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... apartment to the other , but experi- enced not that composure she had hereto- fore done . She would first examine one grotesque figure of the inlets , then an- other ; then sit her down and sigh . At last she passed into the armory ...
... apartment to the other , but experi- enced not that composure she had hereto- fore done . She would first examine one grotesque figure of the inlets , then an- other ; then sit her down and sigh . At last she passed into the armory ...
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... apartment then , Florimund consented to stay ; this threw her into fresh agitation , but she was obliged , at last , after much solicitation to remain . They surveyed the armory again , and commented on the different implements men had ...
... apartment then , Florimund consented to stay ; this threw her into fresh agitation , but she was obliged , at last , after much solicitation to remain . They surveyed the armory again , and commented on the different implements men had ...
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... apartment the Earl was obliged to pass through , he per- ceived lying on the floor a parchment epistle ; taking it up , he found , by the cha- racters , it was addressed to his Lady , and unsealed ; euriosity led him to examiné it , but ...
... apartment the Earl was obliged to pass through , he per- ceived lying on the floor a parchment epistle ; taking it up , he found , by the cha- racters , it was addressed to his Lady , and unsealed ; euriosity led him to examiné it , but ...
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... apartment and awaited in the most poigs nant agony , the return of Gunilda , Flori- mund , and Adeliza . ... The morning of their visit to this poor maniac was one of those when we almost fancy we can witness the growth of things , and ...
... apartment and awaited in the most poigs nant agony , the return of Gunilda , Flori- mund , and Adeliza . ... The morning of their visit to this poor maniac was one of those when we almost fancy we can witness the growth of things , and ...
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... apartment , and the name of Florimund being announced to Ethelbald , orders were given for his admission ; not without very great but restrained emotion . The youth again begged the Earl to bethink him of the conversation he had heard ...
... apartment , and the name of Florimund being announced to Ethelbald , orders were given for his admission ; not without very great but restrained emotion . The youth again begged the Earl to bethink him of the conversation he had heard ...
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The Towers of Ravenswold: Or, Days of Ironside: a Romance; Vol. I William Hitchener No preview available - 2017 |
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abode Adeliza afflicted agitated alarm apartment appearance arms arrived astonishment Athelstan attend Barbold began bosom brother Canute castle cave cavern chamber CHAP choly conceal confusion Corrina cries dare dark death deed desperate desperate band disguise domestics dreadful Earl Earl's Edmund Ironside endeavoured escape Ethel Ethelbald evil spirit exclaims Father Ambrose fear Flori Florimund followed friar Furbrand Gerald Gunilda happiness Harold heard heart heaven honour iron mask Isle of Wight Lady lamp Lord lover melan ment minstrels mund mysterious ness never night nilda noble Osric OVID pardon passion Patelina pearance perceived poniard poor silly head prisoner Red Sea replies rest retired revenge robbers Saxon wars secured SHAKSPEARE shelter sight silence sleep solicited soon soul surprise talk tell thing thought tion TOWERS OF RAVENSWOLD vassals voice Vortigern wander whilst Wolfred Wolfred's wretch
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Page 154 - And re-assembling our afflicted powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our enemy; our own loss how repair; How overcome this dire calamity; What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not, what resolution from despair.
Page 121 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale...
Page 77 - Remote from multitude ; the world's a school Of wrong, and what proficients swarm around ! We must, or imitate, or disapprove ; Must list as their accomplices, or foes : That stains our innocence ; this wounds our peace.
Page 139 - Hung be the heavens with black ', yield day to night ! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky ; And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, That have consented unto Henry's death ! f Henry the fifth, too famous to live long ! England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Page 47 - Scylla, bathing in the sea that parts Calabria from the hoarse Trinacrian shore : Nor uglier follow the night-hag, when call'd In secret riding through the air she comes, Lured with the smell of infant blood, to dance With Lapland witches, while the labouring moon Eclipses at their charms.
Page 169 - Passion and apathy, and glory and shame, Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy: Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while, or anguish, and excite Fallacious hope, or arm the obdured' breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.
Page 187 - How will you weather an eternal night, Where such expedients fail?
Page 18 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 13 - Oh, woman, lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you! Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of heav'n ; Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love ! Belvi.
Page 42 - As sulphur blazes at the taper's touch, She long'd her hidden passion to reveal, And tell her pains, but had not words to tell ; She can't begin, but waits for the rebound, To catch his voice, and to return the sound.