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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... turned out free into the meadow . Dorothea , for so the lady was called , partook largely of the national bias ; and in truth , for her own peace and contentment , should have lived some centuries sooner , when the customs recorded by ...
... turned out free into the meadow . Dorothea , for so the lady was called , partook largely of the national bias ; and in truth , for her own peace and contentment , should have lived some centuries sooner , when the customs recorded by ...
Page 38
... turning it from a dark object to a bright one , so that it gleamed out like the rivulet , which stood at nearly the same distance . The figure leaped his horse over the brook with a slight noise that sounded like the jingling of arms ...
... turning it from a dark object to a bright one , so that it gleamed out like the rivulet , which stood at nearly the same distance . The figure leaped his horse over the brook with a slight noise that sounded like the jingling of arms ...
Page 48
... , accordingly turned his head on that side - but he had scarcely glanced on that golden light of heaven , when the miser suddenly smote him a savage blow on the left breast , which tumbled him off 48 THE FLORENTINE KINSMEN .
... , accordingly turned his head on that side - but he had scarcely glanced on that golden light of heaven , when the miser suddenly smote him a savage blow on the left breast , which tumbled him off 48 THE FLORENTINE KINSMEN .
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... turning contrary , increased to- wards night to a violent tempest . In this ex- tremity it required all the tenderness of Tebaldo to encourage Bianca , whose low - spirited condi- tion made her more fearfully alive to the hor- rors of ...
... turning contrary , increased to- wards night to a violent tempest . In this ex- tremity it required all the tenderness of Tebaldo to encourage Bianca , whose low - spirited condi- tion made her more fearfully alive to the hor- rors of ...
Page 81
... turned the boat over and over , washing out all the poor gasping souls that were therein , whom the en- suing waves swallowed up one by one , without letting even their dying cries be heard through the bewildering foam . After this ...
... turned the boat over and over , washing out all the poor gasping souls that were therein , whom the en- suing waves swallowed up one by one , without letting even their dying cries be heard through the bewildering foam . After this ...
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