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do not know that i can said you distrust me ah well never mind tell me now all about your english home i want to know what sort of place you come from what sort of people you have been accustomed to see have some mercy on me said consider that i am a poor weary traveller repose of body and mind nothing rests me so muc... | 2 |
men don t care much for their do they she was a deaf dirty old woman one she could help the other she could not e and no but they made her very disagreeable i told to see she had all the attention that was proper and wanted to go to the funeral but all her fine linen was about neither nor so of course i could not spar... | 2 |
having dismissed to find she sat down on a low stool at s feet and proceeded thus vas by the bye you are aware is not a russian name he had a is one of the and most completely handsome young men you ever and saw noble of course but poor as an when he likes people he says to them the prettiest things you ever heard ... | 2 |
my style said she breaking off abruptly and then dashing into and do you like that do you like that she inquired at the end of each for s approval was becoming more desirable to her and she felt pretty secure of admiration of her musical abilities you have not heard me sing yet said she without attending to the footman... | 2 |
you suppose are the books that form nearly my whole library i cannot tell nor am i probably acquainted with their authors you know best about that they are paul de victor de the last is harmless enough at any rate said the others i only know by name to tell you the truth that is my case too only wanted to frighten yo... | 2 |
with i always make it a rule to eat as many as i can to pass away the time and i advise you to do the same the bon are delicious between the courses took care to keep her eye turned towards the door through which she expected or hoped to see enter but the prolonged disappointment of her wishes filled her with how tires... | 2 |
the steps till she finds it wiser to return to the room but is that a christian way of speaking let us interfere we can t said we have no gentleman with us and we cannot put our heads out of cover and for the wind cuts like a knife hear what a is going on i enjoy it hark some one is speaking with authority and very ang... | 2 |
you up at madame s said he pushing the case to who silently put it aside and i no papa it wasn t there interposed hastily in coming away an empty e was driven against ours we were and who happened to be passing very kindly us from our uncomfortable position saw everything put to rights and then saw us home i am sure yo... | 2 |
to you about then i shall certainly get up said don t hinder me i will ring for perhaps he will go out before i am dressed no he is writing music ah so much the better he has a very nice voice you shall hear it by and by i shall get up now directly h chapter x interference was still writing music when and late in the e... | 2 |
her first fit of embarrassment was fast yielding to his powers of entertainment laughing at his and now and then answering in the same vein when suddenly pushing aside his writing table rang the so violently that looked round as soon as michael re appeared pray inform m cried to him that is here he will be so delighted... | 2 |
through the interminable and and the city itself looks deserted we have fifty thousand inhabitants though said m i understand that is your population but no one would think it our public buildings are fine well you have a good many blue and green and some fa and flights of steps one or two large and a good many that i... | 2 |
a poor wretch or two under him to beat as much as he liked and threaten with i i and while this affair was still became seriously annoyed at the loss of several small articles which she was convinced were by as she had been extremely kind to this girl she was the more hurt at it yet hardly knew how to proceed not havin... | 2 |
think me unaware of that i believe they every word i write between my going to bed and my getting up i make it perfectly easy to them leave my key in the lock or on the top of my desk are you not afraid said why you don t suppose i keep my journal in a way they can comprehend do you no no when i mean black i write whit... | 2 |
of settled and for was to be left behind had become very useful to m in his office and was to sleep in it and take care of it during his master s absence hence s but told with great glee that she had thought the matter well over and was preparing for a pleasant surprise she had resolved to tell her that she would no lo... | 2 |
on more strength so mellow sweet and sorrowful that its pathetic music rent the heart evidently it was not the though on his beat a friend then of his or he would not have permitted the to take place the air was slow and plaintive and the voice so excellent the style so cultivated that though she had heard much of the ... | 2 |
home but he said soup or a s head were likely to be the best dishes the house afforded and that he would rather trust to old to provide him something there was nothing to do therefore but to look at the gathered round the and or examine the painted eggs and china in the little comer cupboard till the was ready and thou... | 2 |
woman it was owing to his carrying letters or messages for you without your father s knowledge and your father had him beaten almost to death i am sorry very sorry said accept this though it will not his beating it is over now and cannot be helped the woman softened and said i believe you are sorry and this will buy b... | 2 |
the other grew excessively you what he is now and when people say he has made much money he has not the heart to spend it so we live in the comer of our great old house like sand in an empty shell but come let ns go down to the river before the sun sets throw your veil over your head you will find it enough they strol... | 2 |
oh yes ah to be sure and another time you know with only that time was before the well i in an altered key and very abruptly to little as he came running back from the house take my basket and rod boy you know where i left them up to s and mind you don t hurt any of the tackle at do you hear or i ll set you to ri... | 2 |
little books yes and of the good dr who came among us to the holy among our poor people lives he still oh i hope he does i you see i know all about you yes and about your good little queen i hope we are not going to war with her we have had our female sovereigns too famous ones they were but not good no no r m an... | 2 |
from making them welcome to the best of whatever she had so it was of no use to say no because the more they declined the more she pressed and paul to with his aunt ii n he en and liberality though the was none of his filled the glasses so full that it was impossible to raise them without letting the contents run over... | 2 |
said between laughing and crying i had no idea till we met how my sentiments towards her had changed you have to answer for it i hope i may never have anything heavier to answer for said to me she so clearly seems not only artificial but that i think her an companion for you what designs can she have said in the first ... | 2 |
the piano mr said no more than the truth the sound of music made the gloomy old house more cheerful and he could set down the chain of his ideas quite while were being played in the room below sometimes he back in his chair for a few minutes of luxurious rest after by no means too laborious occupation and thought with... | 2 |
to his aunt when visited she would freely partake of her bread and delicious honey made by the and thousands of bees that among the flowers sometimes she would read to her a little at other times or borrow one of his pretty baskets and go with him to hunt for would sit or under the or perhaps mr would tempt them both i... | 2 |
the flood another another jacob another joseph another i see she found this excessively interesting so did i we used to be quite glad sometimes when m came home later than usual then you know we got to and egypt which was very interesting ground i wanted her first to get a comprehensive view of history and its bearing... | 2 |
especially if the accused is rich he may be sent to at a moment s notice and we may never see him more as believed such instances not uncommon the idea did not make her more cheerful and looked very grave said she at length if jou were me what should you do in such a case what case if my father were sent to really i do... | 2 |
the storm they have departed are we late and no very early don t let us ring for our maids but do without them for once i shall enjoy it for a and as soon as i am dressed i will run over to the bath house s movements were quick as light her was soon made and gaily over for her more leisurely proceedings she left the r... | 2 |
the pledge and that she was a good girl and should keep up her spirits as they were in glee and in merry king it cannot be said that a cat and her came tumbling in but another drove up to the house containing and as he seemed to have brought a and some luggage it was clear he came to stay ordered some of the dishes to ... | 2 |
till the former told the latter he felt quite subdued though i can t do anything like that added he in an i can appreciate it in another it comes natural i believe to these young i doubt if all that and would be suitable to a plain englishman however go on m don t leave off don t leave off i could hear you all night h... | 2 |
for colouring he wished to his journal with a series of coloured and after making dreadful work with lake and indian red would call miss may or to his aid pop the paint brush into their hands make them take his seat and then stand behind it eagerly watching their and with his face so very very near theirs that would ha... | 2 |
reader and twisted into a thousand the writer never intended whereas the human voice full of pathos and passion is a fine instrument equal to any tune you can want to play upon it whether or convincing and besides you can back it up by a melting look posture clasped hands and many other gestures oh aunt says he you can... | 2 |
i expect you to show how well and gracefully you can do the honours of my house to entertain a couple of young men like mr and is one thing to entertain elderly married people wealthy and well born is another you will now have an opportunity of showing what miss may has done for you of proving to me whether i have don... | 2 |
cruel to poor has behaved very very well well i am extremely sorry for him but i fear we can do him no good he must hope for better times that is what he says have you seen him oh no his composure is unnatural i am rather afraid of what it may well but we are going to have visitors papa began with a long of so ominous... | 2 |
for so young a person you are remarkably and discreet i have watched you closely i assure you j i have no doubt of it thought you may now be of the greatest use to me and to she is naturally heedless and perverse but your influence and over her is that you may easily direct her line of conduct she will take her tone fr... | 2 |
yes i am confident paul will be a very good husband only under one condition said mr solemnly so solemnly that he the attention of both his listeners only under one condition repeated he shaking his head what can that be cried that he said mr laughing and he rose and walked away he soon returned however and keeping c... | 2 |
had obtained only by dint of repeated and what a bear you must have thought me said what a goose you were begging your pardon what in the world should i want with a russian wife when there were plenty and too many of good english ones to be had for proper asking not at the first asking though some of em why now here h... | 2 |
sick beautiful prayers they were and then she desired me to take her little bible and read several of the concluding chapters of the gospel of st john i began with the death of and read quite on to the end of st john s gospel oh what a heavenly book why is it not in the hands of all and why are we not always reading ... | 2 |
it with an oath and would wait to hear no more she reached the corridor panting and ready to drop what is the matter said meeting her my father has sworn said she almost that i shall be to before he leaves the house or at farthest immediately on our return to town you shall not i said so but oh he was in such a rage t ... | 2 |
it is very easy to say be firm said smiling a little but rather hard for so young a girl as i am to fight the battle all by myself against papa and the three oh i will take your part and so i am sure will your good cousin and i need hardly say if it would be of the least use so would paul unfortunately it would not sa... | 2 |
what if you can i m resolved the marriage shall take place surely dear sir you have some regard for the interests and happiness of your only child in consulting one i consult both she is too young to know what her real happiness is but you won t consult her interest if you marry her to a man to high play your fine fort... | 2 |
dwell on the agreeable future while she went as she said to tempt to let the miss hear what good singing really was slept all the better for her pleasant prospect of the morrow and in the morning was pronounced by madame to have made so much progress as to be quite equal to sitting up for a few hours in the dressing ro... | 2 |
above all be sure you look in pretty often on the for you will quite them you know they don t see a nice young man every day your will shall be my law said he and his blue eyes were fixed upon her to the last was not strong enough to pay two visits in one day and as it yet wanted a week to the day fixed on for their jo... | 2 |
a great many papers into the stove and waiting to see them consumed oh papa it is so bitterly cold you will catch your death if you go out i can t help it shall the fetch you a no i shall make myself warmer walking and save time save time how can that be it is some uttle distance to the stand and no little distance to... | 2 |
and of the and of the cause of its of the first of of the war of xxiv of the affairs of xxv of of the of sir john and of the of the of the fall of of of of the rise of high art xxx of the count of of and di of the of the two of the of of louis the of the fall of and of the league against of francis th... | 2 |
of wolves disposed to attack them and rescued from their foes not by their own but by the natural of death it was not thus the poor naked the the cruel of many cities was involuntarily the cause of the most singular one ever built when he descended from the and made known his approach by the flames of burning villages ... | 2 |
been presented to the by his mother the and to be made of the nails which had fastened our to the cross it consisted of an iron ring within a of gold and was kept in the cathedral of oyer the altar and guarded with great the of italy placed this crown on his head with his own hands uttering the memorable words god has ... | 2 |
rival emperor he marched against the came ont with her to oppose his progress but he her troops and took the holy city then the pope took refuge in the castle of st and thence escaped to i a short time died new p es sprang up to the emperor for years aod he too then it was ag should power om the their from the emperor ... | 2 |
broad moat so that his and towers were of no use they must be oat to this end he them so closely that the of provisions being at length exhausted they were obliged to surrender then they tasted of the bitterness they had formerly inflicted on the men of they were deprived of their privileges and forced to submit to an ... | 2 |
assembled the the charles of attended by a hundred knights rode into the lists he was a man of sixty the king of only forty the latter therefore had the better chance of victory hour passed after hour and the king never came at length just at sunset he rode into ihe lists with a hundred knights but the declared the day... | 2 |
was in just to mess the news of which highly the widow hoping still to prevent the marriage from being the of italy by means of her daughter she happened one day to from her window walking alone in the street below taking her daughter by the she hurried with her down stairs and left the young girl standing at the door... | 2 |
his errand as soon as his uncle saw him he with the op italy rage and without hearing a word he had to say made his servants drag him off to a and there with his own sword he struck off his nephew s hand now said he you may go home and tell your father that wounds are healed by steel but not by words lore sick and fain... | 2 |
affairs remained just where they were before bat the conduct of was the of italy the cause of incessant mischief and in that at last it became he was to appear before the j to answer for his conduct and failing to do so was pronounced and a rebel to the government accusation and sentence only occupied two hours thereup... | 2 |
unless he was let handle arms or practise running jumping or with boys of his own age and sort and if he could be persuaded to look into a book at all it would be all about fighting which gave vexation to and one day he was playing at rough games with other boys at the upper end of st michael s place when a gentleman s... | 2 |
with the fresh troops and the result was the total defeat both of their and cavalry not a third of their fine army escaping but providence most adverse to s glory at the time it seemed to have reached its the story of italy height cut short all those designs he so fondly had cherished which nothing but death could have... | 2 |
years in and she her kingdom in but was again attacked by the king of who insisted on her being tried a second time who had meanwhile contracted a marriage the prince or this second trials and was so hard r a her conduct that she pleaded her having been under the this as w should think it was admitted aa and was on the... | 2 |
books nor his studies to be in favour with god and man however assumed the habit and began to read divinity he continued his search for greek and rescued many valuable from destruction in doing thus he expended more than he could afford and warmly pressed him to share his purse and his home i live so simply said he tha... | 2 |
went forth but in complete attended by a hundred sworn followers the pope s accompanied him and thus gave his proceedings the sanction of the church he was welcomed at the appointed spot by multitudes of people who rent the air with their shouts on reaching the ascended a lofty balcony from which he addressed the assem... | 2 |
into his alliance and who should au have been friends with became of and the r could only count among its the two small states of and the treacherous so often told the he meant them well that they had very good reason for it and y fair morning his troops appeared before the though taken by surprise threw a small body o... | 2 |
will come and the birds will be quite quiet so in italy the rage of against and against was awfully by the plague it killed them faster than they killed one another they were by it and made peace the were pay a hundred thousand for the expenses of the war and engaged never more to enforce the unjust duty freed foreig... | 2 |
hanged on the red pillars the p ace balcony with in their mouths a few who had been ignorant of the object of the conspiracy were on the th of april was to have his head struck off on the landing place of the stone staircase where the the of italy took their oath on first entering the palace on the following day the d... | 2 |
have and his nephew without delay as they were said to be against him who was of a temper and on friendly terms with the read this letter with grief but feared to disregard it giving orders therefore to his guards to the as soon as they should enter his he sent a messenger to and to say he wanted to see them immediatel... | 2 |
the drove them back they were greeted with no smiles of welcome by their fellow citizens on their return for they could but their nearly exhausted stores now might be seen wretched beings gaunt and haggard crawling through the streets and along the the of at and the rank weeds and that sprang from the walls and betwee... | 2 |
of in a single campaign the duke was forced to sue for peace which he was the first to break the following year and the war was renewed against him with equal success on one occasion the duke s the op italy cavalry to charge him in the midst of a marsh where lie knew his own ground they no sooner entered it than the he... | 2 |
obscurity of his this was by no means the case the of the duke of who dared not openly reject him but whose promises to bestow on him his daughter s hand were continually broken at length in disgust entered the service of and then at war with his able compelled the duke to sue for peace with the renewed promise of s ha... | 2 |
into the vessel which was to convey him back to the ship had scarcely sailed when a nobleman fell sick and being at l e point of death confessed that he had committed the murder for which had been banished the confession came too late the unhappy young man had died almost immediately on reaching hid prison n the t bt o... | 2 |
before him was twenty one years of age more remarkable for the appearance of strength than elegance his person could not be called handsome though his countenance was intelligent his education had been first rate and so were his talents thai whether in affairs of business or amusement he in whatever he the of his young... | 2 |
sent it to be distributed by the among the poor his power as a preacher increased and his tone grew bolder on being warned that he might offend he replied go and tell him of his sins i am a stranger here and he the first citizen in the place yet he shall depart before i do this was afterwards looked on as prophetic the... | 2 |
the event they reached the fatal spot then commenced a strange was about to enter the fiery path in his robes the insisted on his laying them aside they might be enchanted he was willing to change them for a s gown but he must lay aside his cross then he would bear the host what carry his s body into the fire a tum... | 2 |
a furious contest between france and spain concerning their respective spoils again occasioned a warfare in which whatever party became victorious would be equally during this contest a singular proof was given of italian courage de a french commander having spoken of it the spanish general asserted he had an italian c... | 2 |
the and made common cause in driving the from italy the remains of the german army fled before most of the towns declared for the french and he would doubtless have won the day but for the disgust which the french court gave to a citizen of gen chapter of the had always been distinguished for their naval exploits next ... | 2 |
to the harbour but was slain at one of the gates the news of his death was carried to his venerable uncle the t bt of s d who not doubting that all was lost mounted his horse and escaped from the city s triumph now seemed complete but there literally was but a step between him and death in crossing a plank to enter one... | 2 |
request that might be sent to them a second time he preached to them with great acceptance but in consequence of making what was into a dangerous allusion to some passing events he was suspended from preaching and to appear at rome to answer certain charges against hearing that his death was certainly resolved on he es... | 2 |
of seeking to cure me of being mad are they not trying to make me so writing implements indeed i am allowed but alas fancy and imagination are stifled in this dark cell my mind refuses to form images and i know not that my letters full of sad will ever reach their destination s the t et op italy earth earth earth cover... | 2 |
sought to him in s plot the duke was removed from his vice and died in prison had betrayed the duke to the twelve months before they took any steps to seize the and instead of the expected reward of his treachery he was executed with the rest among whom was a french captain of whom it is only known that he betrayed a p... | 2 |
parts of europe to assist the and towards the conclusion of the war six thousand french arrived burning to be led to immediate action was aware of its but he was the french were defeated and so discouraged by their ill fortune that no entreaties could induce them to remain on the t bt of italy the they were pro of than... | 2 |
among the nations it seemed as some one has lately said that they must be in blood do something at the expense of their own lives that should their moral worth they thought themselves more fortunate in having forty years of tranquillity spent in the most trivial amusements exchanged its for kings of the younger branc... | 2 |
when trembling for his capital sent hasty offers of peace was only to be bought off by a of money a hundred of the pope s finest pictures and statues a large supply of military stores and the towns of and the grand duke of had always been friendly to the french republic notwithstanding which napoleon seized his sea por... | 2 |
have i and us most for which we strive blood the of italy and tears and prayers they did not deserve liberty neither did they have it f heir was of short duration soon after s return to paris he summoned four hundred and fifty italian to to consult on of importance the of men met them and proposed the establishment of ... | 2 |
and flight of louis three hundred including the venerable returned to their native land on hearing of the what news awaited them on landing at they heard with transport that had been in and that the had thrown off their yoke and though almost had driven out and that was free it seemed like a dream this was in march on ... | 2 |
and he moved that it should be restrained from attacking foreign sovereigns thought he was more than was safe or than perhaps he was aware of and became the leader of a powerful opposition at length the of these once friends led to s offering to resign but the king would not accept it and preferred forming a new from w... | 2 |
nd of june they drove to the hotel in a pouring obtained beds with and heard alarming of whose head quarters at nothing they proceeded thither tiie next morning and a fine road and over a bridge till thej were all at stopped by s a couple of good looking men in brown shooting coats with small ao the uniform s men could... | 2 |
of the fortunes of thb t bt of war may bring yet on the justice of its good cause italy must not at instant tremble for the its king it is your to live it is our rigid to bid you live your life is the life of italy you must no longer risk it in extreme perils on saturday the th of may a solemn for the dead was celebrat... | 2 |
the first who reached the top waved his and shouted v v which was the of italy echoed by his comrades the were flying across the iron bridge oyer the canal the so close after them that the who was to have put the match to a mine beneath them was while some of the french poured water on the powder that was to haye blow... | 2 |
was by five years my elder now it came to about a week after her coming into this naughty world that my mother had a dream concerning her after the of the to the that by ic chronicle of the child newly eventually be up on high and that her father mother and kindred do homage to her which in due time came to and this gi... | 2 |
virgin s has never been embroidered from that day to this next morning i was to my mother who was fitting by her maids child tells me there was a bare which i partly apprehended though enough went down from the hall i have thought to have kept you for a week however twice warmed are not for a royal table and yet his gr... | 2 |
lad c by ic chronicle of took my father and had long of him we concluded concerning the who drawing together in upon it may or may not have been fo my father came forth from the conference with a mixture of care and on his brow and the prince was much and on his that had long been the ground at the gate as he rode off... | 2 |
was very and the lean was and the gift agreed on which was to of large of land for three lives with men and belonging and fo much more land for to on her and of her own free choice for the term of her life and after it always providing that if ihe were he for a keep in the peace of god and of the king before married ag... | 2 |
and without in the gallery were the lights burning dim and men dropped after all of but among them here and there beings in orderly array and at each door and each bed head as on we were other on guard and fo we on from the chief chambers to the low narrow and rooms and offices round about the beyond and even here too ... | 2 |
the mountains and to in and holes of the earth or to in the for as for to day there would not be a man on the every foul of them fluttered like from corn anon like the to by ic chronicle of their meat they come back again every man with his or or maybe a handful of them with a wild and fo we cat and are till a cry com... | 2 |
had a fear of one who like was reported to have into bodily and mental which left me however the moment i her for was the yet and looking old woman i ever eyes on she took me readily in hand and made much of certain which to be of any good to me i gather at to wit white and of each twenty in a of old ale till half boil... | 2 |
the heels of another it came to that king thereafter fell took to his bed and died to the great regret of the in of their they buried him in within the walls which indeed was once a common privilege enough though now from a regard to common and care for the general health it hath become money paid to the clergy when a ... | 2 |
in the young king s place would have found it hard to do more than he did in truth who ever did as much one way and another he was ever ever careful ever ever crowding into his little breathing time he could for the benefit of his kingdom the more he men s confidence and the he to think of his own merits he never appe... | 2 |
knowledge in its power of taking us out of the good after a little commenced reading with great the king on his fitting upon a at his the i did not much note there was i remember about the pains the venerable man had been at to information and in writing and much about the and of this our its being with game and fowls ... | 2 |
by the way for example i remember unto him one day my that he was up and doing fo many hours in the twenty four and how is it my brother that you need fo little after a moment s thought he replied perhaps because i eat so little but how is it you need to eat fo little perhaps i drink fo little but how is it you need t... | 2 |
on which they this opinion at the time it by ic o chronicle of might have me but too late we cry out had i there was a wolf pit young people always have the truth told them quite when permit it which is oftener than many old folks think to a woman of my it appears quite evident i not whether or no it is the fruit of... | 2 |
two as if by accident to let fall the words when i go into a to my no mortification he gravely and calmly if be indeed your final i can have nothing certainly to it but on the contrary recommend your withdrawing a little more from the which needs be as well as to you and to take all the means in your power which at are... | 2 |
that be feared from it by fire and thus the becomes black is it not written in a book therefore it needs be true the a which became very popular at court and even in the he had it of the of of of whom we in the by ic chronicle of proverb as as one of the of the of it was this in the days of old judge came king brute u... | 2 |
garments then and received the holy communion fo that nothing remained but for us to place her after her as was in her coffin then with fatigue overwhelmed fell back upon her and we with tan and a covering warmly covered her o er and her grew deep and far between as the of people commonly do but in place of their growi... | 2 |
me at the heart and when of later time i of it to put it lightly with oh we married women which made the matter not better but rather tm for if married women have more and than that nigh the hearth the long they ought of their lonely to be the more soon i found that my thoughts went in this my heavenly comforts faded f... | 2 |
of an earthly it would be fin she that was nothing i had taken no vows and was as yet but i knew i had taken a vow in my heart as as if before the at the altar i told her not in general that i could not nor would not wherefore was on no wife to be blamed for that bade the king to talk to me a band oi thieves by ic chr... | 2 |
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