Julian Mountjoy; or, The Nonpareil familyT. Hodgson, 1860 - 315 pagini |
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Pagina 14
... door ; she then displaced a small piece of matting , and taking up a trap in the floor , bade me stoop and look into an opening beneath the rafters . When I did so , I per- ceived it was the secret place wherein she had deposited the ...
... door ; she then displaced a small piece of matting , and taking up a trap in the floor , bade me stoop and look into an opening beneath the rafters . When I did so , I per- ceived it was the secret place wherein she had deposited the ...
Pagina 15
... door , and discovered a flight of steps , and bidding me follow , descended . The stairs were winding and narrow , and at the bottom we came to another door , which I assisted her to open . When we had done so , Lady Nonpariel stepped ...
... door , and discovered a flight of steps , and bidding me follow , descended . The stairs were winding and narrow , and at the bottom we came to another door , which I assisted her to open . When we had done so , Lady Nonpariel stepped ...
Pagina 16
... door opened , and Lady Nonpareil , accompanied by the old servant came forth . The old man was bent nearly double , under the burden of a good - sized sack , which contained the valuables I have before mentioned , and he was not sorry ...
... door opened , and Lady Nonpareil , accompanied by the old servant came forth . The old man was bent nearly double , under the burden of a good - sized sack , which contained the valuables I have before mentioned , and he was not sorry ...
Pagina 28
... door of the hostel was now forced open , and several of the persecuted inmates ran screaming into the yard , followed by some of the banditti . Mounting the horse next me , and driving the spurs into his sides , he sprang forward ; and ...
... door of the hostel was now forced open , and several of the persecuted inmates ran screaming into the yard , followed by some of the banditti . Mounting the horse next me , and driving the spurs into his sides , he sprang forward ; and ...
Pagina 29
... door , which admitted to the ample kitchen , having been burst open , I could see the robbers still engaged in the work as I hastily passed by . Chests and boxes , drawers and presses , were ransacked . Furniture smashed and broken ...
... door , which admitted to the ample kitchen , having been burst open , I could see the robbers still engaged in the work as I hastily passed by . Chests and boxes , drawers and presses , were ransacked . Furniture smashed and broken ...
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amongst apartment arms arrived Basil beheld Blanche caitiff cavaliers CHAPTER companion Cromwell dark daughter Derbyshire Diana dogs door drawbridge England entered escape eyes falconer falconry fear feel felt followed garden gates gave gazed glance governess hall hand hastened heard Heaven High Tor horse host hound Howbeit inquired king king's knew Lady Nonpareil Lady Ulswater Lillian little princess London looked Lord Nonpareil loved mansion Marall Master Julian Mistress Bosby Mohun Montrose morning Mountjoy neighbouring night Nonpariel observed old gentleman old Robert once onwards Parliament of England party passed person poor replied resolved returned rode Roundhead royalist scene seemed servant servitors soldiers soon spoke squire squire's steed stood stopped strange matter surprise tell thought told took Tower troopers troops turned walked watch whilst window wished woods Yorkshire young
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Pagina 301 - A narrower observation of him, however, seemed to discover that much of his roughness was the result of art, being assumed with the view of extorting by terror a ready compliance with his commands. Of this truth the bishop himself was one of the first who had occasion to be made sensible.
Pagina 297 - Cromwell, and I must do him the justice to say, that I found him less hard and relentless, than I had been led to expect.