The Waldorf family . ran ipmace w ran ®mw OR, THE TEMPTATION OF N the northwestern coast ofBrittany, adjoining the provinceof Normandy, extends a wideand desolate sand-beach, knownby the name of St. MichaelsStrand,—a dreary coast, beatenby the waves, which break here withgreat fury. Two or three little cha-pels, much frequented by mariners,and a few miserable cottages, are allthat disturb the monotony of this vaststretch of sand. The strange and fan-tastic shapes with which the action of the winds 215 e^ssss^ efiSbESs and waves has heaped the drifting sand, adds tothe wild gloom of the
The Waldorf family . ran ipmace w ran ®mw OR, THE TEMPTATION OF N the northwestern coast ofBrittany, adjoining the provinceof Normandy, extends a wideand desolate sand-beach, knownby the name of St. MichaelsStrand,—a dreary coast, beatenby the waves, which break here withgreat fury. Two or three little cha-pels, much frequented by mariners,and a few miserable cottages, are allthat disturb the monotony of this vaststretch of sand. The strange and fan-tastic shapes with which the action of the winds 215 e^ssss^ efiSbESs and waves has heaped the drifting sand, adds tothe wild gloom of the place. Mountains withbeetling cliffs, castles with broken battlements,tombs with crumbling columns^ might easily beimagined to stand around, amid the fragments ofwrecks and rotting ship-timbers, which lie halfburied on the beach. The tradition connectedwith the loftiest of these sand-hills is both poetical,and full of fine moral truth. There was once a young man, named Perek,who was beset with all sorts of evil desires. Hewas covetous, and yet indolent; he loved l
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