Tales of the Braganza; with scenes and sketches. By the author of 'The magician priest of Avignon'. |
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Página 219 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Página 73 - Oh pietosa colei che mi soccorse! e te cortese ch'ubidisti tosto a le vere parole che ti porse! Tu m'hai con disiderio il cor disposto si al venir con le parole tue, ch'i' son tomato nel primo proposto.
Página 96 - ... quite full of stones and sand. There are several islands in the centre ; but the most remarkable circumstance is, that, at a certain height upon the bank, there is a mark, evidently as if the water had reached so high : the colour of the materials above that mark is also much lighter than those below. And what would almost determine that there has been water there, is that the island has the same mark, and on the same level with that on the banks of the said dry river.
Página 111 - Peace to his soul, if God's pleasure be ! Lord cardinal, if thou think'st on heaven's bliss, Hold up thy hand, make signal of thy hope. — He dies, and makes no sign...
Página 25 - Death takes the good — too good on earth to stay, And leaves the bad — too bad to take away.
Página 96 - This place is singular and deserves the attention of the geographer, as it is a dry river, and has all the appearance of water having been in it, — the bank and bottom being quite full of stones and sand. There are several islands in the centre ; but the most remarkable circumstance is, that, ut a certain height upon the bank, there is a mark evidently as if the water had reached so high : the colour of the materials above that mark is also much lighter than those below.
Página 162 - He rang aloud for his attendants, but no one came, all was still as the grave ; as for Lucretia he had not beheld her since he was first attacked by his disorder. Thus did he lay in a state of torturing horror, throughout the whole of that long, dreary night, the terror of which was increased, when he reflected that, if this single night appeared almost an eternity of terrors, what must seem the eternal night of hell, on which no day would ever dawn — that night to whose dreadful visions there...
Página 125 - ... to place as great a distance as possible between himself and the awful fire fiend about to leap forth.
Página 160 - God, if such indeed there be," he continued, in a strain of the bitterest irony, " haunt thee, cling to thee for ever — in the tempest and in the calm, in the day and in the night, in sickness and in sorrow, in life and in death, shouldst thou swerve from the promise thou hast here made to be mine. May the dark spirits of the damned howl in thine ears the accursed chorus of fiends — may despair rack thy bosom with the quenchless flames of hell ! May thy soul be as the lazar-house of corruption,...
Página 161 - She looked up, a dark figure was standing beside her; she endeavoured to scream, but her voice was unequal to the exertion ; her eye was fixed, as if by magic, on the form, which slowly removed the garb that concealed its countenance, and disclosed the livid eyes, and skeleton shape of — her father. It seemed to gaze on her with pity and regret, and mournfully exclaimed — " Clotilda, the dresses and the servants are ready, the church bell has tolled, and the priest is at the altar, but where...