Tales of My Landlord,: The black dwarfWilliam Blackwood, Prince's Street: and John Murray, Albemarle Street, London., 1816 - 347 páginas |
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Página 108
... Isabella has all the luck at . You home and abroad ; her hawk strikes down . the black - cock ; her eyes wound the gal- lant ; no chance for her poor companions and kinswomen ; even the conjurer cannot escape the force of her charms ...
... Isabella has all the luck at . You home and abroad ; her hawk strikes down . the black - cock ; her eyes wound the gal- lant ; no chance for her poor companions and kinswomen ; even the conjurer cannot escape the force of her charms ...
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... Isabella , ” said . Lucy . " Consider , your father , though present in the unhappy affray , is never supposed to have struck the fatal blow ; besides , in former times , in case of mutual slaughter between clans , subsequent al ...
... Isabella , ” said . Lucy . " Consider , your father , though present in the unhappy affray , is never supposed to have struck the fatal blow ; besides , in former times , in case of mutual slaughter between clans , subsequent al ...
Página 117
... into the arms of the old groom . Fain would Isabella have done the same had she dared ; but her father stood near , displeasure already darkening on a countenance peculiarly qualified to express the harsher THE BLACK DWARF . 117.
... into the arms of the old groom . Fain would Isabella have done the same had she dared ; but her father stood near , displeasure already darkening on a countenance peculiarly qualified to express the harsher THE BLACK DWARF . 117.
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... Isabella Vere , whose liberation had been effected by their appearance before the tower . " Where is Grace ? Where is Grace Armstrong ? " exclaimed Hobbie , in the extremity of wrath and indignation . " Not in my hands , " answered West ...
... Isabella Vere , whose liberation had been effected by their appearance before the tower . " Where is Grace ? Where is Grace Armstrong ? " exclaimed Hobbie , in the extremity of wrath and indignation . " Not in my hands , " answered West ...
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... Isabella trembled in silence while she followed her father through rough paths , now winding by the side of the river , now ascending the cliffs which serve for its banks . A single ser- vant , selected perhaps for his stupidity , was ...
... Isabella trembled in silence while she followed her father through rough paths , now winding by the side of the river , now ascending the cliffs which serve for its banks . A single ser- vant , selected perhaps for his stupidity , was ...
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Página 119 - Marry, then, sweet wag, when thou art king, let not us, that are squires of the night's body, be called thieves of the day's beauty : let us be — Diana's foresters, gentlemen of the shade, minions of the moon : And let men say, we be men of good government; being governed as the sea is, by our noble and chaste mistress the moon, under whose countenance we — steal.
Página 122 - When the devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, When the devil was well, the devil a monk was he.