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... words , sink down Yon roof will descend ! -these walls again , to pass through the same will hem me round - and slowly , fierce vicissitudes of delirious sleep . slowly , crush me in their iron arms ! The morning of the fourth day Lord ...
... words , sink down Yon roof will descend ! -these walls again , to pass through the same will hem me round - and slowly , fierce vicissitudes of delirious sleep . slowly , crush me in their iron arms ! The morning of the fourth day Lord ...
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... Words are inscribed there ! A human lan- guage , traced by a human hand ! He rushes towards them ; but his blood freezes as he reads : - " I , Ludovico Sforza , tempted by the gold of the Prince of Tolfi , spent three years in ...
... Words are inscribed there ! A human lan- guage , traced by a human hand ! He rushes towards them ; but his blood freezes as he reads : - " I , Ludovico Sforza , tempted by the gold of the Prince of Tolfi , spent three years in ...
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... words their own story . The narra- tive , therefore , is often enlivened by dramatic scenes , equal in interest to the best in Sir Walter's novels . We shall select , almost at random , a few of the most interesting . The Dorback ...
... words their own story . The narra- tive , therefore , is often enlivened by dramatic scenes , equal in interest to the best in Sir Walter's novels . We shall select , almost at random , a few of the most interesting . The Dorback ...
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... words , though at the risk of some prolixity . " It was about eight o'clock , an ' my aunty in her bed , fan I says till her , " Aunty , the waters are cumin ' about's ; " an ' I had hardly spoken fan they wur at my back . Gang to my ...
... words , though at the risk of some prolixity . " It was about eight o'clock , an ' my aunty in her bed , fan I says till her , " Aunty , the waters are cumin ' about's ; " an ' I had hardly spoken fan they wur at my back . Gang to my ...
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... words , she was silenced by the sharp " Haud yere tongue , woman ! " of her husband , who proceeded to de- liver the response himself with the gravity of an oracle . He told of a small lake in his farm , which , he assured Sir Thomas ...
... words , she was silenced by the sharp " Haud yere tongue , woman ! " of her husband , who proceeded to de- liver the response himself with the gravity of an oracle . He told of a small lake in his farm , which , he assured Sir Thomas ...
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