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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... entered upon a wide and dreary heath for nearly three miles they pro- ceeded along , without any signs of culti- vation or inhabitants meeting their eyes ; from the slowness of their march in these three miles , the twilight had retired ...
... entered upon a wide and dreary heath for nearly three miles they pro- ceeded along , without any signs of culti- vation or inhabitants meeting their eyes ; from the slowness of their march in these three miles , the twilight had retired ...
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... them , and proved the length of time the apartment had been unoccupied . The man who bore the torch entered first ; him the leader followed , and called called to the Baron to come in after him . 26 MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER .
... them , and proved the length of time the apartment had been unoccupied . The man who bore the torch entered first ; him the leader followed , and called called to the Baron to come in after him . 26 MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER .
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... entered bore every mark of having been built for a prison it was large , and high ; the walls of stone , appeared once to have been plastered , but were now , in many places , bare , and in others covered with a green and mossy dew ...
... entered bore every mark of having been built for a prison it was large , and high ; the walls of stone , appeared once to have been plastered , but were now , in many places , bare , and in others covered with a green and mossy dew ...
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... entered his apartment proved to him that the morning was far advanced , as did his lamp and fire , which were both exhausted . He instantly began to use the light of day , for , more closely investigating his prison than he had yet been ...
... entered his apartment proved to him that the morning was far advanced , as did his lamp and fire , which were both exhausted . He instantly began to use the light of day , for , more closely investigating his prison than he had yet been ...
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... entered his prison , he felt a reluctance again to return to his mat- tress , and placed himself in his chair , where he hoped for awhile to forget his miseries in sleep ; but thought drove off its approach , and though his mind was ...
... entered his prison , he felt a reluctance again to return to his mat- tress , and placed himself in his chair , where he hoped for awhile to forget his miseries in sleep ; but thought drove off its approach , and though his mind was ...
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The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1819 |
The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1819 |
The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1819 |
Términos y frases comunes
agita Algiers Allanrod Ambrose amongst apartment appeared arms arrived asked Rosalind attend awoke Baron beheld believed blessed booter breath cabin captivity chamber CHAP Clotilda command conduct D'Al D'Alton D'Altonville Dame Edith death deck door drawbridge dread Eloise endeavouring enemy entered exclaimed eyes fate father favour fear feel felt female Frasier freebooters Gertrude hand happiness heard heart Heaven honour hope hour idea informed Lady lamp leader light Lord Rufus Lord William mand marriage matchlock ment mind misery Monrose morning Moss-trooper Mowbray Castle mute night passed passion perceived placed portunity present prison quired ramparts Ravil recollection render replied returned rienced Rufus de Madginecourt salind scarcely scene sensation seraglio shew ship side sigh silence situation slaves sleep sound Spanish captain spirit spot stood suffer sunk thee thou thought threw tion tonville Toulon turned voice walls William de Mowbray wish wretched
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 304 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Página 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...