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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... received , the progress of both the conquerors and the conquered was considerably retarded . As they moved on , the Baron looked sorrow- sorrowfully around on his beaten troops , and found that 18 MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER , CHAP. II. ...
... received , the progress of both the conquerors and the conquered was considerably retarded . As they moved on , the Baron looked sorrow- sorrowfully around on his beaten troops , and found that 18 MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER , CHAP. II. ...
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... received were so great , as to oblige him to be borne on a litter , formed of the branches of trees . About the time that the sun began to withdraw his light from the earth , and usher in the twilight of the evening , they entered upon ...
... received were so great , as to oblige him to be borne on a litter , formed of the branches of trees . About the time that the sun began to withdraw his light from the earth , and usher in the twilight of the evening , they entered upon ...
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... received ; " and with these words he left the place . To curse was in vain : the Baron clasped his hands , and paced his prison in an agitation which he would not at any other time have believed the insolence and treachery of so mean a ...
... received ; " and with these words he left the place . To curse was in vain : the Baron clasped his hands , and paced his prison in an agitation which he would not at any other time have believed the insolence and treachery of so mean a ...
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... received ; the fire was contained in a hole dug in the centre of the floor , and the smoke having no chimney to conduct it out , had dyed the inside of the roof with its dusky influence , and cast innumerable blacks on the beams and ...
... received ; the fire was contained in a hole dug in the centre of the floor , and the smoke having no chimney to conduct it out , had dyed the inside of the roof with its dusky influence , and cast innumerable blacks on the beams and ...
Page 157
... the Lady de Mad- ginecourt in her last illness ? " asked Ro- salind . " No , my Lady , " replied the Dame , " I was at that time confined to my bed with with a sprain I had received in my back , MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 157.
... the Lady de Mad- ginecourt in her last illness ? " asked Ro- salind . " No , my Lady , " replied the Dame , " I was at that time confined to my bed with with a sprain I had received in my back , MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 157.
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agita Algiers Allanrod Ambrose amongst apartment appeared arms arrived asked Rosalind attend awoke Baron beheld believed blessed booter breath cabin captivity chamber CHAP Clotilda command conduct D'Al D'Alton D'Altonville Dame Edith death deck door drawbridge dread Eloise endeavouring enemy entered exclaimed eyes fate father favour fear feel felt female Frasier freebooters Gertrude hand happiness heard heart Heaven honour hope hour idea informed Lady lamp leader light Lord Rufus Lord William mand marriage matchlock ment mind misery Monrose morning Moss-trooper Mowbray Castle mute night passed passion perceived placed portunity present prison quired ramparts Ravil recollection render replied returned rienced Rufus de Madginecourt salind scarcely scene sensation seraglio shew ship side sigh silence situation slaves sleep sound Spanish captain spirit spot stood suffer sunk thee thou thought threw tion tonville Toulon turned voice walls William de Mowbray wish wretched
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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...
Page 75 - And thick around the woodland hymns arise. Roused by the cock, the soon-clad shepherd leaves His mossy cottage, where with peace he dwells ; And from the crowded fold, in order, drives His flock, to taste the verdure of the morn.
Page 160 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Page 39 - Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth...
Page 304 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Page 130 - ... army appeared before Brixen, it was feared they would commit some excess, and Hormayr immediately issued the following proclamation to tranquillize them. " Faithful Tyroleans ! so true to your religion and so attached to your native country, the greatest pride of my heart is to be your countryman, and the happiest moment of my life is that in which I am able to take a part in your deliverance. " Yes, you have proved yourselves worthy to be free, you have proved that you deserve that constitution...