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Page 351
... Athanasi Ducas , who had the double reputation of being one of the richest and most powerful men of the island , and possessor , at the same time , of a more beautiful wife than it had fallen to the lot of any other to obtain in their ...
... Athanasi Ducas , who had the double reputation of being one of the richest and most powerful men of the island , and possessor , at the same time , of a more beautiful wife than it had fallen to the lot of any other to obtain in their ...
Page 353
... Athanasi Ducas , amongst the number , had nobly devoted the whole of his fortune to the manning and equipping of three large vessels , which now lay nearly ready for service in the port . The stranger had paused before the door , and ...
... Athanasi Ducas , amongst the number , had nobly devoted the whole of his fortune to the manning and equipping of three large vessels , which now lay nearly ready for service in the port . The stranger had paused before the door , and ...
Page 354
... Athanasi patiently waited till his guest should speak , as he could not , without violat- ing the laws of Eastern politeness , ask the purpose of his visit till he thought proper to communicate it . The stranger seemed much less at his ...
... Athanasi patiently waited till his guest should speak , as he could not , without violat- ing the laws of Eastern politeness , ask the purpose of his visit till he thought proper to communicate it . The stranger seemed much less at his ...
Page 355
... Athanasi , did not escape the quick eye of his wife . " Doubtless , it is all false , as you say , " he continued ; " but listen now to Miaulis ' orders ; you have three ships preparing for service -are they nearly completed ? You see ...
... Athanasi , did not escape the quick eye of his wife . " Doubtless , it is all false , as you say , " he continued ; " but listen now to Miaulis ' orders ; you have three ships preparing for service -are they nearly completed ? You see ...
Page 356
... Athanasi ; " if this indeed be Diamantis it must be so . " " It is he ! He came to win you over and betray you , " shrieked the wife . " May our children live ! but I will yet arrest the perjured villain , " cried the Hydriote ; he ...
... Athanasi ; " if this indeed be Diamantis it must be so . " " It is he ! He came to win you over and betray you , " shrieked the wife . " May our children live ! but I will yet arrest the perjured villain , " cried the Hydriote ; he ...
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Page 216 - With his white hair unbonneted, the stout old sheriff comes ; Behind him march the halberdiers ; before him sound the drums ; His yeomen, round the market-cross, make clear an ample space, For there behoves him to set up the standard of Her Grace.
Page 35 - The cemetery is an open space among the ruins, covered in winter with violets and daisies. It might make one in love with death, to think that one should be buried in so sweet a place.
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Page 217 - ... oldest cask is opened, And the largest lamp is lit; When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit; When young and old in circle Around the firebrands close; When the girls are weaving baskets, And the lads are shaping bows ; LXX.
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