The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 7
... idea , " 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 ...
... idea , " 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 ...
Strana 11
... our escape introduced a danger to themselves , while ignorant whom we were going to appear before , well might the firmest heart tremble . Engrossed by these various and affecting ideas , I hardly heard a sound THE RECESS . 11.
... our escape introduced a danger to themselves , while ignorant whom we were going to appear before , well might the firmest heart tremble . Engrossed by these various and affecting ideas , I hardly heard a sound THE RECESS . 11.
Strana 12
Sophia Lee. various and affecting ideas , I hardly heard a sound , which made lord Leicester start forward , with an eagerness that might ea- sily have deprived me of the little strength Heaven had left me . The ... ideas, I hardly heard ...
Sophia Lee. various and affecting ideas , I hardly heard a sound , which made lord Leicester start forward , with an eagerness that might ea- sily have deprived me of the little strength Heaven had left me . The ... ideas, I hardly heard ...
Strana 35
... idea . Ah , what but this could have enabled me to lead him into the garden at midnight , and take a look I then thought a last one , without dropping a sin- gle tear ? I saw in a moment all the me- rit , the charms of her character ...
... idea . Ah , what but this could have enabled me to lead him into the garden at midnight , and take a look I then thought a last one , without dropping a sin- gle tear ? I saw in a moment all the me- rit , the charms of her character ...
Strana 39
... idea of the matter . I collected all my courage , and framing the most plau- sible tale the present situation allowed , re- solved to abide by it , whatever the event . My father likewise settled his plan of pro- ceeding , and far from ...
... idea of the matter . I collected all my courage , and framing the most plau- sible tale the present situation allowed , re- solved to abide by it , whatever the event . My father likewise settled his plan of pro- ceeding , and far from ...
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.