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 11
... obtaining an opportunity of addressing her ; and which having at length found , he cried " Oh , let me again , " throwing himself at her feet , " avail myself of it , to implore you , in pity to my sufferings , to the agony , the ...
... obtaining an opportunity of addressing her ; and which having at length found , he cried " Oh , let me again , " throwing himself at her feet , " avail myself of it , to implore you , in pity to my sufferings , to the agony , the ...
Pagina 17
... obtain it . The most arro- gant of mankind , he aspired to universal homage ; nor knew how to forgive the slightest opposition to his hereditary claims to distinction . Pride was his governing B 2 HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA . 17 "A ...
... obtain it . The most arro- gant of mankind , he aspired to universal homage ; nor knew how to forgive the slightest opposition to his hereditary claims to distinction . Pride was his governing B 2 HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA . 17 "A ...
Pagina 22
... availed myself of it , to hover about the haunts I understood you frequented , in hopes of at length obtaining the opportunity I now have of ex- pressing the grateful sense I entertain of your good- ness 22 HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA .
... availed myself of it , to hover about the haunts I understood you frequented , in hopes of at length obtaining the opportunity I now have of ex- pressing the grateful sense I entertain of your good- ness 22 HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA .
Pagina 28
... obtain another and another interview , which he at length availed himself of to avow his passion ; nor rested till he had drawn from the agitated Elvina a promise , that , if sanctioned by her father , she would not reject his suit ...
... obtain another and another interview , which he at length availed himself of to avow his passion ; nor rested till he had drawn from the agitated Elvina a promise , that , if sanctioned by her father , she would not reject his suit ...
Pagina 31
... obtained through her means ; and with her sensasions was mingled the pleasing idea of the avowal his enlargement might speedily lead to . CHAP . III . -An ancient feud Hereditary evil was HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA . 31.
... obtained through her means ; and with her sensasions was mingled the pleasing idea of the avowal his enlargement might speedily lead to . CHAP . III . -An ancient feud Hereditary evil was HOUSES OF OSMA AND ALMERIA . 31.
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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.