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... walked towards the monastery alone . His path , at a short distance from the castle , lay over a wild , open country , which here and there was picturesquely studded with single trees of great antiquity , and clumps of younger growth ...
... walked towards the monastery alone . His path , at a short distance from the castle , lay over a wild , open country , which here and there was picturesquely studded with single trees of great antiquity , and clumps of younger growth ...
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... walked several paces forward . Suddenly , however , recollecting himself , he turned round , and said he would have more conversation with Father Dominick when he returned . The Friar made no reply , but bowed respectfully , and walked ...
... walked several paces forward . Suddenly , however , recollecting himself , he turned round , and said he would have more conversation with Father Dominick when he returned . The Friar made no reply , but bowed respectfully , and walked ...
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... walked in the parterre of the Castle . " I did not tell , " said Matilda , 66 my uncle all that passed , but the monk said many severe words to me about Henry , and spoke as if there were some infection in his company , which , as I ...
... walked in the parterre of the Castle . " I did not tell , " said Matilda , 66 my uncle all that passed , but the monk said many severe words to me about Henry , and spoke as if there were some infection in his company , which , as I ...
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... walked with a prouder and firmer step , the bearing of his visage was bolder and upward , but he car- ried his arms with that stiff and awkward air which is sometimes seen in the gait of persons not accustomed to the ease and confidence ...
... walked with a prouder and firmer step , the bearing of his visage was bolder and upward , but he car- ried his arms with that stiff and awkward air which is sometimes seen in the gait of persons not accustomed to the ease and confidence ...
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... walked , without lifting his eyes to the right or to the left , straight towards one of the side chapels , the altar - piece of which pour- trayed the martyrdom of a saint . Fixing his eyes on the picture , he reverentially knelt , and ...
... walked , without lifting his eyes to the right or to the left , straight towards one of the side chapels , the altar - piece of which pour- trayed the martyrdom of a saint . Fixing his eyes on the picture , he reverentially knelt , and ...
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Page 208 - MARY'S DREAM The moon had climbed the highest hill Which rises o'er the source of Dee, And from the eastern summit shed Her silver light on tower and tree; When Mary laid her down to sleep, Her thoughts on Sandy far at sea, When, soft and low, a voice was heard, Saying: "Mary, weep no more for me!
Page 178 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 5 - IMMEDIATELY after the celebrated battle of Pavia, in which Francis I. of France was taken prisoner by the Emperor Charles V...
Page 8 - But her self-command altogether forsook her, when, after the prescribed formula of service was at an end, her uncle again kneeled down reverently on the cushion by his bed-side, and prayed fervently for her and for her future happiness, and that the Almighty protection might be extended over her when it should please Heaven to remove him from this earthly scene. And when, as connected with this dearest object of his heart, he put up earnest petitions for him who was already destined to be her husband...