The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 45F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 10
... observed the following lines written with a pen- cil on a part of the wainscot : SONNET . Go , pencil ! faithful to thy master's sighs ! Go tell the Goddess of this fairy scene , When next her light steps wind these wood - walks green ...
... observed the following lines written with a pen- cil on a part of the wainscot : SONNET . Go , pencil ! faithful to thy master's sighs ! Go tell the Goddess of this fairy scene , When next her light steps wind these wood - walks green ...
Pagina 12
... observed this more than once , and gently reproved her for the emotion ; but she could only smile , clasp his hand and that of Emily , and weep the more . felt the tender enthusiasm stealing upon himself in a degree that became almost ...
... observed this more than once , and gently reproved her for the emotion ; but she could only smile , clasp his hand and that of Emily , and weep the more . felt the tender enthusiasm stealing upon himself in a degree that became almost ...
Pagina 15
... observed an unusual bustle about it ; the sound of voices was distinctly heard ; servants and horses were seen passing between the trees ; and at length the wheels of a carriage rolled along . Having come within view of the front of the ...
... observed an unusual bustle about it ; the sound of voices was distinctly heard ; servants and horses were seen passing between the trees ; and at length the wheels of a carriage rolled along . Having come within view of the front of the ...
Pagina 25
... for their sufferings , that she regretted life . On the seventh day the disorder was at its crisis . The physician assumed a graver VOL . XLV . D manner , which she observed , and took occasion , MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO . 25.
... for their sufferings , that she regretted life . On the seventh day the disorder was at its crisis . The physician assumed a graver VOL . XLV . D manner , which she observed , and took occasion , MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO . 25.
Pagina 26
With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. manner , which she observed , and took occasion , when her family had once quitted the chamber , to tell him that she perceived her death was approach- ing . Do not attempt to ...
With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. manner , which she observed , and took occasion , when her family had once quitted the chamber , to tell him that she perceived her death was approach- ing . Do not attempt to ...
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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...