The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 45F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 6
... hour , when the last tints of light die away ; when the stars , one by one , tremble through ether , and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters ; that hour , which , of all others , inspires the mind with pensive tenderness ...
... hour , when the last tints of light die away ; when the stars , one by one , tremble through ether , and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters ; that hour , which , of all others , inspires the mind with pensive tenderness ...
Pagina 10
... hour to wel- come the silent dusk , or to listen for the music of the nightingale . Sometimes , too , he brought music of his own , and awakened every fair echo with the tender accents of his oboe ; and often have the tones of Emily's ...
... hour to wel- come the silent dusk , or to listen for the music of the nightingale . Sometimes , too , he brought music of his own , and awakened every fair echo with the tender accents of his oboe ; and often have the tones of Emily's ...
Pagina 11
... hour in botanizing , dinner was served . It was a repast , to which gratitude for being again permitted to visit this spot gave sweetness ; and family happiness once more smiled beneath these shades . Monsieur St. Aubert conversed with ...
... hour in botanizing , dinner was served . It was a repast , to which gratitude for being again permitted to visit this spot gave sweetness ; and family happiness once more smiled beneath these shades . Monsieur St. Aubert conversed with ...
Pagina 23
... hour , Till moon - light steals down among the trembling leaves , And chequers all the ground , and guides them to the bower , The long - haunted bower , where the nightingale grieves . Then no more they dance , till her sad song is ...
... hour , Till moon - light steals down among the trembling leaves , And chequers all the ground , and guides them to the bower , The long - haunted bower , where the nightingale grieves . Then no more they dance , till her sad song is ...
Pagina 26
... hour . The progress of this disorder was marked , on the side of Madame St. Aubert , by patient suffering and ... hours she conversed much with St. Aubert and Emily on the prospect of futurity , and other religious topics . The ...
... hour . The progress of this disorder was marked , on the side of Madame St. Aubert , by patient suffering and ... hours she conversed much with St. Aubert and Emily on the prospect of futurity , and other religious topics . The ...
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affected Alps anxious Apennines appeared aunt awakened beauty carriage Cavigni chateau circumstances cliffs conversation cottage Count Morano countenance daugh dear delight distance Emily's emotion endeavoured eyes fancy father fear felt Garonne Gascony gleam grief Guienne happiness heard heart hope hour indulged knew La Voisin landscape Languedoc late leave length light listened longer looked louis-d'ors lute Ma'amselle Madame Cheron Madame Clairval Madame Montoni Madame St Mark's Place melancholy ment Michael mind moon-light mountains never niece night observed passed paused pensive perceived person portico Pyrenees Quesnel racter recollection remembered replied retired returned road Rousillon scarcely scene seemed shade sigh Signor silent smile snowy points softened solemn sometimes soon soothed sorrow sound spirits spoke stranger suffer sunk sweet taste tears tenderness Theresa thought Thoulouse tion travellers trembling Turin Valan Valancourt Vallée Venice voice Voisin walked wandered waves weep wish woods
Populaire passages
Pagina 75 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace: You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her bright'ning face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve: Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great Children leave: Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Pagina 37 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ! X.
Pagina 141 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Pagina 198 - Placed far amid the melancholy main, (Whether it be lone fancy him beguiles ; Or that aerial beings sometimes deign To stand embodied, to our senses plain) Sees on the naked hill, or valley low, The whilst in ocean Phoebus dips his wain, A vast assembly moving to and fro: Then all at once in air dissolves the wondrous show.
Pagina 255 - He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music: Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Pagina 37 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven...
Pagina 101 - Let those deplore their doom Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn : But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb, .Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn.' Shall Spring to these sad scenes no more return ? Is yonder wave the sun's eternal bed * Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn, And Spring shall soon her vital influence shed, Again attune the grove, again adorn the mead.
Pagina 3 - ... of Monsieur and Madame St. Aubert, made her an early proficient. The windows of this room .were particularly pleasant ; they descended to the floor, and, opening upon the little lawn that surrounded the house, the eye was led between groves of almond-, palm-trees, flowering-ash, and myrtle, to the distant landscape, where the Garonne wandered.
Pagina 96 - At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes, And stole upon the air, that even Silence Was took ere she was ware, and wished she might Deny her nature, and be never more Still to be so displaced. I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death...