The Foundling of Belgrade: A Translation from the French |
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... expect from the relentless fury of fe- rocious desperadoes ? but whither was he to retreat from danger ? true , he had little of value to enrich the spoil of the freebooter ; but the heart , already stained with blood , stands aloof ...
... expect from the relentless fury of fe- rocious desperadoes ? but whither was he to retreat from danger ? true , he had little of value to enrich the spoil of the freebooter ; but the heart , already stained with blood , stands aloof ...
Page 12
... expect.- " O god ! " exclaimed the unknown , as his eyes met the mangled corpse upon the floor " O god ! o god ! that I should be reserved to witness the butchery of my wife my only child too ! - -both torn from me by a ruffian protagee ...
... expect.- " O god ! " exclaimed the unknown , as his eyes met the mangled corpse upon the floor " O god ! o god ! that I should be reserved to witness the butchery of my wife my only child too ! - -both torn from me by a ruffian protagee ...
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... expect - such as I can only appreciate , never repay . About to close ' my eyes upon the world ; to yield up an existence no longer enviable , I mean to put your friendship to a trial . Young and unprovided , the charge I am about to ...
... expect - such as I can only appreciate , never repay . About to close ' my eyes upon the world ; to yield up an existence no longer enviable , I mean to put your friendship to a trial . Young and unprovided , the charge I am about to ...
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... expect . From the officers of the regiment he selected one as the companion of all his visits , the associate in all his studies , and the confidant in all his secrets - no ! there was one secret he had preserved entire - it was his na ...
... expect . From the officers of the regiment he selected one as the companion of all his visits , the associate in all his studies , and the confidant in all his secrets - no ! there was one secret he had preserved entire - it was his na ...
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... expect confi- dence where none is due ? what secret have I to which you are not privy ? my whole soul is open to you , and yet you have one thus interesting in which I have no share . " " I understand you , " interrupted Alfonso ...
... expect confi- dence where none is due ? what secret have I to which you are not privy ? my whole soul is open to you , and yet you have one thus interesting in which I have no share . " " I understand you , " interrupted Alfonso ...
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Page 159 - She loved him for the dangers he had past, And he loved her because she pitied them.
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