Prose Works, Volume 1Chatto and Windus, 1888 |
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... Verezzi ! All was quiet ; a pitchy darkness involved the face of things , when , urged by fiercest revenge , Zastrozzi placed himself at the door of the inn where , undisturbed , Verezzi slept . Loudly he called the landlord . The ...
... Verezzi ! All was quiet ; a pitchy darkness involved the face of things , when , urged by fiercest revenge , Zastrozzi placed himself at the door of the inn where , undisturbed , Verezzi slept . Loudly he called the landlord . The ...
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... Verezzi supported himself against a fragment of rock which jutted out . " Resistance is useless , " exclaimed Zastrozzi . “ Following us in submissive silence can alone procure the slightest mitigation of your punishment . " Verezzi ...
... Verezzi supported himself against a fragment of rock which jutted out . " Resistance is useless , " exclaimed Zastrozzi . “ Following us in submissive silence can alone procure the slightest mitigation of your punishment . " Verezzi ...
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... Verezzi , for the first time , saw the masked faces of his persecutors , which a torch brought by Bernardo rendered visible . The massy door flew open . The torches from without rendered the darkness which reigned within still more ...
... Verezzi , for the first time , saw the masked faces of his persecutors , which a torch brought by Bernardo rendered visible . The massy door flew open . The torches from without rendered the darkness which reigned within still more ...
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... in . A large fragment of the rock was laid athwart the cavern ; one end being grooved into the solid wall , the other having almost forced open the massy iron door . Verezzi was chained to a piece of rock which re- 6 ZASTROZZI .
... in . A large fragment of the rock was laid athwart the cavern ; one end being grooved into the solid wall , the other having almost forced open the massy iron door . Verezzi was chained to a piece of rock which re- 6 ZASTROZZI .
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... Verezzi concluded that they either intended him to perish with hunger , or that some mis- fortune , by which themselves had suffered , had oc- curred . In the most solemn manner , therefore , he now prepared himself for death , which he ...
... Verezzi concluded that they either intended him to perish with hunger , or that some mis- fortune , by which themselves had suffered , had oc- curred . In the most solemn manner , therefore , he now prepared himself for death , which he ...
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Page 300 - And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
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Page 414 - Clifford, to the vain and insulting accident of wealth and reputation, and the babbling of a miserable old woman, and yet have proceeded unshrinking to her nuptial feast from the expostulations of Mandeville's impassioned and pathetic madness ? It might be well in the author to show the foundations of human hope thus overthrown, for his picture might otherwise have been illumined with one gleam of light. It was his skill to enforce the moral, "that all things are vanity," and " that the house of...