The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 45F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 12
... longer sensible of the indisposition which had lately oppressed her ; and , as she sauntered along the wood - walks of this romantic glen , and conversed with him and with her daughter , she often looked at them alternately with a ...
... longer sensible of the indisposition which had lately oppressed her ; and , as she sauntered along the wood - walks of this romantic glen , and conversed with him and with her daughter , she often looked at them alternately with a ...
Pagina 13
... longer suffered to doubt that they were addressed to herself , she was as ignorant as before by whom they could be written . While she mused , she thought she heard the sound of a step without the building ; and again alarmed , she ...
... longer suffered to doubt that they were addressed to herself , she was as ignorant as before by whom they could be written . While she mused , she thought she heard the sound of a step without the building ; and again alarmed , she ...
Pagina 24
... longer , nor the traveller beguile , And help all faithful lovers , nor fear the fairy kind ! But soon the vapour of the woods will wander afar , And the fickle moon will fade , and the stars disappear ; Then cheerless will they be ...
... longer , nor the traveller beguile , And help all faithful lovers , nor fear the fairy kind ! But soon the vapour of the woods will wander afar , And the fickle moon will fade , and the stars disappear ; Then cheerless will they be ...
Pagina 32
... longer ; and , wishing to rouse Emily from her dejection , he took her with him to Épour- ville . As the carriage entered upon the forest that ad- joined his paternal domain , his eyes once more caught , between the chesnut avenue , the ...
... longer ; and , wishing to rouse Emily from her dejection , he took her with him to Épour- ville . As the carriage entered upon the forest that ad- joined his paternal domain , his eyes once more caught , between the chesnut avenue , the ...
Pagina 55
... longer doubt his purpose , was with difficulty able to prepare a pistol for his defence , when his hand was upon the door of the chaise . The man staggered on his horse ; the report of the pistol was followed by a groan ; and St ...
... longer doubt his purpose , was with difficulty able to prepare a pistol for his defence , when his hand was upon the door of the chaise . The man staggered on his horse ; the report of the pistol was followed by a groan ; and St ...
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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...