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... cruel and base artifices made use of by your fa- ther to deprive me of my property . " " Too well I know it , " said Ricardo , " but that act , Count , was the cause of his death , and also of one of his as- sociates , Roderigo de ...
... cruel and base artifices made use of by your fa- ther to deprive me of my property . " " Too well I know it , " said Ricardo , " but that act , Count , was the cause of his death , and also of one of his as- sociates , Roderigo de ...
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... cruelly bound with cords , they placed her on a horse , which the Count mounted , and then swiftly proceeded to their place of destination ; but the watchful eye of Providence was on the actions of Altona , and he paid for his violent ...
... cruelly bound with cords , they placed her on a horse , which the Count mounted , and then swiftly proceeded to their place of destination ; but the watchful eye of Providence was on the actions of Altona , and he paid for his violent ...
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... cruel and base conduct of his parent , was silent . At length the Count broke a silence so painful to Ri- cardo , and thus concluded his re- lation : - " I had not been long with , these men before . I perceived that many of them them ...
... cruel and base conduct of his parent , was silent . At length the Count broke a silence so painful to Ri- cardo , and thus concluded his re- lation : - " I had not been long with , these men before . I perceived that many of them them ...
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... to the Marchesa be- came harsh , and even cruel ; frequently have I surprised her when she had been giving vent to her sorrows by floods of tears ; my heart sympathized with E 4 her her unfortunate situation . Would to Heaven it had ever ...
... to the Marchesa be- came harsh , and even cruel ; frequently have I surprised her when she had been giving vent to her sorrows by floods of tears ; my heart sympathized with E 4 her her unfortunate situation . Would to Heaven it had ever ...
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... cruel and unmerited persecution of the gentle Theodora , and taking a lamp , examined the place . In the tower we found an apartment which seemed to have been formerly a place of con- finement , as the casements were all boarded up ...
... cruel and unmerited persecution of the gentle Theodora , and taking a lamp , examined the place . In the tower we found an apartment which seemed to have been formerly a place of con- finement , as the casements were all boarded up ...
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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.