Leila; Or the Siege of Granada And Calderon the Courtier
Leila; Or the Siege of Granada And Calderon the Courtier
Lytton Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron
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Release the devoted one of Qod I " '' She is mine I she is my daughter I I claim her from thee as a father, in the name of the great Sire of Man I** " Seize the sorcerer I seize him ! " exclaimed the In- quisitor, as, with a sudden movement, Almamen cleared his way through the scattered and dismayed group, and stood with his daughter in his arms, on the first step of the consecrated platform. But not a foot stirred — not a hand was raised. The epithet bestowed on the intruder had only breathed ...a supernatural terror into the audience ; and they would have sooner rushed upon a tiger in his lair, than on the lifted dagger and savage aspect of that grim stranger. " Oh, my father I " then said a low and faltering voice, that startled Muza as a voice from the grave — " wrestle not against the decrees of Heaven. Thy daughter is not Digitized by VjOOQ IC LEILA. S81 compelkd to her solemn choice. Humbly, but devotedly, a convert to the Christian creed, her only wish on earth is to take the consecrated and eternal vow." " Ha I " groaned the Hebrew, suddenly relaxing his hold, as his daughter fell on her knees before him, " then have I indeed been told, as I have foreseen, the worst.
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