The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 45F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 7
... spirits , and a softness to her manner , which added grace to beauty , and rendered her a very in- teresting object to persons of a congenial disposition . But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue ; and had ...
... spirits , and a softness to her manner , which added grace to beauty , and rendered her a very in- teresting object to persons of a congenial disposition . But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue ; and had ...
Pagina 13
... spirits , rose and went to the window To the lines before noticed she now perceived that others were added , in which her name appeared . Though no longer suffered to doubt that they were addressed to herself , she was as ignorant as ...
... spirits , rose and went to the window To the lines before noticed she now perceived that others were added , in which her name appeared . Though no longer suffered to doubt that they were addressed to herself , she was as ignorant as ...
Pagina 22
... spirit of the woods , that watches over them by night . Ah ! what light is yonder ? -But it is gone ! -and now it gleams again , near the root of that large chesnut : look , Sir ! Are you such an admirer of nature , said St. Aubert ...
... spirit of the woods , that watches over them by night . Ah ! what light is yonder ? -But it is gone ! -and now it gleams again , near the root of that large chesnut : look , Sir ! Are you such an admirer of nature , said St. Aubert ...
Pagina 30
... spirits so as to render conquest nearly impossible ; that is to come , You , my Emily , will show that you are willing to avoid it , Emily smiled through her tears upon her father ; Dear Sir , said she , and her voice trembled ; she ...
... spirits so as to render conquest nearly impossible ; that is to come , You , my Emily , will show that you are willing to avoid it , Emily smiled through her tears upon her father ; Dear Sir , said she , and her voice trembled ; she ...
Pagina 32
... spirits . Every feature of the edifice , distinguished by an air of heavy grandeur , appeared successively between the branches of the trees the broad turret , the arched gateway that led into the courts , the drawbridge , and the dry ...
... spirits . Every feature of the edifice , distinguished by an air of heavy grandeur , appeared successively between the branches of the trees the broad turret , the arched gateway that led into the courts , the drawbridge , and the dry ...
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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
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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...