The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 45F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Pagina 24
... traveller's benighted on his way , And I glimmer in his path , and would guide him through the grove , They bind me in their magic spells to lead him far astray ; And in the mire to leave him , till the stars are all burnt out ; While ...
... traveller's benighted on his way , And I glimmer in his path , and would guide him through the grove , They bind me in their magic spells to lead him far astray ; And in the mire to leave him , till the stars are all burnt out ; While ...
Pagina 39
... return with impatience . The travellers proceeded on their journey . As they ascended the heights , St. Aubert often looked back upon his chateau in the plain below : tender E 2 MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO . 39 CHAPTER III. ...
... return with impatience . The travellers proceeded on their journey . As they ascended the heights , St. Aubert often looked back upon his chateau in the plain below : tender E 2 MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO . 39 CHAPTER III. ...
Pagina 41
... travellers had leisure to linger amid these solitudes , and to indulge the sub- lime reflections , which soften while they elevate the heart , and fill it with the certainty of a present God ! Still the enjoyment of St. Aubert was touch ...
... travellers had leisure to linger amid these solitudes , and to indulge the sub- lime reflections , which soften while they elevate the heart , and fill it with the certainty of a present God ! Still the enjoyment of St. Aubert was touch ...
Pagina 43
... travellers safely into the valley , and there stopped upon the brink of the rivulet that watered it . Leaving the splendour of extensive prospects , they now entered this narrow valley , screened by Rocks on rocks piled , as if by magic ...
... travellers safely into the valley , and there stopped upon the brink of the rivulet that watered it . Leaving the splendour of extensive prospects , they now entered this narrow valley , screened by Rocks on rocks piled , as if by magic ...
Pagina 46
... travellers very thankful that they had a guide ; the frequent glens , too , that now opened among the mountains , would likewise have added to their per- plexity . Emily , as she looked up one of these , saw something at a great ...
... travellers very thankful that they had a guide ; the frequent glens , too , that now opened among the mountains , would likewise have added to their per- plexity . Emily , as she looked up one of these , saw something at a great ...
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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...