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Page 108
... death ; struck with horror , I rushed into the apartment of the Marchese , pale and haggard with the dreadful emotions excited by my fears and the deed I had perpetrated . " Is " Is it done ? ' said the Marchese . 108.
... death ; struck with horror , I rushed into the apartment of the Marchese , pale and haggard with the dreadful emotions excited by my fears and the deed I had perpetrated . " Is " Is it done ? ' said the Marchese . 108.
Page 111
... fears of my personal safety I dissuaded you from taking a trombone , and be- fore the time that you were to receive the keys I entered the South Hall , and made what little preparations were necessary . Although so many years had ...
... fears of my personal safety I dissuaded you from taking a trombone , and be- fore the time that you were to receive the keys I entered the South Hall , and made what little preparations were necessary . Although so many years had ...
Page 151
... fear of a discovery . He saw Agatha , who was the last of the long train of nuns , and who often turned her head as she was leaving the chapel to gaze on the cavalier . In the evening , however , he was more fortunate , the increasing ...
... fear of a discovery . He saw Agatha , who was the last of the long train of nuns , and who often turned her head as she was leaving the chapel to gaze on the cavalier . In the evening , however , he was more fortunate , the increasing ...
Page 167
... fear- ful of touching it . She again consider- ed her dream ; what , said she , if this key should open the grate of the skreen - yes , it must be so ; it is the means of escape , which some kind deity has thus conveyed to me . In her ...
... fear- ful of touching it . She again consider- ed her dream ; what , said she , if this key should open the grate of the skreen - yes , it must be so ; it is the means of escape , which some kind deity has thus conveyed to me . In her ...
Page 175
... astonish- ment , of hope and fear , kept him si- lent . At length the gate opened , and he held to his bosom the panting form of the lovely Agatha . I 4 The The most impressive language that ever the fervent lover poured 175.
... astonish- ment , of hope and fear , kept him si- lent . At length the gate opened , and he held to his bosom the panting form of the lovely Agatha . I 4 The The most impressive language that ever the fervent lover poured 175.
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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.