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Page 14
... door of which was open , made Ricardo advance toward it , to endeavour to learn what was going forwards . Hardly had he gained the entrance of the passage when the sounds ceased , and a manly voice sung a beautiful Sicilian ariette ...
... door of which was open , made Ricardo advance toward it , to endeavour to learn what was going forwards . Hardly had he gained the entrance of the passage when the sounds ceased , and a manly voice sung a beautiful Sicilian ariette ...
Page 17
... door , which the Count de Leoni throwing open , Ricardo once more beheld his adored Louisa . Great was the delight which they shewed at this so unlooked - for meet- ing ; and after some time passed in mutual expressions of their ...
... door , which the Count de Leoni throwing open , Ricardo once more beheld his adored Louisa . Great was the delight which they shewed at this so unlooked - for meet- ing ; and after some time passed in mutual expressions of their ...
Page 25
... 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 cries being heard , and taken the same precaution with her mother and the domestic ...
... 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 cries being heard , and taken the same precaution with her mother and the domestic ...
Page 93
... door that led to her suit of apartments to be locked , and no one admitted to her but her own domestic . This step was only preparatory to others more violent , for he soon after forbade the servant to attend her lady , and brought her ...
... door that led to her suit of apartments to be locked , and no one admitted to her but her own domestic . This step was only preparatory to others more violent , for he soon after forbade the servant to attend her lady , and brought her ...
Page 95
... last proof of their affection , and would not per- mit any of them to advance nearer than the door of the chamber . 68 Preparations were made instantly for for the interment , and the inanimate Marchesa was placed 95.
... last proof of their affection , and would not per- mit any of them to advance nearer than the door of the chamber . 68 Preparations were made instantly for for the interment , and the inanimate Marchesa was placed 95.
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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.