfortunately got amongst a horde of banditti , acquainted his peo- ple with his suspicions , and desired them to be on their guard , and by no means to separate . The The sounds of many voices , which appeared to come 13.
... had unfortunately got amongst a horde of banditti , acquainted his peo- ple with his suspicions , and desired them to be on their guard , and by no means to separate . The The sounds of many voices , which appeared to come 13.
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... banditti , and almost glad of an opportunity of reeking my pas- sions on some one , and careless about my own safety , I fought with their lea- der , whom I killed , and severely wounded two others . Numbers then overpowered me , I was ...
... banditti , and almost glad of an opportunity of reeking my pas- sions on some one , and careless about my own safety , I fought with their lea- der , whom I killed , and severely wounded two others . Numbers then overpowered me , I was ...
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... banditti . They saw I did not fear to die , and that carelessness of my personal safety preserved my life . Their troop was now without a leader , and , strange to tell , they pitch- ed on me to supply his place . " The offer was made ...
... banditti . They saw I did not fear to die , and that carelessness of my personal safety preserved my life . Their troop was now without a leader , and , strange to tell , they pitch- ed on me to supply his place . " The offer was made ...
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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.