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Edward Montague. Some evenings after , just as she was retiring to her couch , the door of the cottage was suddenly burst open , and a party of men entered , who seized her , and having placed a handkerchief to her mouth to prevent her ...
Edward Montague. Some evenings after , just as she was retiring to her couch , the door of the cottage was suddenly burst open , and a party of men entered , who seized her , and having placed a handkerchief to her mouth to prevent her ...
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... I started from my restless couch , how often has my disturbed , imagi- nation made me think I beheld , slow stalking through my chamber , the blood streaming VOL . II E streaming from the side , the murdered form of ST 73.
... I started from my restless couch , how often has my disturbed , imagi- nation made me think I beheld , slow stalking through my chamber , the blood streaming VOL . II E streaming from the side , the murdered form of ST 73.
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... couch , I acquainted the household with her death . Great was the grief of all the domestics , who had every reason to love her . They rushed in crowds to her chamber , and loud- ly lamented her loss . " Under the idea that the disorder ...
... couch , I acquainted the household with her death . Great was the grief of all the domestics , who had every reason to love her . They rushed in crowds to her chamber , and loud- ly lamented her loss . " Under the idea that the disorder ...
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... couch which had been previously brought there ; and locking the door of her future prison , we proceeded to her former apartments ; when having put into the coffin a weight equal to her body , I fastened it up , and at the time ...
... couch which had been previously brought there ; and locking the door of her future prison , we proceeded to her former apartments ; when having put into the coffin a weight equal to her body , I fastened it up , and at the time ...
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... couch , the unfortunate Theodora . " I will not attempt to describe my feelings at the sight of her ; I evidently slunk from the penetrating glances of her eyes . She noticed my emotion . " You start , father , at beholding me ; tell me ...
... couch , the unfortunate Theodora . " I will not attempt to describe my feelings at the sight of her ; I evidently slunk from the penetrating glances of her eyes . She noticed my emotion . " You start , father , at beholding me ; tell me ...
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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.