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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ...For this purpose, they resolved to show themselves; and at the rustling they made in getting'upon their feet, the beautiful maiden raised her head, and with both her hands parting her hair from before her eyes, saw those who had made the noise; and scarcely had she seen them, when she rose up, and without staying to put on her shoes or replace her hair, she hastily snatched up something like a bundle of clothes, which lay close by her, and betook herself to flight all in confusion and surprise: but she had not gone six steps, when, her tender feet not being able to endure the sharpness of the stones, she fell down: which the three perceiving, they went up to her, and the priest was the first who said: ' Stay, madam, whoever you are; for those you see here have no other intention but that of serving you: there is no reason why you should endeavour to make so needless an escape, which neither your feet can bear, nor ours permit.' To all this she answered not a word, being astonished and confounded. Then the priest, taking hold of her hand, went on saying, ' What your dress, madam, would conceal from us, your hair discovers; a manifest indication, that no slight cause has disguised your beauty in so unworthy a habit, and brought you to such a solitude as this, in which it has been our good luck to find you, if not to administer a remedy to your misfortunes, at least to assist you with our advice, since no evil which does not destroy life itself can afflict so much, or arrive to that extremity, as to make the sufferer refuse to hearken to advice, when given with a sincere intention: and therefore, dear madam, or dear sir, or whatever you please to be, shake off the surprise which the sight of us has occasioned, and relate to us your good or ill fortune; for you...
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- EditoreRareBooksClub.com
- Data di pubblicazione2012
- ISBN 10 1153937174
- ISBN 13 9781153937177
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- LinguaInglese
- Numero di pagine180
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