Continental Adventures: A Novel ...Hurst & Robinson, 1826 |
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... determined system of gross imposition , are peculiarly provoking . If this were to last throughout our journey , I should be tempted to say of the whole country what the Italians say of its most beautiful part - that ' Ita- ly is a ...
... determined system of gross imposition , are peculiarly provoking . If this were to last throughout our journey , I should be tempted to say of the whole country what the Italians say of its most beautiful part - that ' Ita- ly is a ...
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... determined proselytes burnt by Inquisition ; not , however , for their horrible crimes , but for their obstinate heresies . Those who re- canted their errors of belief , were suffered to live ; --their sins unwhipped of justice . ' 6 ...
... determined proselytes burnt by Inquisition ; not , however , for their horrible crimes , but for their obstinate heresies . Those who re- canted their errors of belief , were suffered to live ; --their sins unwhipped of justice . ' 6 ...
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... party had been fixed for this day to visit the Lake Lugano , I immediately determined upon ac- companying them , in the hope of meeting or over- VOL . III . 7 * taking Mr. Lindsay there . But the particulars of this LAKE ADVENTURES . 77.
... party had been fixed for this day to visit the Lake Lugano , I immediately determined upon ac- companying them , in the hope of meeting or over- VOL . III . 7 * taking Mr. Lindsay there . But the particulars of this LAKE ADVENTURES . 77.
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... determined not to ven- ture upon the Lake of Como , which , as the wind was rising every moment , promised to prove very rough . Instead , therefore , of riding back again to Mareggio , and embarking there for Cadenabbia , she resolved ...
... determined not to ven- ture upon the Lake of Como , which , as the wind was rising every moment , promised to prove very rough . Instead , therefore , of riding back again to Mareggio , and embarking there for Cadenabbia , she resolved ...
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... determined to brave this perilous journey ; and two reluctant guides were at last hired to accompany us , by pay- ing them triple as much as they demanded , to go to Mareggio . Count Montini could not , with de- cency , leave the ladies ...
... determined to brave this perilous journey ; and two reluctant guides were at last hired to accompany us , by pay- ing them triple as much as they demanded , to go to Mareggio . Count Montini could not , with de- cency , leave the ladies ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
agony Alps asked banditti beautiful Bellairs Blue Devils boat Breadal Breadalbane Brieg Cadenabbia Caroline St Caroline's Chiavenna child Choiseul Clair Cleve Colonel Cleveland Count Montini countenance daughter dear deep delight Diogenes dreadful dress English escape exclaimed eyes father feelings felt Florence Grindelwald hand happiness head heard heart heaven honour hope Hunlocke's instantly Italian Italy knew Lady Hunlocke Lady Montfort Lady St lake Lake Lugano Lake of Como land laughing learnt letter Lindsay Lindsay's look Lord Lumbercourt Lord Montfort Lord Roslin Lord Setoun lover Lugano M'cMuckleman Margaret St marriage marry Milan mind misery Miss Emily Harriet Miss St morning mountains never night once party pass passion Porlezza promise refuse road robbers Sbirri scarcely scene seemed shew smile soon Swiss tell thing thou thought tion told tone tree utter Valais village voice wife woman words
Passagens conhecidas
Página 78 - She that has that is clad in complete steel ; And, like a quiver'd nymph, with arrows keen, May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths, Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds, Where, through the sacred rays of chastity, No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer, Will dare to soil her virgin purity...
Página 52 - O'er other creatures. Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Página 283 - Kept the word of promise to the ear, But broke it to the hope.
Página 78 - Chi va lontan da la sua patria, vede cose, da quel che già credea, lontane; che narrandole poi, non se gli crede, e stimato bugiardo ne rimane: che '1 sciocco vulgo non gli vuol dar fede, se non le vede e tocca chiare e piane.
Página 184 - Ah me ! for aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or hiftory, The courfe of true love never did run fmooth : But, either it was different in blood ; Her. O crofs ! too high to be enthrall'd to low ! Lyf.
Página 196 - Not to a rage : patience and sorrow strove Who should express her goodliest. You have seen Sunshine and rain at once : her smiles and tears
Página 70 - Pleasures are few, and fewer we enjoy ; Pleasure, like quicksilver, is bright, and coy; We strive to grasp it with our utmost skill, Still it eludes us, and it glitters still : If seiz'd at last, compute your mighty gains ; What is it, but rank poison in your veins...
Página 162 - Ay, now am I in Arden; the more fool I; when I was at home, I was in a better place : but travelers must be content.
Página 53 - Though higher of the genial bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem, So much delights me, as those graceful acts, Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions...
Página 1 - Bears me remote, o'er Gallia's woody bounds, O'er the cloud-piercing Alps remote ; beyond The vale of Arno purpled with the vine, Beyond the Umbrian and Etruscan hills, To Latium's wide champain, forlorn and waste, Where yellow Tiber his neglected wave Mournfully rolls.