This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...on the glow-worm, now the star, I paced the terrace, till the Bear had wheel'd 195 Thro' a great arc his seven slow snns. A step Of lightest echo, then a loftier form Than female, moving thro' the uncertain gloom, Disturb'd me with the doubt "if this wero she," But it was Florian. "Hist, 0 hist," he ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...on the glow-worm, now the star, I paced the terrace, till the Bear had wheel'd 195 Thro' a great arc his seven slow snns. A step Of lightest echo, then a loftier form Than female, moving thro' the uncertain gloom, Disturb'd me with the doubt "if this wero she," But it was Florian. "Hist, 0 hist," he said, "They seek us: out so late is out of rules. 200 Moreover 'seize the strangers' is the cry. How came you here?" I told him: "I," said he, "Last of the train, a moral leper, I, To whom none spake, half sick at heart, return'd. Arriving all confused among the rest 205 With hooded brows I crept into the hall, And, couch'd behind a Judith, underneath The head of Holofernes, peep'd and saw. Girl after girl was call'd to trial: each Disclaim'd all knowledge of us: last of all, 210 Melissa: trust me, Sir, I pitied her. She, question'd if she knew us men, at first Was silent; closer prest, denied it not: And then, demanded if her mother knew, Or Psyche, she affirm'd not, or denied: 215 From whence the Royal mind, familiar with her, Easily gather'd either guilt. She sent For Psyche, but she was not there; she call'd For Psyche's child to cast it from the doors; She sent for Blanche to accuse her face to face; 220 And I slipt out: but whither will you now? And where are Psyche, Cyril? both are fled: What, if together? that were not so well. Would rather we had never come! I dread His wildness, and the chances of the dark." 225 "And yet," I said, "you wrong him more than I That struck him: this is proper to the clown, Tho' smock'd, or furr'd and purpled, still the clown, To harm the thing that trusts him, and to shams 230 That which he says he loves: for Cyril, howe'er He deal in frolic, as to-night--the song Might have been worse and sinn'd in...
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Add this copy of The Princess a Medley (the Lake English Classics) to cart. $4.42, good condition, Sold by Sheri's Book Treasures rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Soldier, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1899 by Scott, Foresman And Company.
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Good. HARDBACK-GOOD Condition-Cover has some surface wear. Has age spots. Book pages in good reading condition inside. Ships same or next business day.
Add this copy of The Princess: a Medley to cart. $8.99, good condition, Sold by UHR Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hollis Center, ME, UNITED STATES, published 1904 by The MacMillan Company.
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Good with no dust jacket. E--Wear and rubbing to covers. Previous owner's name on front end page. Some notes inside. Binding sound. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package.; Macmillan's Pocket American and English Classics.
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Very Good in No jacket. New York, Cincinnati and Chicago: American Book Company, 1896. Published 1896. Green hardcover with green cloth spine, frontis portrait, 140 pages, plus publisher's advertisments. The book is in very good condition with very gently rubbed spine ends, and hardly any other discernible edgewear, sound text block, good hinges, name on front free endpaper, otherwise clean pages with no other markings. Hard Cover. Very Good/No. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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