abide here; fly to the sanctuary." "To sanctuary," said Theodore; "no, Princess; sanctuaries are fo...
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himself to be conducted to the castle. They placed him on a horse belonging to one of the domestics...
a large stone in the middle of the stream the youth thought he saw something white, like a large k...
The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. THE following work was foun...
peculiarly addressed to her situation, and flew to her assistance. They conveyed her to her chamber...
in the old Norwegian Fagas for incendiary fire. That same night Lage Ulfson Kvaerk slew a black ra...
declaration, cried - "Look, my Lord! see, Heaven itself declares against your impious intentions!"...
and to flit from one feature to another, suggesting the idea of remoteness, and a feeling of hopel...
first time I ever entered it, and this vault the only part of it within which I ever was." "But I ...
than that? Promise me, Elsie, that you will not say a single word; it would be a cruel thing, Elsi...
"Isabella," said Hippolita calmly, "is retired, I suppose, to her chamber: she is not accustomed to...
it sung and sung, and the birch overhead took up the melody and rustled it with its leaves, and th...
tone of mock entreaty, "only an hour's respite! If we are to talk about Strand we must make a day ...
and before daybreak he sauntered down along the beach and gazed out upon the calm fjord, where the...
keen-sighted enough to read the character of every individual beast, and has ears sensitive to the...