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Page 283
... ravine opened . Its lower sides palpitated with the ceaseless tossing of dwarf trees and bushes ; and , motionless above the somber tumult of the slopes , the monumental stretch of bare rock rose on high , level at the top , and ...
... ravine opened . Its lower sides palpitated with the ceaseless tossing of dwarf trees and bushes ; and , motionless above the somber tumult of the slopes , the monumental stretch of bare rock rose on high , level at the top , and ...
Page 292
... ravine . A great bird soared , all was light and silence , and we forgot Castro for a time . I threw my legs over the sill , and sitting on the stone surveyed the cornice . The bright day robbed the ravine of half its horrors . The path ...
... ravine . A great bird soared , all was light and silence , and we forgot Castro for a time . I threw my legs over the sill , and sitting on the stone surveyed the cornice . The bright day robbed the ravine of half its horrors . The path ...
Page 293
... ravine again to the sea , and walking along the bank of the little river , I was sure to reach it . The objection to this was that we should miss Castro . Hang Castro ! And yet there was something mysterious and threatening in his ...
... ravine again to the sea , and walking along the bank of the little river , I was sure to reach it . The objection to this was that we should miss Castro . Hang Castro ! And yet there was something mysterious and threatening in his ...
Page 294
... ravine , and began to walk straight away , sinking from my sight till only his hat and shoulders remained visible . He lifted his arm then - straight up -evidently as a signal , and waited . Presently another head and shoulders joined ...
... ravine , and began to walk straight away , sinking from my sight till only his hat and shoulders remained visible . He lifted his arm then - straight up -evidently as a signal , and waited . Presently another head and shoulders joined ...
Page 299
... ravines ( of which the one we had ascended was the deepest ) , con- cealed from him the little basin and the inlet ... ravine aban- doned him . The schooner had been run in at night during the gale , and in such distress that they let ...
... ravines ( of which the one we had ascended was the deepest ) , con- cealed from him the little basin and the inlet ... ravine aban- doned him . The schooner had been run in at night during the gale , and in such distress that they let ...
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admiral answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark David Macdonald dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Macdonald Manuel matter murmured never Nichols night Nikola O'Brien once pirates pistol Ramon Rangsley ravine remember Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail schooner Sebright seemed seen señor señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice waiting walked wall whispered Williams woman words
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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