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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Page 63
... pray make me no more such excuses . I have told you I am not a man to quarrel with my accommodation . Though the bed be harder , and the sheets more coarse and ragged than you care to treat me with — I should lie very thankfully on the ...
... pray make me no more such excuses . I have told you I am not a man to quarrel with my accommodation . Though the bed be harder , and the sheets more coarse and ragged than you care to treat me with — I should lie very thankfully on the ...
Page 87
... prayers , and all lawful and honest attentions upon each other ; nay , do not you furnish me with the means of life and every thing that I enjoy ? which my heart tells me must be a very grateful office to your love . Be content , then ...
... prayers , and all lawful and honest attentions upon each other ; nay , do not you furnish me with the means of life and every thing that I enjoy ? which my heart tells me must be a very grateful office to your love . Be content , then ...
Page 103
... Pray , madam , do not scorn to receive me as your child , for I have no parent in this far off land , unless the mother of my dear Rovinello . I cannot bear to think that I am hateful to any one that regards him with affection : pray ...
... Pray , madam , do not scorn to receive me as your child , for I have no parent in this far off land , unless the mother of my dear Rovinello . I cannot bear to think that I am hateful to any one that regards him with affection : pray ...
Page 111
... pray fix your eye - balls stedfastly upon mine ; and now tell me , have you never fed yonder cruel Lions ? " Hereupon , he looked stedfastly upon the eyes of the Countess , which seemed instantly to reel in their sockets , and her cheek ...
... pray fix your eye - balls stedfastly upon mine ; and now tell me , have you never fed yonder cruel Lions ? " Hereupon , he looked stedfastly upon the eyes of the Countess , which seemed instantly to reel in their sockets , and her cheek ...
Page 119
... dead , the wretch- ed man having been stifled in the beginning of the fire . Notwithstanding , on a sudden there was a loud shout from the people , " He is praying ! He is praying ! " and , THE VENETIAN COUNTESS . 119.
... dead , the wretch- ed man having been stifled in the beginning of the fire . Notwithstanding , on a sudden there was a loud shout from the people , " He is praying ! He is praying ! " and , THE VENETIAN COUNTESS . 119.
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