The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 45F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 4
... scarcely accessible but to the steps of the enthusiast , and where no track appeared on the vegetation , but what the foot of the izard had left , they would seek one of those green recesses which so beautifully adorn the bosom of these ...
... scarcely accessible but to the steps of the enthusiast , and where no track appeared on the vegetation , but what the foot of the izard had left , they would seek one of those green recesses which so beautifully adorn the bosom of these ...
Pagina 18
... scarcely conscious of life . I live for my family and myself , said St. Aubert . I am now contented to know only happiness - for- merly I knew life . I mean to expend thirty or forty thousand livres on improvements , said M. Quesnel ...
... scarcely conscious of life . I live for my family and myself , said St. Aubert . I am now contented to know only happiness - for- merly I knew life . I mean to expend thirty or forty thousand livres on improvements , said M. Quesnel ...
Pagina 19
... scarcely contend that there can be either use or beauty in such a sapless old tree as this ? Good God ! exclaimed St. Aubert ; you surely will not destroy that noble chesnut , which has flourished for centuries the glory of the estate ...
... scarcely contend that there can be either use or beauty in such a sapless old tree as this ? Good God ! exclaimed St. Aubert ; you surely will not destroy that noble chesnut , which has flourished for centuries the glory of the estate ...
Pagina 38
... scarcely believe what she saw to be real . She never knew till now that he had a picture of any other lady than her mother , much less that he had one which he evidently valued so highly ; but having looked repeatedly , to be certain ...
... scarcely believe what she saw to be real . She never knew till now that he had a picture of any other lady than her mother , much less that he had one which he evidently valued so highly ; but having looked repeatedly , to be certain ...
Pagina 39
... scarcely possible for him to feel on any similar occasion . They parted with mutual regret . If any thing could have tempted me from my re- tirement , said M. Barreaux , it would have been the pleasure of accompanying you on this little ...
... scarcely possible for him to feel on any similar occasion . They parted with mutual regret . If any thing could have tempted me from my re- tirement , said M. Barreaux , it would have been the pleasure of accompanying you on this little ...
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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...