The exile. The owl. The German knight. The Florentine kinsmen. The carrier's wife. The two faithful lovers of Sicily. The Venetan countess. A tale of the harem. The chestnut tree. The fair maid of Ludgate. The three brothersWilliam H. Ainsworth, 1827 - 1827 |
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... voice methinks is not your own , nor so gentle , —but very fierce , and there is a strange light instead of love , in your eyes . ' And he said , ' This voice truly is not my own , nor the shining of my eyes ; but the serpent's within ...
... voice methinks is not your own , nor so gentle , —but very fierce , and there is a strange light instead of love , in your eyes . ' And he said , ' This voice truly is not my own , nor the shining of my eyes ; but the serpent's within ...
Page 79
... ; the ship's timbers , besides , straining as if they would part asunder , and the storm howling through the cordage , like the voices of those evil angels , who , it is believed , were cast into the THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY . 79.
... ; the ship's timbers , besides , straining as if they would part asunder , and the storm howling through the cordage , like the voices of those evil angels , who , it is believed , were cast into the THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY . 79.
Page 88
... by the convexity of the waters . At this sight , though it had come seemingly at her own invocation , she turned as pale as marble , and with a falter- ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with 88 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
... by the convexity of the waters . At this sight , though it had come seemingly at her own invocation , she turned as pale as marble , and with a falter- ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with 88 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
Page 89
Thomas Hood. ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with a deathlike gaze he had already fixed in the distance : -for doubtless they would rather have remained as they were till they died , than return to the separation which ...
Thomas Hood. ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with a deathlike gaze he had already fixed in the distance : -for doubtless they would rather have remained as they were till they died , than return to the separation which ...
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... voice , lest it should falter , she held out an open letter , her hand quaking all the time like an aspen leaf , and made a motion for Landino to read it ; who , as soon as he had glanced at the writing , gave back the paper with these ...
... voice , lest it should falter , she held out an open letter , her hand quaking all the time like an aspen leaf , and made a motion for Landino to read it ; who , as soon as he had glanced at the writing , gave back the paper with these ...
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