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Page 4
... hills just as the clouds , tinged with the radiant beams of the setting sun , were losing their borrowed lustre . Before him lay for many leagues a flat country , and as swiftly swiftly his eyes surveyed the wind- ings of the road 4.
... hills just as the clouds , tinged with the radiant beams of the setting sun , were losing their borrowed lustre . Before him lay for many leagues a flat country , and as swiftly swiftly his eyes surveyed the wind- ings of the road 4.
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... of the im- patience of Louisa to quiet the dis- tractions of her unhappy mother by her presence , ordered fresh horses for Ricardo and his attendants , and when the the beams of the morning smiled on the turrets of 26.
... of the im- patience of Louisa to quiet the dis- tractions of her unhappy mother by her presence , ordered fresh horses for Ricardo and his attendants , and when the the beams of the morning smiled on the turrets of 26.
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Edward Montague. the beams of the morning smiled on the turrets of the castle and the waving summits of an adjacent forest , the par- ty , late so melancholy , but now antici- pating future years of joy and happi- ness , set out on their ...
Edward Montague. the beams of the morning smiled on the turrets of the castle and the waving summits of an adjacent forest , the par- ty , late so melancholy , but now antici- pating future years of joy and happi- ness , set out on their ...
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... the pea- sants on the lawn , whose canopy was the beautiful Sicilian sky , whose light the silver beams of the moon , aided by myriads of bright stars , danced away the the sportive hours to the gay and airy Sicilian measures 46.
... the pea- sants on the lawn , whose canopy was the beautiful Sicilian sky , whose light the silver beams of the moon , aided by myriads of bright stars , danced away the the sportive hours to the gay and airy Sicilian measures 46.
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... beams , and the moon now began to shew her bright form above the sum- mit of the hills that bounded the ho- rizon , when Ricardo , leaving his cham- ber walked pensively on the lawn ; raising his eyes , he beheld the rug- ged walls of ...
... beams , and the moon now began to shew her bright form above the sum- mit of the hills that bounded the ho- rizon , when Ricardo , leaving his cham- ber walked pensively on the lawn ; raising his eyes , he beheld the rug- ged walls of ...
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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.