Beatrice Cenci: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century, Volume 2Mason Bros., 1858 - Italian fiction |
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accused advocate arms Beatrice Cenci beauty Bernardino blood Brothers of Mercy cardinal Carmina Cenci family church coal bearers condemned confession cord Corte Savella Count Cenci cried crime daugh daughter death defence devil divine Don Giacomo Donna Louisa door ducats eminence exclaimed executioner eyes face Farinaccio favor fear fiscal procurator Francesco Cenci friar gambler girl Guido Guido Reni hair hands hast head heard heart heaven honor hour illustrious innocent Jesuits judge justice killed leave lips looked Luciani Lucretia Petroni Madonna Marzio Master Alexander Monsignore Moscati mother murder never notary Olimpio once pardon parricide pontiff Pope Sixtus pray prison procurator replied Ribaldella Roman Roman Curia Rome Saint San Giorgio scaffold scudi seemed seized sheriff Signora Beatrice silent sorrow soul speak suffering tears tell thee thou thought tion torture truth turn viceroy Virginia voice weep whilst words wretch
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Page 91 - I do not see that it has anything to do with the question of high bowling.
Page 245 - Roman people had but one head that he might sever it at a blow.
Page 132 - eross a father's throat, And earve with them the bloody meal ye earn'd. Mstiu, in's Bertram. Are, heaven and earth do ery, impossible, The shuddering angels round the eternal throne, Veiling themselves in glory, shriek, impossible, But hell doth know it true.
Page 297 - Fifty torches surrounded the bier, and so numerous were the lamps in the windows of the streets through which the funeral procesSion passed, so abundant the showers of roses poured upon the bier, that the people declared it surpassed the procession of Corpus Domini.
Page 297 - The warden announced that the church was about to be closed, and waiting until, as he thought, all had departed, he turned the ponderous door on its hinges and shut it with a violent noise.
Page 298 - The lamps which, at wide distances, burned feebly before the altars of the saints, lent additional solemnity and awe to the obscurity of the place.
Page 271 - Louisa senseless at his feet, he raised his eyes to heaven, and exclaimed : " I thank thee, O Lord ! that, having afforded me the consolation of seeing her once more before death, thon hast spared her the pangs of this final separation.
Page 62 - This was three kisses ; one on the forehead, one on the mouth, and one on the breast.
Page 179 - Let them all be tied to the tails of wild horses, and dragged till death ensues ; and their bodies be then cast into the Tiber.
Page 189 - As a roaring lion, and a raging bear, BO Is a wicked rnler over the poor people.