New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 98Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth E. W. Allen, 1853 |
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... church , and the gaudy clock opposite , " are described as alto- gether making a most barbaric appearance . It was better at night . " Lord B. took me home in his gondola at two o'clock ; a beautiful moonlight , and the reflection of ...
... church , and the gaudy clock opposite , " are described as alto- gether making a most barbaric appearance . It was better at night . " Lord B. took me home in his gondola at two o'clock ; a beautiful moonlight , and the reflection of ...
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... church , for example , on his way to the Corso , the altar of which was most splen- didly illuminated , the doors wide open , and people kneeling in the street , says : " If there had been but a burst of music from it , the glory of the ...
... church , for example , on his way to the Corso , the altar of which was most splen- didly illuminated , the doors wide open , and people kneeling in the street , says : " If there had been but a burst of music from it , the glory of the ...
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... Church . The executioner then attached to his neck Dr. Wishart's Latin history of his military exploits , but he smiled at the in- ventive malice of the act , and declared that he wore it with more pride than the Order of the Garter ...
... Church . The executioner then attached to his neck Dr. Wishart's Latin history of his military exploits , but he smiled at the in- ventive malice of the act , and declared that he wore it with more pride than the Order of the Garter ...
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... church - San Pedro d'Alcantara — which , but for a negress at the back of each box , and a few heterogeneous figures here and there , might have been taken for the stage of some province of La Belle France ; there was also the presenta ...
... church - San Pedro d'Alcantara — which , but for a negress at the back of each box , and a few heterogeneous figures here and there , might have been taken for the stage of some province of La Belle France ; there was also the presenta ...
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... church . " " That is true , senor padre , but it is because Vicente de Paule is the only one of my children who is a Catholic , " replied the merchant . " And the others , what are they ? " asked the priest , with an expression of ...
... church . " " That is true , senor padre , but it is because Vicente de Paule is the only one of my children who is a Catholic , " replied the merchant . " And the others , what are they ? " asked the priest , with an expression of ...
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