The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 2
... cried the exulting villain , " fortune's wheel has made its cir- cle , and my turn is come , lord Leicester . How could you hope to conquer a man whose all was courage ? Neither sir Fran- cis , nor even Elizabeth , could long confine ...
... cried the exulting villain , " fortune's wheel has made its cir- cle , and my turn is come , lord Leicester . How could you hope to conquer a man whose all was courage ? Neither sir Fran- cis , nor even Elizabeth , could long confine ...
Strana 4
... cried he , " though you are not the haughty beauty I adored , yet , as the wife of that imperious lord , you become but a more perfect means of exquisite revenge . " The nature of that revenge blazed in his countenance - my heart turned ...
... cried he , " though you are not the haughty beauty I adored , yet , as the wife of that imperious lord , you become but a more perfect means of exquisite revenge . " The nature of that revenge blazed in his countenance - my heart turned ...
Strana 7
... cried lord Leicester , that were these hands free , perhaps- ed I , " feeble as they are , alike are bound ; yet surely despair will give me strength to loose them . " The violent efforts I made at last broke the slight thong the ...
... cried lord Leicester , that were these hands free , perhaps- ed I , " feeble as they are , alike are bound ; yet surely despair will give me strength to loose them . " The violent efforts I made at last broke the slight thong the ...
Strana 8
... cried my lord , flooding my cheek with tears of generous anguish , " never , never can it be ; my sinews relax to child- hood ; your unlooked - for fortitude totally subdues mine , and melts my soul to wo- man's 8 THE RECESS .
... cried my lord , flooding my cheek with tears of generous anguish , " never , never can it be ; my sinews relax to child- hood ; your unlooked - for fortitude totally subdues mine , and melts my soul to wo- man's 8 THE RECESS .
Strana 12
... cried my lord , dropping the knife , " by unlooked - for means Heaven at last has finished thee ! " - " Gracious God ! " cried the lady , " do I hear the voice of lord Leicester ? " Amaz- ed at this discovery , and the preceding event ...
... cried my lord , dropping the knife , " by unlooked - for means Heaven at last has finished thee ! " - " Gracious God ! " cried the lady , " do I hear the voice of lord Leicester ? " Amaz- ed at this discovery , and the preceding event ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
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
Populárne pasáže
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.