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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... miserable exile grew so im- patient of his condition , that he resolved to return , even at whatever hazard to his life . Passing therefore by way of France into Spain , and taking care to disguise himself so effectually that he could ...
... miserable exile grew so im- patient of his condition , that he resolved to return , even at whatever hazard to his life . Passing therefore by way of France into Spain , and taking care to disguise himself so effectually that he could ...
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... miserable lady , it was feared , from the violence of her grief , that the same dismal blow would have been her death ; but her heart had been too long inured to such suffer- ings to be so speedily broken ; and at last , attaining to ...
... miserable lady , it was feared , from the violence of her grief , that the same dismal blow would have been her death ; but her heart had been too long inured to such suffer- ings to be so speedily broken ; and at last , attaining to ...
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... miserable body - for he knew that even the iron defences of the olden knights had not exempted them from such cruel slashes . In the mean time , he studied a pacific discourse , which he trusted would heal up the quarrel better than ...
... miserable body - for he knew that even the iron defences of the olden knights had not exempted them from such cruel slashes . In the mean time , he studied a pacific discourse , which he trusted would heal up the quarrel better than ...
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... miserable thoughts , together with some most painful mis- givings , as to the disposition of his mistress , which now began to show at variance with love- liness and womanhood . But it was time to begone , the country people beginning ...
... miserable thoughts , together with some most painful mis- givings , as to the disposition of his mistress , which now began to show at variance with love- liness and womanhood . But it was time to begone , the country people beginning ...
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... miserable end , was for this once the salvation of a life . At first the victim was stunned awhile by the fall , and especially by the shocking treachery of his relation , who seeing how matters went , leapt quickly down to dispatch him ...
... miserable end , was for this once the salvation of a life . At first the victim was stunned awhile by the fall , and especially by the shocking treachery of his relation , who seeing how matters went , leapt quickly down to dispatch him ...
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