Sixty Years Hence: A Novel, 3. köideT.C. Newby, 1848 |
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... light might have been deemed not sufficiently subdued for charms less susceptible of its searching scrutiny , than the beauty of the Lady Floranthe . She is besides prepared to face the full radiance of day , because attired in her ...
... light might have been deemed not sufficiently subdued for charms less susceptible of its searching scrutiny , than the beauty of the Lady Floranthe . She is besides prepared to face the full radiance of day , because attired in her ...
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... light , rain- bow - like and etherial enough to have characte- rised the Alpine witch in Manfred , seen through the mist of the torrent , or the moonlit shade of Francesca appearing to the renegade on the battlements of Corinth --- was ...
... light , rain- bow - like and etherial enough to have characte- rised the Alpine witch in Manfred , seen through the mist of the torrent , or the moonlit shade of Francesca appearing to the renegade on the battlements of Corinth --- was ...
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... light , and I will not sacrifice its vitality . " " But if it be impossible that it can ever see the light ? " " There are no impossibilities , " replied Tempest , " for those whose faith is firm . Even if there be no fate , the wheel ...
... light , and I will not sacrifice its vitality . " " But if it be impossible that it can ever see the light ? " " There are no impossibilities , " replied Tempest , " for those whose faith is firm . Even if there be no fate , the wheel ...
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... light , the door had turned upon its noiseless hinges ; two figures had glided in , and another darkened the thres- hold . Sir Jasper and Eustatius stood before them . " This is a strange meeting , " said Eustatius . " I beg you all to ...
... light , the door had turned upon its noiseless hinges ; two figures had glided in , and another darkened the thres- hold . Sir Jasper and Eustatius stood before them . " This is a strange meeting , " said Eustatius . " I beg you all to ...
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... light of a novel and daring thought , which he did not confide to Eustatius , was dawning in his mind . At length he added . " But we must act decisively , we can only threaten him through the Lady Calliroë ; and we must make him ...
... light of a novel and daring thought , which he did not confide to Eustatius , was dawning in his mind . At length he added . " But we must act decisively , we can only threaten him through the Lady Calliroë ; and we must make him ...
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Page 245 - ... that every man has a right to do what he likes with his own ; and the side of the river adjoining
Page 134 - ... tent to shelter him. At length they came in sight of the intrenched camp of the enemy, comprising a force of 30,000 men. Here took place what is called the battle of the Pyramids, in the beginning of which Bonaparte addressed the soldiers in that striking apostrophe which has been so often quoted : " From the summits of those pyramids, forty centuries look down upon you.