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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... amongst the savage set they were now with ; but the leader , who would have been considered a man . of a most dark and forbidding counte- nance , to have been seen alone , but who , by comparison with the more ferocious . faces he was ...
... amongst the savage set they were now with ; but the leader , who would have been considered a man . of a most dark and forbidding counte- nance , to have been seen alone , but who , by comparison with the more ferocious . faces he was ...
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... amongst the freebooters possessed of the same feelings , if he had but an opportu- ' nity of seeing them , and selecting one for his purpose : as he had not this op-- portunity , portunity , being aware that , now Allan- rod's favourite ...
... amongst the freebooters possessed of the same feelings , if he had but an opportu- ' nity of seeing them , and selecting one for his purpose : as he had not this op-- portunity , portunity , being aware that , now Allan- rod's favourite ...
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... amongst the whisperings of the floating breeze . It was the first time since his confine- ment that he had heard the sounds of instruments , and he doubted not but that they were now used to lead the free- booters to some act of plunder ...
... amongst the whisperings of the floating breeze . It was the first time since his confine- ment that he had heard the sounds of instruments , and he doubted not but that they were now used to lead the free- booters to some act of plunder ...
Page 65
... the horrors he was existing amongst at length , recovering , in some measure , his fortitude , as no fresh cause of terror assailed him , he thought he perceived the the gleam of a faint light at a distance : MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 65.
... the horrors he was existing amongst at length , recovering , in some measure , his fortitude , as no fresh cause of terror assailed him , he thought he perceived the the gleam of a faint light at a distance : MYSTERIOUS FREEBOOTER . 65.
Page 90
... amongst such articles of furni- ture as the ravagers had rejected . The door of Rosalind's apartment stood open no one appeared to meet him at his entrance he called on his daughter , but his invocations were in vain - he clasped his ...
... amongst such articles of furni- ture as the ravagers had rejected . The door of Rosalind's apartment stood open no one appeared to meet him at his entrance he called on his daughter , but his invocations were in vain - he clasped his ...
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The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No preview available - 1819 |
The Mysterious Freebooter, Or, The Days of Queen Bess: A Romance Francis Lathom No preview available - 1819 |
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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...