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Page 34
... leave the forest ere the gloom of evening should render their journey difficult . The dark mantle of night was swiftly descending on the earth when Ricardo and his party entered the valley . The hapless Signora Bononi was standing at ...
... leave the forest ere the gloom of evening should render their journey difficult . The dark mantle of night was swiftly descending on the earth when Ricardo and his party entered the valley . The hapless Signora Bononi was standing at ...
Page 37
... - lighted to see a man for whom he felt the greatest esteem , willingly protracted the conversation , till the train of monks : being ready , he was obliged to depart . The The abbot informed him that he was going to leave 37.
... - lighted to see a man for whom he felt the greatest esteem , willingly protracted the conversation , till the train of monks : being ready , he was obliged to depart . The The abbot informed him that he was going to leave 37.
Page 38
Edward Montague. The abbot informed him that he was going to leave the monastery he now presided over for another , the name and situation of which he minutely de- scribed to Ricardo , and concluded with expressing an earnest wish to see ...
Edward Montague. The abbot informed him that he was going to leave the monastery he now presided over for another , the name and situation of which he minutely de- scribed to Ricardo , and concluded with expressing an earnest wish to see ...
Page 40
... leave , after promising to be at the Castle again in the course of a few days ; and Ricardo hasted to his beloved Louisa .. Never in his eyes did she appear so beautiful beautiful as this morning ; the healing powers of sleep 40.
... leave , after promising to be at the Castle again in the course of a few days ; and Ricardo hasted to his beloved Louisa .. Never in his eyes did she appear so beautiful beautiful as this morning ; the healing powers of sleep 40.
Page 45
... the sounds which long dwelt amongst their verdant recesses . When the banquet was over , the ab- bot was going to take his leave ; but Ricardo rising up requested to have a few few moments discourse with him , to which the venerable 45.
... the sounds which long dwelt amongst their verdant recesses . When the banquet was over , the ab- bot was going to take his leave ; but Ricardo rising up requested to have a few few moments discourse with him , to which the venerable 45.
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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.