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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... melancholy tidings , he re- pented more than ever that he had quitted Spain , and resolved to repair to his wife without any further delay . Now it chanced in the village where he was resting , that he had a very dear friend , named ...
... melancholy tidings , he re- pented more than ever that he had quitted Spain , and resolved to repair to his wife without any further delay . Now it chanced in the village where he was resting , that he had a very dear friend , named ...
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... treatment : -and the poor owl , with its melancholy death , was the frequent subject of her meditations . In the year after this occurrence , it happened VOL . II . C that the Countess of Marezzo was in want of a THE OWL . 25.
... treatment : -and the poor owl , with its melancholy death , was the frequent subject of her meditations . In the year after this occurrence , it happened VOL . II . C that the Countess of Marezzo was in want of a THE OWL . 25.
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... , on account of her humble origin , as well as much envy and malice from persons of her own condition . She fell there- fore into a deep melancholy , and being interro- gated by the Countess , she declared that she pined 26 THE OWL .
... , on account of her humble origin , as well as much envy and malice from persons of her own condition . She fell there- fore into a deep melancholy , and being interro- gated by the Countess , she declared that she pined 26 THE OWL .
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... melancholy , but her residence on the sea - shore was yet to expose her to still greater miseries . It was not uncommon in those days , for the Barbary cruisers , those hawks of the Mediterra- nean , to make a sudden stoop upon our ...
... melancholy , but her residence on the sea - shore was yet to expose her to still greater miseries . It was not uncommon in those days , for the Barbary cruisers , those hawks of the Mediterra- nean , to make a sudden stoop upon our ...
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... melancholy of Bianca , led to many little acts of fondness from Tebaldo , which were almost as painful to exchange as to withhold . It was no wonder , then , if sometimes in the anguish of his heart , some expressions of impatience ...
... melancholy of Bianca , led to many little acts of fondness from Tebaldo , which were almost as painful to exchange as to withhold . It was no wonder , then , if sometimes in the anguish of his heart , some expressions of impatience ...
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