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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... hour - glass stood upon a table in the cabin , and by its side burnt a lamp . By the darkness of the night , I con- jectured it to be about ten o'clock , when K 2 I was I was dismissed from the deck to my cot , MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 195.
... hour - glass stood upon a table in the cabin , and by its side burnt a lamp . By the darkness of the night , I con- jectured it to be about ten o'clock , when K 2 I was I was dismissed from the deck to my cot , MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 195.
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... deck to my cot , and , according to this calculation , the running sand pronounced it near two in the morning , ere the fall of footsteps announced the approach of D'Altonville . " I had only thrown myself upon my bed , without ...
... deck to my cot , and , according to this calculation , the running sand pronounced it near two in the morning , ere the fall of footsteps announced the approach of D'Altonville . " I had only thrown myself upon my bed , without ...
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... deck could be dispensed with ; and the delicate conduct which he observed towards me , rendered me more than ever convinced that he merited from me the step I had taken for his happiness and my own . " On the evening of the third day ...
... deck could be dispensed with ; and the delicate conduct which he observed towards me , rendered me more than ever convinced that he merited from me the step I had taken for his happiness and my own . " On the evening of the third day ...
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... deck was fired . D'Altonville again led me to my retreat from danger : in our way thither , I ventured to en- quire of him whether he believed the French would gain the victory ? He did believe it , he answered me . ' The hand of God be ...
... deck was fired . D'Altonville again led me to my retreat from danger : in our way thither , I ventured to en- quire of him whether he believed the French would gain the victory ? He did believe it , he answered me . ' The hand of God be ...
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... deck , and a confusion of French and Spanish voices , were all that I could now distinguish , for the cannon had for some minutes ceased to fill the air with their vibrations . " The intelligence of our fate soon reached me ; the ...
... deck , and a confusion of French and Spanish voices , were all that I could now distinguish , for the cannon had for some minutes ceased to fill the air with their vibrations . " The intelligence of our fate soon reached me ; the ...
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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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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 304 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer cloud, Without our special wonder...
Página 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...