The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 13
... Cecil , such lan- guage must have ascertained it : yet to find ourselves under the roof of our most mortal enemy , was a cruel stroke . " Is it possible we should be in the house of lord Burleigh ? " cried lord Leicester , disdain ...
... Cecil , such lan- guage must have ascertained it : yet to find ourselves under the roof of our most mortal enemy , was a cruel stroke . " Is it possible we should be in the house of lord Burleigh ? " cried lord Leicester , disdain ...
Strana 14
... Cecil's distressful eyes wandered from him to me for some moments in silence ; then taking a hand of each , she first kissed , and afterwards uniting them , said , with a Spar- tan firmness , " My friend ! " but turning instantly from ...
... Cecil's distressful eyes wandered from him to me for some moments in silence ; then taking a hand of each , she first kissed , and afterwards uniting them , said , with a Spar- tan firmness , " My friend ! " but turning instantly from ...
Strana 15
Sophia Lee. mine . Miss Cecil no longer sees the wor- shipped favourite of an imperious queen . United alike by choice and law to the dear companion of my dangers , a chain of oc- currences reduces us to escape by unknown means from ...
Sophia Lee. mine . Miss Cecil no longer sees the wor- shipped favourite of an imperious queen . United alike by choice and law to the dear companion of my dangers , a chain of oc- currences reduces us to escape by unknown means from ...
Strana 18
... " some dreadful in- terruption from the rest of these wretches . " 66 No , " returned Miss Cecil , “ I have every reason to imagine this villain was alone . When first , by his entrance , I started from 18 THE RECESS .
... " some dreadful in- terruption from the rest of these wretches . " 66 No , " returned Miss Cecil , “ I have every reason to imagine this villain was alone . When first , by his entrance , I started from 18 THE RECESS .
Strana 21
... Cecil was actuated by the same fearful affection , I yielded to the desperate emergency . The closing of the door after him severed the hearts of both ; it was then only we knew the support we had derived from his pre- sence : wan ...
... Cecil was actuated by the same fearful affection , I yielded to the desperate emergency . The closing of the door after him severed the hearts of both ; it was then only we knew the support we had derived from his pre- sence : wan ...
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Abbey affection alike Anana annihilated arms astonishment bosom charm coffin of lord conceal conduct court cried danger dared daugh daughter dear death desperate dreadful Elizabeth Ellinor escaped eyes fair lady fancy fatal fate favour favourite fear fixed fortune gave grief groaned hand happiness heart Heaven hope horrors indulgence interval Kenilworth Castle knew lady Mortimer lady Pembroke lamented learnt lence lord Arlington lord Burleigh lord Essex lord Leices lord Leicester lord Leicester's Lord Pembroke lover marriage Matilda ment mind misfortune Miss Cecil Miss Walsingham mother nature never noble object once passion perceived perhaps pleasure queen of Scots reason recollected resolved Rouen safety seemed sense servants shewed sighed silence sir Francis Walsingham sir Philip Sydney sister slaves soon soul suffer sunk sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion venture villain voice wholly wild wish wretch
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Strana 133 - And, father Cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven; If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Strana 164 - ... this holy tranquillity deep ! Not a charm from thy brow the Destroyer hath driven ; 51 The mournful privilege to die was desired by Moses the meekest, and by Job the most patient of men. Listen to the Holy Psalmist. " 0 that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Strana 54 - Perhaps even at the moment she laid that beauteous head, so many hearts were born to worship, on the block, every agony of death was doubled, by the knowledge her daughter brought her there. — Why did I not perish in the Recess by lightning? Why did not the ocean entomb me? Why, why, oh God, was I permitted to survive my innocence?
Strana 232 - This climax of grief and misfortune was too mighty for my reason—I had passed from fear to fear, from sorrow to sorrow, in such rapid succession, that there were only intervals enough of time to render each more poignant. In one short month to behold myself deceived, defamed, and...
Strana 232 - Severed at once from every tie both of nature and of choice, dead while yet breathing, the deep melancholy which had seized upon my brain soon tinctured my whole mass of blood — my intellects strangely blackened and confused, frequently realized scenes and objects that never existed, annihilating many which daily passed before my eyes.