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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... vessel that was bound for the Gulf of Venice . The counsellor was immediately arrested and thrown into prison , as having been an accessary to his son - in - law's escape ; but being afterwards set free , he was still watched so ...
... vessel that was bound for the Gulf of Venice . The counsellor was immediately arrested and thrown into prison , as having been an accessary to his son - in - law's escape ; but being afterwards set free , he was still watched so ...
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... vessel , or any gross corporal substance , must needs sink into its ghastly abyss . With such a dreary scene , therefore , and in the midst of those tawny- coloured infidel Moors , with their savage visages and uncouth garments and ...
... vessel , or any gross corporal substance , must needs sink into its ghastly abyss . With such a dreary scene , therefore , and in the midst of those tawny- coloured infidel Moors , with their savage visages and uncouth garments and ...
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... almost all this interval in watching from the coast , but still there came no vessel , not so much even as a speck on the horizon , to give her any hope of return . Tebaldo then resuming his 86 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
... almost all this interval in watching from the coast , but still there came no vessel , not so much even as a speck on the horizon , to give her any hope of return . Tebaldo then resuming his 86 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
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... by the convexity of the waters . At this sight , though it had come seemingly at her own invocation , she turned as pale as marble , and with a falter- ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with 88 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
... by the convexity of the waters . At this sight , though it had come seemingly at her own invocation , she turned as pale as marble , and with a falter- ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with 88 THE TWO LOVERS OF SICILY .
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Thomas Hood. ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with a deathlike gaze he had already fixed in the ... vessel of Genoa , and had been sent to obtain a supply of wood and water . The mariners wondered very much THE TWO ...
Thomas Hood. ing voice bade Tebaldo observe the vessel , which with a deathlike gaze he had already fixed in the ... vessel of Genoa , and had been sent to obtain a supply of wood and water . The mariners wondered very much THE TWO ...
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