The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 9G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Literature |
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Page 32
... dark floor of the landing , made Lucia tremble , as if she were discovered . When the brothers had entered , Tonio closed the door inside ; the lovers stood motionless in the dark , their ears intently on the alert , and holding their ...
... dark floor of the landing , made Lucia tremble , as if she were discovered . When the brothers had entered , Tonio closed the door inside ; the lovers stood motionless in the dark , their ears intently on the alert , and holding their ...
Page 33
... dark and wrin- kled visage , might be compared to bushes covered with snow , projecting from the face of a cliff , as seen by moonlight . " Aha ! " was his salutation , as he took off his spectacles , and laid them on his book . " The ...
... dark and wrin- kled visage , might be compared to bushes covered with snow , projecting from the face of a cliff , as seen by moonlight . " Aha ! " was his salutation , as he took off his spectacles , and laid them on his book . " The ...
Page 35
... the church , and , a little beyond , the long , sharp shadow of the bell tower , lay dark , still , and well defined , on the bright grassy level of the sacred inclosure : all objects were visible , almost as by day . But MANZONI 35.
... the church , and , a little beyond , the long , sharp shadow of the bell tower , lay dark , still , and well defined , on the bright grassy level of the sacred inclosure : all objects were visible , almost as by day . But MANZONI 35.
Page 38
... dark , he knows not why . " And the house ? " suddenly exclaimed Agnese . But however important the object might be which extorted this exclamation , no one replied , because no one could do so satisfactorily . They therefore continued ...
... dark , he knows not why . " And the house ? " suddenly exclaimed Agnese . But however important the object might be which extorted this exclamation , no one replied , because no one could do so satisfactorily . They therefore continued ...
Page 41
... huts at the base of the promontory , looked like a savage standing in the dark , and meditating some evil deed , while keeping guard over a company of reclining sleepers . Lucia saw it and shuddered ; then drawing her eye MANZONI 4I.
... huts at the base of the promontory , looked like a savage standing in the dark , and meditating some evil deed , while keeping guard over a company of reclining sleepers . Lucia saw it and shuddered ; then drawing her eye MANZONI 4I.
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