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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 ...
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... monastery , who not having yet departed to his new situation , had , at the request of Ricardo , attended to perform the nuptial ceremony . Ricardo was agreeably surprised on entering the hall to see the Count de Leoni , who had arrived ...
... monastery , who not having yet departed to his new situation , had , at the request of Ricardo , attended to perform the nuptial ceremony . Ricardo was agreeably surprised on entering the hall to see the Count de Leoni , who had arrived ...
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... monastery was partly erected over the place where the Cas- tello , the scene of those dreadful events recorded by him , formerly stood . And the cavalier had happened to find out a passage which led from the Castello to the chapel in ...
... monastery was partly erected over the place where the Cas- tello , the scene of those dreadful events recorded by him , formerly stood . And the cavalier had happened to find out a passage which led from the Castello to the chapel in ...
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... monastery , and which he had every reason to believe from the near- ness of the voices of the monks , he was as far from the object of his wishes as ever ; unless , indeed , he could find out the communication with it and the convent ...
... monastery , and which he had every reason to believe from the near- ness of the voices of the monks , he was as far from the object of his wishes as ever ; unless , indeed , he could find out the communication with it and the convent ...
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Edward Montague. folding portal , entered the well - known chapel of the monastery . He advanced toward the skreen , and looked anxiously about for some way by which he might enter the convent ; but his search was fruitless . He , how ...
Edward Montague. folding portal , entered the well - known chapel of the monastery . He advanced toward the skreen , and looked anxiously about for some way by which he might enter the convent ; but his search was fruitless . He , how ...
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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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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.