The Mysterious Freebooter: Or, The Days of Queen Bess. A Romance ...Printed at the Minerva Press, for Lane, Newman, and Company, 1806 |
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... of a plot deeply planned to win his consent to an union which his own soul now abhorred , not less than did his unhappy Rosalind . Who could this Allanrod be , whose prisoner he was 5 Who MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 39 CHAP. III. ...
... of a plot deeply planned to win his consent to an union which his own soul now abhorred , not less than did his unhappy Rosalind . Who could this Allanrod be , whose prisoner he was 5 Who MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 39 CHAP. III. ...
Page 54
... Rosalind were living ! " he exclaimed , in mental agony ; " oh that the black hour of my misfor- tunes were not deeper dyed by the recol- lection of my crimes ! " Trembling 1 " Trembling he staggered towards the chest ( for security 54 ...
... Rosalind were living ! " he exclaimed , in mental agony ; " oh that the black hour of my misfor- tunes were not deeper dyed by the recol- lection of my crimes ! " Trembling 1 " Trembling he staggered towards the chest ( for security 54 ...
Page 90
... Rosalind's apartment stood open no one appeared to meet him at his entrance he called on his daughter , but his invocations were in vain - he clasped his hands in agony , and stood almost almost maddened by the idea of what atrocious ...
... Rosalind's apartment stood open no one appeared to meet him at his entrance he called on his daughter , but his invocations were in vain - he clasped his hands in agony , and stood almost almost maddened by the idea of what atrocious ...
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... this situation was De Mowbray ; he felt , as it were , prepared to see the spirit of his wife approach him , and de- mand the cause why he had not given Rosalind Rosalind to the man of her heart ? He recollected 92 MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER .
... this situation was De Mowbray ; he felt , as it were , prepared to see the spirit of his wife approach him , and de- mand the cause why he had not given Rosalind Rosalind to the man of her heart ? He recollected 92 MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER .
Page 93
... Rosalind to the man of her heart ? He recollected the awful , the unknown voice , which had called upon him , to spare Rosalind , on the night when in that chamber she had fallen in supplication at his feet , and he had declared to her ...
... Rosalind to the man of her heart ? He recollected the awful , the unknown voice , which had called upon him , to spare Rosalind , on the night when in that chamber she had fallen in supplication at his feet , and he had declared to her ...
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The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No preview available - 1819 |
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Page 160 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul...
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