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... 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.
... 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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Edward Montague. swiftly his eyes surveyed the wind- ings of the road , he caught a glimpse of some horsemen , who were soon hid from his sight by the grey livery of evening . One of his servants at the same instant declared that he had ...
Edward Montague. swiftly his eyes surveyed the wind- ings of the road , he caught a glimpse of some horsemen , who were soon hid from his sight by the grey livery of evening . One of his servants at the same instant declared that he had ...
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... eyes gleamed darkly and dissatisfied when he heard that the per- secutor of his Louisa had fallen by other hands than his . " I was returning to this place , " con- tinued the Count , " with some of my people tinued 19 after you left ...
... eyes gleamed darkly and dissatisfied when he heard that the per- secutor of his Louisa had fallen by other hands than his . " I was returning to this place , " con- tinued the Count , " with some of my people tinued 19 after you left ...
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... eye of Providence was on the actions of Altona , and he paid for his violent outrage and base intentions against the peace and honor of Louisa with his life . Such was the detail which Louisa VOL . II . gave gave to Ricardo of her ...
... eye of Providence was on the actions of Altona , and he paid for his violent outrage and base intentions against the peace and honor of Louisa with his life . Such was the detail which Louisa VOL . II . gave gave to Ricardo of her ...
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... eye , and a deep sigh issued from his breast when , by means of the solemn scene he now wit- nessed , the memory of his parent be- came fresh in his recollection . When the service was concluded the Abbot advanced to Ricardo , who , de ...
... eye , and a deep sigh issued from his breast when , by means of the solemn scene he now wit- nessed , the memory of his parent be- came fresh in his recollection . When the service was concluded the Abbot advanced to Ricardo , who , de ...
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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.