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... night in your company . " He threw a casement open . The moon was hidden from us by clouds , but , a long way off , over the distant sea , there was an irreg- ular patch of silver light , against which the chimneys of the opposite ...
... night in your company . " He threw a casement open . The moon was hidden from us by clouds , but , a long way off , over the distant sea , there was an irreg- ular patch of silver light , against which the chimneys of the opposite ...
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... night had made him disinclined for the more arduous tasks of the trade . He limited his energies to working the underground passage , to the success of which his fox - like cunning , and intimate knowledge of the passing shipping , were ...
... night had made him disinclined for the more arduous tasks of the trade . He limited his energies to working the underground passage , to the success of which his fox - like cunning , and intimate knowledge of the passing shipping , were ...
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... night , had impressed me with a sense of awe . And his words sank into my spirit , and made me afraid for my future . We followed the others downwards into a ground - floor room that was fitted up as a barber's shop . A rushlight was ...
... night , had impressed me with a sense of awe . And his words sank into my spirit , and made me afraid for my future . We followed the others downwards into a ground - floor room that was fitted up as a barber's shop . A rushlight was ...
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... night I overheard him say to Castro : " Tell me , O my Tomas , would it be safe to take this cabal- lero , my cousin , to Rio Medio ? " Castro paused , and then murmured gruffly : " Seņor , unless that Irishman is consulted beforehand ...
... night I overheard him say to Castro : " Tell me , O my Tomas , would it be safe to take this cabal- lero , my cousin , to Rio Medio ? " Castro paused , and then murmured gruffly : " Seņor , unless that Irishman is consulted beforehand ...
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... nights - round the corners of ragged huts . I never understood the hidden sources of their humor , and I had not ... night rides from the Vale to Spanish Town , or to listen once more to one of old Macdonald's interminable harangues ...
... nights - round the corners of ragged huts . I never understood the hidden sources of their humor , and I had not ... night rides from the Vale to Spanish Town , or to listen once more to one of old Macdonald's interminable harangues ...
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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 Lugareņos 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 seņor seņorita 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