The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 45F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 8
... gratifications derived from the world within . Thought and cultivation are necessary equally to the happiness of a country and a city life : in the first they prevent the uneasy sensations of indolence 8 MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO . Co.
... gratifications derived from the world within . Thought and cultivation are necessary equally to the happiness of a country and a city life : in the first they prevent the uneasy sensations of indolence 8 MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO . Co.
Pagina 9
... thoughts to the GoD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH . In scenes like these she would often linger alone , wrapt in a melancholy charm , till the last gleam of day faded from the west ; till the lonely sound of a sheep - bell , or the distant bark ...
... thoughts to the GoD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH . In scenes like these she would often linger alone , wrapt in a melancholy charm , till the last gleam of day faded from the west ; till the lonely sound of a sheep - bell , or the distant bark ...
Pagina 11
... thoughts amid her books , her studies , and the ex- ercise of social charities . Soon after this period , her anxiety was awakened by the indisposition of her father , who was attacked with a fever ; which , though not thought to be of ...
... thoughts amid her books , her studies , and the ex- ercise of social charities . Soon after this period , her anxiety was awakened by the indisposition of her father , who was attacked with a fever ; which , though not thought to be of ...
Pagina 13
... thought she heard the sound of a step without the building ; and again alarmed , she caught up her lute and hurried away . Monsieur and Ma- dame St. Aubert she found in a little path that wound along the sides of the glen . VOL . XLV ...
... thought she heard the sound of a step without the building ; and again alarmed , she caught up her lute and hurried away . Monsieur and Ma- dame St. Aubert she found in a little path that wound along the sides of the glen . VOL . XLV ...
Pagina 16
... thought she perceived , that happiness and splendour were not the same ; and she did not hesitate to forgo the last for the attainment of the former . Whether Monsieur Quesnel thought them the same , or not , he would readily have ...
... thought she perceived , that happiness and splendour were not the same ; and she did not hesitate to forgo the last for the attainment of the former . Whether Monsieur Quesnel thought them the same , or not , he would readily have ...
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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...