The Pastor's Fire-side: A Novel, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1817 |
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... me : but I pardon , what I pity . " " And I , ” replied the Duke , “ am proud to imitate so great an example ! " Ripperda , almost beside himself with wrath , struck the hilt of his sword fiercely with 66 THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE .
... me : but I pardon , what I pity . " " And I , ” replied the Duke , “ am proud to imitate so great an example ! " Ripperda , almost beside himself with wrath , struck the hilt of his sword fiercely with 66 THE PASTOR'S FIRE - SIDE .
Page 67
A Novel Jane Porter. wrath , struck the hilt of his sword fiercely with his hand . Wharton turned gaily on his heel , and asked some indifferent ques- tion of the Duke de Richelieu . The Cardinal followed Ripperda out of the apartment ...
A Novel Jane Porter. wrath , struck the hilt of his sword fiercely with his hand . Wharton turned gaily on his heel , and asked some indifferent ques- tion of the Duke de Richelieu . The Cardinal followed Ripperda out of the apartment ...
Page 70
... sword with a significant glance , and in a subdued voice , replied : " If you do not shroud cowardice under the name of my son , you will fol- low me ! " This had cleft the threatened cord ; and , in one moment the two Dukes had ...
... sword with a significant glance , and in a subdued voice , replied : " If you do not shroud cowardice under the name of my son , you will fol- low me ! " This had cleft the threatened cord ; and , in one moment the two Dukes had ...
Page 97
... sword or that pistol . " There was something in the boldness of the demand , and the gift of the pistol , that stimulated the curiosity of Ripperda . He could protect his life from a single arm ; and from a more supported treachery he ...
... sword or that pistol . " There was something in the boldness of the demand , and the gift of the pistol , that stimulated the curiosity of Ripperda . He could protect his life from a single arm ; and from a more supported treachery he ...
Page 99
... sword ! " cried he , striking it down with his hand upon the hilt , and rattling its steel against the floor ; " witness that bag of policy and riches I despise ; which the Duke de Ripperda now holds in his hand as the gift of an outlaw ...
... sword ! " cried he , striking it down with his hand upon the hilt , and rattling its steel against the floor ; " witness that bag of policy and riches I despise ; which the Duke de Ripperda now holds in his hand as the gift of an outlaw ...
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Alcaid Ambassador amongst answer Arch-duchess bassador Bavaria betrayed bosom breast Carinthia carriage CHAP countenance Countess Altheim d'Ettrees dare daughter demand dispatches Don Carlos door drew Duke de Ripperda Duke of Wharton Duke Wharton Duke's dungeon Electress Elizabeth Emperor Empress enemies English Duke entered exclaimed eyes father favourite felt Genoa Giovenozzo Grimaldo hand hastily heard heart heaven honour hour insult King knew letter Lindisfarne lips looked Lorenzo Louis's Madrid Majesty Marcella Marchioness Maria Theresa Marquis de Montemar Martini master ment mind minister mother never night noble Orendayn Otteline packet passed passion perda person pistol present Prince Princess prison Queen replied Louis revenge Routemberg Santa Cruz Segovia servant shew shirt of Nessus silence Sinzendorff smile soul Spain Spanish specting spoke Stanhope stood sword thought tion told turned utter Uzeda Vienna voice warden Whar woman words young
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