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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... amongst these was one Lodowic , a man of dull intellect and a hasty temper , but withal of a slow courage . He was not one of the last , however , to volunteer ; for there was a lady in the back - ground who ex- cited him , with an ...
... amongst these was one Lodowic , a man of dull intellect and a hasty temper , but withal of a slow courage . He was not one of the last , however , to volunteer ; for there was a lady in the back - ground who ex- cited him , with an ...
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... amongst certain gossiping housewives in the street ; so that , in extremity , he could fulfil nei- ther of the Spartan conditions . The common people , who have hawks ' eyes for any grotesque figure , shouted lustily after him as he ...
... amongst certain gossiping housewives in the street ; so that , in extremity , he could fulfil nei- ther of the Spartan conditions . The common people , who have hawks ' eyes for any grotesque figure , shouted lustily after him as he ...
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... ancient and noble family of Florence , were large and princely , though now they are alienated and parcelled out amongst numerous possessors ; and the race which then owned them is extinct . After many generations , the.
... ancient and noble family of Florence , were large and princely , though now they are alienated and parcelled out amongst numerous possessors ; and the race which then owned them is extinct . After many generations , the.
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... amongst the mountains . As for the gentleman , he resumed his harm- less and beloved studies , till being over per- suaded to publish a metaphysical work , on which he had been engaged for some years , the critics did for him what his ...
... amongst the mountains . As for the gentleman , he resumed his harm- less and beloved studies , till being over per- suaded to publish a metaphysical work , on which he had been engaged for some years , the critics did for him what his ...
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... amongst his comrades , and then renounced for ever his former course of life ; confessing that what had passed between the two kinsmen had held to him such an odious pattern of his own wicked practices , that he repented bitterly of the ...
... amongst his comrades , and then renounced for ever his former course of life ; confessing that what had passed between the two kinsmen had held to him such an odious pattern of his own wicked practices , that he repented bitterly of the ...
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