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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... answer to God in judgment , he was in- nocent , and altogether ignorant of the treason imputed to him ; and therefore , being conscious of his innocence , and besides , so recently mar- ried , he preferred rather to remain in the king ...
... answer to God in judgment , he was in- nocent , and altogether ignorant of the treason imputed to him ; and therefore , being conscious of his innocence , and besides , so recently mar- ried , he preferred rather to remain in the king ...
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... answered him ' God forbid ! but yet your 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 ...
... answered him ' God forbid ! but yet your 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 ...
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... answer with a deep groan . At first he believed he had no company in his misery , but presently he heard a rustling of straw , with a clanking of chains in one corner of the dungeon , which was a very dark one , and a man in irons came ...
... answer with a deep groan . At first he believed he had no company in his misery , but presently he heard a rustling of straw , with a clanking of chains in one corner of the dungeon , which was a very dark one , and a man in irons came ...
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... answer only by a horrible roll of his eyes , and so expired . Imagine what a dreadful sharp pang of re- morse went through the bosom of Lodowic at this dreary spectacle . His heart felt cold within him , like a ball of snow , but his ...
... answer only by a horrible roll of his eyes , and so expired . Imagine what a dreadful sharp pang of re- morse went through the bosom of Lodowic at this dreary spectacle . His heart felt cold within him , like a ball of snow , but his ...
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... answered her thus : 66 Margaret , I perceive how it is . But do not be uneasy : the best houses may be found unprovided by a random comer . I am pre- pared , you see , against such emergencies : here is a flask of good wine , with a ...
... answered her thus : 66 Margaret , I perceive how it is . But do not be uneasy : the best houses may be found unprovided by a random comer . I am pre- pared , you see , against such emergencies : here is a flask of good wine , with a ...
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