The Mysterious Freebooter: Or, The Days of Queen Bess. A Romance ...Printed at the Minerva Press, for Lane, Newman, and Company, 1806 |
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... seemed almost decidedly to render its direction fatal ; and the earth was bathed with reeking blood . But short was the duration of this mad carnage ; for sud- denly a fresh band of the Moss troopers appeared on the tops of those ...
... seemed almost decidedly to render its direction fatal ; and the earth was bathed with reeking blood . But short was the duration of this mad carnage ; for sud- denly a fresh band of the Moss troopers appeared on the tops of those ...
Page 27
... seemed once to have been burnt , for ashes might be discovered in it , as also scattered about the floor . The only furniture was a small table and a chair , and in one corner stood C 2 stood a large oaken chest , over which hung a ...
... seemed once to have been burnt , for ashes might be discovered in it , as also scattered about the floor . The only furniture was a small table and a chair , and in one corner stood C 2 stood a large oaken chest , over which hung a ...
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... seemed to bespeak them ? were questions . which he proposed to his own mind many different times during the night , and which he was obliged as often to dismiss from it again unanswered . He The transactions of the few last days ...
... seemed to bespeak them ? were questions . which he proposed to his own mind many different times during the night , and which he was obliged as often to dismiss from it again unanswered . He The transactions of the few last days ...
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... seemed to be cast in a less rugged mould than were the general part of his comrades , and him the Baron resolved first to address : he had only promises to hold out to him ; but he hoped to be able , in some measure , to prevail by ...
... seemed to be cast in a less rugged mould than were the general part of his comrades , and him the Baron resolved first to address : he had only promises to hold out to him ; but he hoped to be able , in some measure , to prevail by ...
Page 57
... seemed to ensue throughout the building ; he heard the voices of the borderers calling to each other , and sometimes their hasty steps approached close to his prison . For a moment he entertained the faint hope of a rescue being near at ...
... seemed to ensue throughout the building ; he heard the voices of the borderers calling to each other , and sometimes their hasty steps approached close to his prison . For a moment he entertained the faint hope of a rescue being near at ...
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The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No preview available - 1819 |
The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No preview available - 1819 |
The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No preview available - 1819 |
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Page 160 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul...
Page 75 - And thick around the woodland hymns arise. Roused by the cock, the soon-clad shepherd leaves His mossy cottage, where with peace he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn.
Page 160 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 39 - Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth...
Page 304 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Page 130 - ... army appeared before Brixen, it was feared they would commit some excess, and Hormayr immediately issued the following proclamation to tranquillize them. " Faithful Tyroleans ! so true to your religion and so attached to your native country, the greatest pride of my heart is to be your countryman, and the happiest moment of my life is that in which I am able to take a part in your deliverance. " Yes, you have proved yourselves worthy to be free, you have proved that you deserve that constitution...