Janet Hamilton: And Other Tales, Volumen2

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Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837
 

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Página 166 - And behold, it shall come to pass that my servants shall be sent forth to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south; 64.
Página 53 - ... the ground, The priests, and all the sacrificers round, All felt the melting beams that came, With softest pity wing'd, shot from her lovely eyes. Like some imagined pictured maid she stood, So beauteous look'd she, seeming as she would Speak, yet still mute : though oft her father's halls Magnificent among, She, now so mute, had sung Full many a lovely air, In maiden beauty fresh and fair ; And with the warbled music of her voice Made all his joyous bowers still more rejoice ; While feast, and...
Página 180 - ... But it is all of no good. Your wish cannot possibly be fulfilled." She had not in the least expected this answer, and regarded him for a second with a cold, angry expression. Then suddenly she burst out weeping, and sank against the trunk of a tree for support, with her thin hands before her face. At the same moment the report of a gun was heard in the distance, the echo of which slowly rolled through the woodlands.

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