The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale ...T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) |
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... basilisk had met her eye , she started , and turning pale asashes , had scarcely time to reach the bell for assistance , ere she sunk on the floor . " Great God ! " she ex- claimed , of 66 is this to fill up the measure my calamitous ...
... basilisk had met her eye , she started , and turning pale asashes , had scarcely time to reach the bell for assistance , ere she sunk on the floor . " Great God ! " she ex- claimed , of 66 is this to fill up the measure my calamitous ...
Page 157
... basilisk to my sight ! but remember- remember ! " he cried , his words suf- focated , " I am resolute , I will be obeyed ! " The cause of your obstinate disobedience I suspect ; and if I prove your mother's base - born minion to be the ...
... basilisk to my sight ! but remember- remember ! " he cried , his words suf- focated , " I am resolute , I will be obeyed ! " The cause of your obstinate disobedience I suspect ; and if I prove your mother's base - born minion to be the ...
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