Twice-told Tales, Volumes 1-3 |
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Page 14
... prisoner's box outside , whilst the prisoners , themselves , looked through the iron bars , high up , and watched us eagerly . We went to see the ruins of the dreadful rooms in which the Inquisition used to sit . A little , old ...
... prisoner's box outside , whilst the prisoners , themselves , looked through the iron bars , high up , and watched us eagerly . We went to see the ruins of the dreadful rooms in which the Inquisition used to sit . A little , old ...
Page 15
... prisoners of the Inquisi- tion were confined for forty - eight hours after their capture , with- out food or drink , that their constancy might be shaken , even before they were confronted with their gloomy judges . The day has not got ...
... prisoners of the Inquisi- tion were confined for forty - eight hours after their capture , with- out food or drink , that their constancy might be shaken , even before they were confronted with their gloomy judges . The day has not got ...
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... prisons . Before I quit this Palace of the Popes , let me translate from the little history I mentioned just now , a short anecdote , quite appropriate to itself , connected with its adventures . " An ancient tradition relates , that in ...
... prisons . Before I quit this Palace of the Popes , let me translate from the little history I mentioned just now , a short anecdote , quite appropriate to itself , connected with its adventures . " An ancient tradition relates , that in ...
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... prisoner " General Buonaparte ; " to which the latter replied , with the deepest tra- gedy , " Sir Yew ud se on Low , call me not thus . Repeat that phrase and leave me ! I am Napoleon , Emperor of France ! " Sir Yew ud se on , nothing ...
... prisoner " General Buonaparte ; " to which the latter replied , with the deepest tra- gedy , " Sir Yew ud se on Low , call me not thus . Repeat that phrase and leave me ! I am Napoleon , Emperor of France ! " Sir Yew ud se on , nothing ...
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... prisoners in sport ; the tumbled heaps and mounds of exquisite shapes upon the ground ; how rich and beautiful they are ! every now and then , a long , long line of trees , will be all bound and garlanded together , as if they had taken ...
... prisoners in sport ; the tumbled heaps and mounds of exquisite shapes upon the ground ; how rich and beautiful they are ! every now and then , a long , long line of trees , will be all bound and garlanded together , as if they had taken ...
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Page 176 - Goldsmiths — is a most enchanting feature in the scene. The space of one house, in the centre, being left open, the view beyond is shown as in a frame ; and that precious glimpse of sky, and water, and rich buildings, shining so quietly among the huddled roofs and gables on the bridge, is exquisite. Above it, the Gallery of the Grand Duke crosses the river. It was built to connect the two Great Palaces by a secret passage ; and it takes its jealous course among the streets and houses with true...
Page 66 - In the foreground was a group of silent peasant-girls leaning over the parapet of a little bridge, and looking, now up at the sky, now down into the water ; in the distance, a deep bell ; the shadow of approaching night on everything. If I had been murdered there, in some former life, I could not have seemed to remember the place more thoroughly, or with a more emphatic chilling of the blood; and the real remembrance of it acquired in that minute, is so strengthened by the imaginary recollection,...
Page 100 - It is a happy simile, and conveys a better idea of the building than chapters of laboured description. Nothing can exceed the grace and lightness of the structure ; nothing can be more remarkable than its general appearance. In the course of the ascent to the top (which is by an easy staircase), the inclination is not very apparent ; but, at the summit, it becomes so, and gives one the sensation of being in a ship that has heeled over, through the action of an ebb tide.