The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 6
... humanity . How - how could it ever escape my memo- ry , that he was acquainted with the secret of the Recess ? how , under such uncertain- ty , durst I ever venture within it ? but short - sighted man , solely employed in weaving snares ...
... humanity . How - how could it ever escape my memo- ry , that he was acquainted with the secret of the Recess ? how , under such uncertain- ty , durst I ever venture within it ? but short - sighted man , solely employed in weaving snares ...
Strana 32
... human pursuits ) , whose restless waves roar a proud defi- ance to all who dare approach it ; and my sole fear sprung from learning that the wind was entirely contrary , and the watery chasm yet impassable . Too late we lamented ...
... human pursuits ) , whose restless waves roar a proud defi- ance to all who dare approach it ; and my sole fear sprung from learning that the wind was entirely contrary , and the watery chasm yet impassable . Too late we lamented ...
Strana 50
... human perspica- city ! Insolently vain of our bounded knowledge , we boast of tracing every thought and action of individuals , seas di- vide from us even at the very moment we misjudge all with whom we are immedi- ately surrounded . My ...
... human perspica- city ! Insolently vain of our bounded knowledge , we boast of tracing every thought and action of individuals , seas di- vide from us even at the very moment we misjudge all with whom we are immedi- ately surrounded . My ...
Strana 55
... human nature , she com- prised it in comparison - and what a comparison ! casting off the veil of her mortality , to darken over the future days of Elizabeth , the radiant track of her ascension concentered , while it dimmed , the eyes ...
... human nature , she com- prised it in comparison - and what a comparison ! casting off the veil of her mortality , to darken over the future days of Elizabeth , the radiant track of her ascension concentered , while it dimmed , the eyes ...
Strana 77
... human , Elizabeth excepted . This request flattered the nuns with the hope of my conversion , and a little opened their hearts towards me . I now learnt that the wretches who robbed my days of comfort , imputed the event solely to acci ...
... human , Elizabeth excepted . This request flattered the nuns with the hope of my conversion , and a little opened their hearts towards me . I now learnt that the wretches who robbed my days of comfort , imputed the event solely to acci ...
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
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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.