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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... pray thee do not mock me , for my life is so flown into this hope , that they must die together if you deceive me ; " and only at the entrance of that doubt she burst into a flood of tears . But being assured that the news was indeed ...
... pray thee do not mock me , for my life is so flown into this hope , that they must die together if you deceive me ; " and only at the entrance of that doubt she burst into a flood of tears . But being assured that the news was indeed ...
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... for intruding on their sphere . Those also , who should be my equals , are quite as bitter against me for over- stepping their station , so that my life is thus a round of perpetual mortifications and uneasi- ness . Pray , C 2 THE OWL . 27.
... for intruding on their sphere . Those also , who should be my equals , are quite as bitter against me for over- stepping their station , so that my life is thus a round of perpetual mortifications and uneasi- ness . Pray , C 2 THE OWL . 27.
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Thomas Hood. round of perpetual mortifications and uneasi- ness . Pray , therefore , absolve me of ingrati- tude , if I long to return to my native and proper shades - with their appointed habits . I am dying , like the poor owl , for ...
Thomas Hood. round of perpetual mortifications and uneasi- ness . Pray , therefore , absolve me of ingrati- tude , if I long to return to my native and proper shades - with their appointed habits . I am dying , like the poor owl , for ...
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... Pray , my dear kinsman , spare me ! Do not cut me off thus untimely in the happy prime of my days , —from the pleasant sunshine , and from the blessed delights of nature , and from my harm- less books , ( for he did not forget those ) ...
... Pray , my dear kinsman , spare me ! Do not cut me off thus untimely in the happy prime of my days , —from the pleasant sunshine , and from the blessed delights of nature , and from my harm- less books , ( for he did not forget those ) ...
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... Pray , my kinsman , spare me ! " But the cruel miser , in reply , only struggled to release himself , and at last prevailing , he smote the other once or twice again with his dagger , but not dangerously . Now it happened that the noted ...
... Pray , my kinsman , spare me ! " But the cruel miser , in reply , only struggled to release himself , and at last prevailing , he smote the other once or twice again with his dagger , but not dangerously . Now it happened that the noted ...
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