The Houses of Osma and Almeria: Or, Convent of St. Ildefonso. A Tale ...Printed at the Minerva Press, for A. K. Newman and Company, 1810 - 328 pagina's |
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Pagina 6
... moment , that as storms are requisite to purify the air , so interrup- tions to tranquillity are sometimes necessary to make us thoroughly enjoy it ; and that that is but a nega- tive kind of virtue , which has never been put to the ...
... moment , that as storms are requisite to purify the air , so interrup- tions to tranquillity are sometimes necessary to make us thoroughly enjoy it ; and that that is but a nega- tive kind of virtue , which has never been put to the ...
Pagina 12
... blushed , and for a moment was too much confused by this indirect reproach , a reproach she felt she merited , for having suffered any circumstance to betray her into so ungenerous an assertion , though 12 HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA .
... blushed , and for a moment was too much confused by this indirect reproach , a reproach she felt she merited , for having suffered any circumstance to betray her into so ungenerous an assertion , though 12 HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA .
Pagina 15
... moment of part- ing , " I shall remember your bidding , " he cried , with a smile that illumined his whole countenance ; 66 you desired me not to forget you in my orisons ; yet it was unnecessary to do so , for what vow can I prefer to ...
... moment of part- ing , " I shall remember your bidding , " he cried , with a smile that illumined his whole countenance ; 66 you desired me not to forget you in my orisons ; yet it was unnecessary to do so , for what vow can I prefer to ...
Pagina 16
... moment of danger , formed a wing , altogether constituting an immense fabric - one of those Gothic and magnifi- cent piles , that cannot be gazed at without the memo- ry of the past being awakened in the mind , the soul sent back to the ...
... moment of danger , formed a wing , altogether constituting an immense fabric - one of those Gothic and magnifi- cent piles , that cannot be gazed at without the memo- ry of the past being awakened in the mind , the soul sent back to the ...
Pagina 23
... moment he beheld her , through the thick brakes that concealed him from her view , bending her steps towards it , or any one approaching her . " And why , " suddenly as well as earnestly inter- rogated Elvina , " why not profit by the ...
... moment he beheld her , through the thick brakes that concealed him from her view , bending her steps towards it , or any one approaching her . " And why , " suddenly as well as earnestly inter- rogated Elvina , " why not profit by the ...
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accents agitated Almeria Alvaro Andalusia anguish anxiety appeared apprehension assurance beheld bosom castle cause chamber circumstance conceal conduct consequence countenance cried Elvina daugh daughter death despair discovery Don Ferdinand Don Julio Don Rodolph door Dorinda doubt dreadful duke of Osma dutchess emotion excited exclaimed eyes fate father favour fearful feelings Gascony gave gloom hand happiness Hara haughty heart Heaven honour hope house of Lara idea illegitimacy immediately induce involuntarily justice king king of Leon lady Elvina length Lerida Lisbon look marchioness marquis marriage ment mind mingled minutes nand ned glass ness never night noble obtain occasioned Olivia OSSIAN owing passion pause perceived permit prevent recollections recovering regret rendered replied returned revenge scarcely scene secret Seville shriek sigh sion Sir Lorenzo sire soon sorrow soul specting suffer sword tears thee thought tion trembling unhappy Valery voice wish
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Pagina 239 - Hath op'd his ponderous and marble jaws, To cast thee up again. What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous; and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition...
Pagina 65 - Injuries may be atoned for and forgiven; but insults admit of no compensation. They degrade the mind in its own esteem, and force it to recover its level by revenge.
Pagina 194 - OUR youth is like the dream of the hunter on the hill of heath. He sleeps in the mild beams of the sun; he awakes amidst a storm; the red lightning flies around: trees shake their heads to the wind! He looks back with joy, on the day of the sun; and the pleasant dreams of his rest!
Pagina 38 - He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
Pagina 287 - Why dost thou awake me, O gale !" it seems to say, " I am covered with the drops of heaven? The time of my fading is near, the blast, that shall scatter my leaves. To-morrow shall the traveller come ; he that saw me in my beauty shall come. His eyes will search the field, but they will not find me.
Pagina 60 - Think you saw what pass'd at our last parting; Think you beheld him like a raging lion, Pacing the earth and tearing up his steps, Fate in his eyes, and roaring with the pain Of burning fury; think you saw his one hand...
Pagina 287 - So shall they search in vain, for the voice of Cona, after it has failed in the field. The hunter shall come forth in the morning, and the voice of my harp shall not be heard. " Where is the son of car-borne Fingal...
Pagina 8 - Paints in the matchless harmony of song. Or catch thyself the landscape, gliding swift Athwart Imagination's vivid eye : Or, by the vocal woods and waters...
Pagina 181 - I've lost a friend, and I have gain'da wife ! " Turn not to thought, my brain ; but let me find " Some unfrequented shade ; there lay me down, " And let forgetful dulness steal upon me, " To soften and assuage this pain of .thinking.
Pagina 267 - Day, Rejoicing in the east. The lessening cloud, The kindling azure, and the mountain's brow Illumed with fluid gold, his near approach Betoken glad. Lo ! now, apparent all, Aslant the dew-bright earth, and coloured air, He looks in boundless majesty abroad; And sheds the shining day, that burnished plays On rocks, and hills, and towers, and wandering streams. High-gleaming from afar.