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... steps ! And , as their faint echoes died along the winding passages , a fear- ful presage grew within him , that never more the face , or voice , or tread , of man , would greet his senses . He had seen human beings for the last time ...
... steps ! And , as their faint echoes died along the winding passages , a fear- ful presage grew within him , that never more the face , or voice , or tread , of man , would greet his senses . He had seen human beings for the last time ...
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... steps traversed the narrowed area . But his feelings no longer vented themselves in frantic wailings . With folded arms , and clenched teeth , with eyes that were blood - shot from much watching , and fixed with a vacant glare upon the ...
... steps traversed the narrowed area . But his feelings no longer vented themselves in frantic wailings . With folded arms , and clenched teeth , with eyes that were blood - shot from much watching , and fixed with a vacant glare upon the ...
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... steps which led up to them , nor the luxuriously cushioned seats on either side of the casement , within the niche , for those who would mount thither for fresh air . The walls were tapestried , but very rag- ged and dusty , and the ...
... steps which led up to them , nor the luxuriously cushioned seats on either side of the casement , within the niche , for those who would mount thither for fresh air . The walls were tapestried , but very rag- ged and dusty , and the ...
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... steps , and pushed back the window for fresh air ; and , for myself , I scarce knew how to act under the roof of a man who , though he confessed himself an outlaw and almost an assassin , was bound to me by the ties of our own critical ...
... steps , and pushed back the window for fresh air ; and , for myself , I scarce knew how to act under the roof of a man who , though he confessed himself an outlaw and almost an assassin , was bound to me by the ties of our own critical ...
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... steps and ter- races , I observed , that , of the immense profusion of flowers in the area below , nearly all were costly exotics , whose pots were set in the earth , and probably brought away from the sunshine only when in high bloom ...
... steps and ter- races , I observed , that , of the immense profusion of flowers in the area below , nearly all were costly exotics , whose pots were set in the earth , and probably brought away from the sunshine only when in high bloom ...
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Страница 15 - Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, Enjoyment, Love, and Pleasure ! Ae fond kiss, and then we sever ! Ae fareweel, alas ! for ever ! Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.
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Страница 10 - They sin who tell us love can die. ; With life all other passions fly, All others are but vanity. In Heaven Ambition cannot dwell, Nor Avarice in the vaults of Hell ; Earthly these passions of the Earth, They perish where they have their birth ; But Love is indestructible. Its holy flame for ever burneth, From Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth...
Страница 170 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Страница 129 - Feebly must they have felt Who, in old time, attired with snakes and whips The vengeful Furies. Beautiful regards Were turned on me — the face of her I loved ; The Wife and Mother pitifully fixing Tender reproaches, insupportable...
Страница 15 - ALTHO' thou maun never be mine, Altho' even hope is denied ; 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing, Than aught in the world beside — Jessy ! Here's a health, &c. I mourn thro' the gay, gaudy day, As, hopeless, I muse on thy charms : But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber, For then I am lockt in thy arms — Jessy ! Here's a health, &c.