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... distant hills , and a response was shortly after made to it in still fainter sounds . Ricardo sprung on his horse , and bidding his domestics do the same , B4 without without being able to see whither they were going , 7.
... distant hills , and a response was shortly after made to it in still fainter sounds . Ricardo sprung on his horse , and bidding his domestics do the same , B4 without without being able to see whither they were going , 7.
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... sound till the horses were hardly able to proceed ; for in addition to their fatigue , the ground they were now passing over was an uncultivated heath , and the briars and long trailing brambles entangled their feet . Ricardo was at ...
... sound till the horses were hardly able to proceed ; for in addition to their fatigue , the ground they were now passing over was an uncultivated heath , and the briars and long trailing brambles entangled their feet . Ricardo was at ...
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Edward Montague. his steed , when the waving of a torch and the sound of a horn , which ap- peared not far off , made him deter- mine to proceed ; fearful , however , of meeting with banditti , which in those wild secluded and desert ...
Edward Montague. his steed , when the waving of a torch and the sound of a horn , which ap- peared not far off , made him deter- mine to proceed ; fearful , however , of meeting with banditti , which in those wild secluded and desert ...
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... had unfortunately got amongst a horde of banditti , acquainted his peo- ple with his suspicions , and desired them to be on their guard , and by no means to separate . The The sounds of many voices , which appeared to come 13.
... had unfortunately got amongst a horde of banditti , acquainted his peo- ple with his suspicions , and desired them to be on their guard , and by no means to separate . The The sounds of many voices , which appeared to come 13.
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... sounds ceased , and a manly voice sung a beautiful Sicilian ariette . " Bravo , Capitano , " said a number of voices when it was concluded , and the conversation was now resumed . The voice he had heard greatly interested Ricardo ; it ...
... sounds ceased , and a manly voice sung a beautiful Sicilian ariette . " Bravo , Capitano , " said a number of voices when it was concluded , and the conversation was now resumed . The voice he had heard greatly interested Ricardo ; it ...
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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.