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Page 74
... wish to supplicate for pardon ere I confess my guilt ; I wish to tell what have been my sufferings , in order to to raise some pity , even in the breasts of 74.
... wish to supplicate for pardon ere I confess my guilt ; I wish to tell what have been my sufferings , in order to to raise some pity , even in the breasts of 74.
Page 94
... wishes to serve the Marchese , and I could not behold her sufferings without commis- serating them ; knowing too as I did the fate that awaited her . The im- patience of the Marchese increasing , by his desire I prepared a potion for ...
... wishes to serve the Marchese , and I could not behold her sufferings without commis- serating them ; knowing too as I did the fate that awaited her . The im- patience of the Marchese increasing , by his desire I prepared a potion for ...
Page 95
... wish- ed to kiss her hand as the last proof of their affection , and would not per- mit any of them to advance nearer than the door of the chamber . 68 Preparations were made instantly for for the interment , and the inanimate Marchesa ...
... wish- ed to kiss her hand as the last proof of their affection , and would not per- mit any of them to advance nearer than the door of the chamber . 68 Preparations were made instantly for for the interment , and the inanimate Marchesa ...
Page 110
... Theodora have lain in the Tower more than fifteen years . " You , no doubt , Ricardo , ob- served the agitation I endured when you declared your wish of inhabiting the the South Angle Tower ; the place where your mother 110.
... Theodora have lain in the Tower more than fifteen years . " You , no doubt , Ricardo , ob- served the agitation I endured when you declared your wish of inhabiting the the South Angle Tower ; the place where your mother 110.
Page 114
... wish to avoid what all mortals must at one time or other meet . es ! Ricardo , pity my sufferings do not heap curses on my guilty head ! " Ricardo sighed deeply as he finished the perusal of Grimaldi's confession ; the sad fate of his ...
... wish to avoid what all mortals must at one time or other meet . es ! Ricardo , pity my sufferings do not heap curses on my guilty head ! " Ricardo sighed deeply as he finished the perusal of Grimaldi's confession ; the sad fate of his ...
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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.