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... Inglez with whispers that she is safe . " He whispered with an air of profound intelligence , " We shall be ready to go as soon as these foul swine have finished their stealing . I cannot stop them , " he added . I could not pause to ...
... Inglez with whispers that she is safe . " He whispered with an air of profound intelligence , " We shall be ready to go as soon as these foul swine have finished their stealing . I cannot stop them , " he added . I could not pause to ...
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... Inglez hungry for men to hang of you , in short . " The moon , far advanced in its first quarter , threw an ashen , bluish light upon one - half of the courtyard ; and the straight shadow upon the other seemed to lie at the foot of the ...
... Inglez hungry for men to hang of you , in short . " The moon , far advanced in its first quarter , threw an ashen , bluish light upon one - half of the courtyard ; and the straight shadow upon the other seemed to lie at the foot of the ...
Page 137
... Inglez ! " " Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with sticks . " " My gentle spirit is roused to the accomplishment of great things . I feel in me a valiance , an inspiration . I am no vulgar seller of ...
... Inglez ! " " Come away ! They may suddenly open the gate and fall upon us with sticks . " " My gentle spirit is roused to the accomplishment of great things . I feel in me a valiance , an inspiration . I am no vulgar seller of ...
Page 166
... Inglez . " I cleared up that point for him . He told me that O'Brien had the duenna called to his room that morning . Nothing had been heard outside , but the woman came out staggering , with her hand on the wall . He had terrified her ...
... Inglez . " I cleared up that point for him . He told me that O'Brien had the duenna called to his room that morning . Nothing had been heard outside , but the woman came out staggering , with her hand on the wall . He had terrified her ...
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... Inglez out . Then the men , encouraging each other in their audacity , advanced further under the arch . A solitary black , the only guard left at the gate , shouted at them , " Arria ! Go back . " It had no effect . More of them ...
... Inglez out . Then the men , encouraging each other in their audacity , advanced further under the arch . A solitary black , the only guard left at the gate , shouted at them , " Arria ! Go back . " It had no effect . More of them ...
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Page 115 - he would die of grief. The general effect of the place was of vitality exhausted, of a body calcined, of romance turned into stone. The still air, the hot sunshine, the white beach curving around the deserted sheet of water, the
Page 110 - I would like best to see you marry my cousin. Once before a woman of our race had married an Englishman. She had been happy. English things last forever—English peace, English power, English fidelity. It is a country of much serenity, of order,
Page 355 - WHY have I been brought here, your worships?" I asked, with a great deal of firmness. There were two figures in black, the one beside, the other behind a large black table. I was placed in front of them, between two soldiers, in the
Page 108 - king, had fought against the French, had a price put upon his head by a special proclamation. He had known passion, power, war, exile, and love. He had been thanked by his returned king,
Page 165 - their long knives. They came in a disorderly, shouting mob along the beach, intending this not for an attack, but as a simple demonstration. The sight of the open gate struck them with wonder. The bishop's coach
Page 108 - et armis, a nun from a convent, incurring the enmity of the Church and the displeasure of his sovereign. He had sacrificed all his fortune in Europe to the service of
Page 349 - of my hair was concealed by the handkerchief bound under my hat; my footsteps echoed loudly under the vault, and I penetrated into the heart of the city. And directly, it seemed to me, I had stepped back three hundred years. I had never seen anything so old; this was the abandoned inheritance of an adventurous race, that seemed to have thrown all its might, all its
Page 404 - Who is it that refuses to drink a glass of brandy?' He asked me what countryman I was, and if I was an American." There were two others from the unfortunate