The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 6
... Shall we complain Heaven has quite abandoned us , ” resumed I , " when it has given us but one moment to ourselves ? Oh , Leicester ! you have hitherto found me a tender , anxious , fear- ful woman ; but , alas , I knew not 6 THE RECESS .
... Shall we complain Heaven has quite abandoned us , ” resumed I , " when it has given us but one moment to ourselves ? Oh , Leicester ! you have hitherto found me a tender , anxious , fear- ful woman ; but , alas , I knew not 6 THE RECESS .
Strana 7
Sophia Lee. ful woman ; but , alas , I knew not till now the powers of my own soul . Abhorrent of shame and dishonour , it tempts me to the most desperate deeds ; if yours is in- deed congenial , it surely understands me ; assume a Roman ...
Sophia Lee. ful woman ; but , alas , I knew not till now the powers of my own soul . Abhorrent of shame and dishonour , it tempts me to the most desperate deeds ; if yours is in- deed congenial , it surely understands me ; assume a Roman ...
Strana 19
... knew the character of my father so well as to debate whether I should not rather give up my life than a trust so precious , when the terrible intervention of lord Leicester released me from the con- flict . Yet I agree with you , that a ...
... knew the character of my father so well as to debate whether I should not rather give up my life than a trust so precious , when the terrible intervention of lord Leicester released me from the con- flict . Yet I agree with you , that a ...
Strana 21
... knew the support we had derived from his pre- sence : wan , speechless , helpless , we durst hardly turn our eyes on any object but each other , nor utter a sigh but it swelled into a groan ; and the ghastly body of Williams seemed for ...
... knew the support we had derived from his pre- sence : wan , speechless , helpless , we durst hardly turn our eyes on any object but each other , nor utter a sigh but it swelled into a groan ; and the ghastly body of Williams seemed for ...
Strana 25
... knew the letter lord Leicester had ordered to be delivered to Elizabeth two hours after our departure , would infallibly explain to her the secret of our marriage ; which of itself confuted the tale he had advanced concerning our birth ...
... knew the letter lord Leicester had ordered to be delivered to Elizabeth two hours after our departure , would infallibly explain to her the secret of our marriage ; which of itself confuted the tale he had advanced concerning our birth ...
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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
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.