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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Page 73
... Palermo . The power of a parent in those days being much more despotic than in our temperate times , the poor wretched girl was finally compelled to VOL . II . E bestow her hand on the merchant , whereupon Tebaldo instantly.
... Palermo . The power of a parent in those days being much more despotic than in our temperate times , the poor wretched girl was finally compelled to VOL . II . E bestow her hand on the merchant , whereupon Tebaldo instantly.
Page 74
... , both men and women , whom they sold into slavery amongst the Moors , in default of ransom . In this manner , making a descent by night when Mercanti was absent at Palermo , they burnt and 74 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
... , both men and women , whom they sold into slavery amongst the Moors , in default of ransom . In this manner , making a descent by night when Mercanti was absent at Palermo , they burnt and 74 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
Page 75
Thomas Hood. when Mercanti was absent at Palermo , they burnt and plundered his house , and took away Bianca ; whose horror you may well conceive , when by the blazing light of her own dwelling , she was carried off by such swarthy ...
Thomas Hood. when Mercanti was absent at Palermo , they burnt and plundered his house , and took away Bianca ; whose horror you may well conceive , when by the blazing light of her own dwelling , she was carried off by such swarthy ...
Page 76
... Palermo , where he learnt , with a renewal of all his pangs , the fate of his beloved mistress . Forgetting all his enmity , therefore , he repaired presently to Mercanti , to concert with him how to redeem her out of the hands of the ...
... Palermo , where he learnt , with a renewal of all his pangs , the fate of his beloved mistress . Forgetting all his enmity , therefore , he repaired presently to Mercanti , to concert with him how to redeem her out of the hands of the ...
Page 79
... Palermo . And now their evil fortune still pursued them , for falling in with a Sallee rover , although they escaped a second capture by the fast - sail- ing of their ship , they were chased a long way out of their course , into the ...
... Palermo . And now their evil fortune still pursued them , for falling in with a Sallee rover , although they escaped a second capture by the fast - sail- ing of their ship , they were chased a long way out of their course , into the ...
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