Mademoiselle Mori: A Tale of Modern Rome, Volume 1 |
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... spoke sharply - ' Signorina , are you aware that we are losing a great deal of time ? Be so kind as to speak to your servant , and request her not to stand wailing over your brother as if she were a weeping willow , but to fetch a ...
... spoke sharply - ' Signorina , are you aware that we are losing a great deal of time ? Be so kind as to speak to your servant , and request her not to stand wailing over your brother as if she were a weeping willow , but to fetch a ...
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... spoke of what was to be done . Old Nanna had tried every resource , even to begging , and all in vain . They and starvation kept house together . One afternoon Irene went down to the fountain to fetch some water and cry unseen ...
... spoke of what was to be done . Old Nanna had tried every resource , even to begging , and all in vain . They and starvation kept house together . One afternoon Irene went down to the fountain to fetch some water and cry unseen ...
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... spoke a few words , which were received with smiling incredulity . No one objected , however , and she accompanied Irene , stopping at the first breadshop they came to that Irene might have something more substantial than a bun , and ...
... spoke a few words , which were received with smiling incredulity . No one objected , however , and she accompanied Irene , stopping at the first breadshop they came to that Irene might have something more substantial than a bun , and ...
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... spoke and looked kindly at his face , so much altered from what she re- membered it , that it was hard to believe he was the fine hand- some boy she had admired on the Pincian Hill . ' I would thank you if I could , signora , ' he ...
... spoke and looked kindly at his face , so much altered from what she re- membered it , that it was hard to believe he was the fine hand- some boy she had admired on the Pincian Hill . ' I would thank you if I could , signora , ' he ...
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... spoke easily , but read with difficulty . Mrs. Dalzell offered books to the latter , and would not seem to see that he received the proposal grate- fully , but not eagerly . She took Irene away with her , without fully informing her how ...
... spoke easily , but read with difficulty . Mrs. Dalzell offered books to the latter , and would not seem to see that he received the proposal grate- fully , but not eagerly . She took Irene away with her , without fully informing her how ...
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Page 467 - I wis in all the Senate There was no heart so bold But sore it ached and fast it beat When that ill news was told. Forthwith up rose the consul, Up rose the Fathers all ; In haste they girded up their gowns And hied them to the wall.
Page 140 - Well done ! thou watcher on the lonely tower! Is the day breaking ? dawns the happy hour ? We pine to see it : — tell us, yet again, If the broad daylight breaks upon the plain ? ' ' It breaks — it comes — the misty shadows fly: — A rosy radiance gleams upon the sky ; The mountain-tops reflect it calm and clear ; The plain is yet in shade, but day is near.
Page 37 - And bade to form her infant mind. Stern, rugged Nurse! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore ; What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learn'd to melt at others
Page 407 - Caesar shall forth. The things that threatened me, Ne'er looked but on my back ; when they shall see The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
Page 368 - I could not tame my nature down ; for he Must serve who fain would sway ; and soothe, and sue, And watch all time, and pry into all place, And be a living lie, who would become A mighty thing amongst the mean, and such The mass are ; I disdain'd to mingle with A herd, though to be leader — and of wolves. The lion is alone, and so am I.
Page 152 - Fantastically tangled ; the green hills Are clothed with early blossoms, through the grass The quick-eyed lizard rustles, and the bills Of summer birds sing welcome as ye pass ; Flowers fresh in hue, and many in their class, Implore the pausing step, and with their dyes Dance in the soft breeze in a fairy mass ; The sweetness of the violet's deep blue eyes, Kissed by the breath of heaven seems colored by its skies.
Page 104 - But ever and anon of griefs subdued There comes a token like a Scorpion's sting, Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever...
Page 283 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last! Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile 1 see The same, that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away.
Page 9 - Thou art in ROME ! the City that so long Reigned absolute, the mistress of the world; The mighty vision that the prophets saw, And trembled ; that from nothing, from the least, The lowliest village (What but here and there A...
Page 255 - ... dungeon, and the Latin verse, Graven in the stone, that yet denotes the door Of Ariosto. Many a year is gone Since on the Rhine we parted ; yet...