Shorter Novels: Eighteenth CenturyDent, 1971 - 278 pages |
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Page 5
... repose , attended by all that were skilful to delight , and gratified with whatever the senses can enjoy . They wandered in gardens of fragrance , and slept in the fortresses of security . Every art was practised to make them pleased ...
... repose , attended by all that were skilful to delight , and gratified with whatever the senses can enjoy . They wandered in gardens of fragrance , and slept in the fortresses of security . Every art was practised to make them pleased ...
Page 26
... repose , after my travels and fatigues , in the places where I had spent my earliest years , and gladden my old companions with the recital of my adventures . Often did I figure to myself those with whom I had sported away the gay hours ...
... repose , after my travels and fatigues , in the places where I had spent my earliest years , and gladden my old companions with the recital of my adventures . Often did I figure to myself those with whom I had sported away the gay hours ...
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... repose and consolation , but who sought them in vain ; for every one carried within him a heart tormented in flames . Shunned by these various sufferers , who seemed by their looks to be upbraiding the partners of their guilt , they ...
... repose and consolation , but who sought them in vain ; for every one carried within him a heart tormented in flames . Shunned by these various sufferers , who seemed by their looks to be upbraiding the partners of their guilt , they ...
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Alexander Cozens Alfonso amuse answered appeared art thou attendants Bababalouk Beckford began beheld Bianca caliph Carathis castle Castle of Otranto chamber CHAPTER commanded cried Manfred curiosity daughter delight discovered door dreadful emir endeavoured escape eunuchs evil eyes Fakreddin fancy father favour Frederic friar gallery Gerald Bullett Giaour Gulchenrouz hand happiness Happy Valley hath hear heard heart Heaven Hippolita hither holy honour hope Imlac impatience Jaquez Jerome Lady Isabella light look lord madam Manfred's marquis marriage Matilda mind Morakanabad mother mountains nature Nekayah never night Nouronihar Otranto palace passed passion peasant Pekuah pleasure POEMS pre-Adamite prince princess Rasselas reason replied repose resolved rest retired Samarah santons soon soul stranger Sutlememe tell tenderness terror thee Theodore thou art thou hast thought tower trembling valley Vathek Vicenza voice whilst WILLIAM BECKFORD wish words young youth