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Page 8
... ground they were now passing over was an uncultivated heath , and the briars and long trailing brambles entangled their feet . Ricardo was at length on the point of reining in his his steed , when the waving of a torch and 8.
... ground they were now passing over was an uncultivated heath , and the briars and long trailing brambles entangled their feet . Ricardo was at length on the point of reining in his his steed , when the waving of a torch and 8.
Page 15
... betrayed tokens of pleasure , but that satisfaction appeared clouded with an uneasiness too apparent to es- cape Ricardo's notice . " Good heavens ! " said he at length , " what " what fortunate event brought you here ? " " 15.
... betrayed tokens of pleasure , but that satisfaction appeared clouded with an uneasiness too apparent to es- cape Ricardo's notice . " Good heavens ! " said he at length , " what " what fortunate event brought you here ? " " 15.
Page 17
... length the man stopped at a 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 ...
... length the man stopped at a 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 ...
Page 29
... length the calls of hunger forced me to seek a cottage , in order to procure some food , and after a long and tedious search , I discoved a wood - cutter's cabin , where I procured some fruit and bread . " I staid there that night , and ...
... length the calls of hunger forced me to seek a cottage , in order to procure some food , and after a long and tedious search , I discoved a wood - cutter's cabin , where I procured some fruit and bread . " I staid there that night , and ...
Page 32
... 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 under their ruffian forms had hearts which with a 32.
... 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 under their ruffian forms had hearts which with a 32.
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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.