The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Výsledky 1 - 5 z 37.
Strana 2
... means of torture and of death ; and only supplicated the Almighty to spare us the first , since to avoid the latter I supposed a fruitless prayer . " You see at last , " cried the exulting villain , " fortune's wheel has made its cir ...
... means of torture and of death ; and only supplicated the Almighty to spare us the first , since to avoid the latter I supposed a fruitless prayer . " You see at last , " cried the exulting villain , " fortune's wheel has made its cir ...
Strana 4
... means of exquisite revenge . " The nature of that revenge blazed in his countenance - my heart turned to marble within me . I raised my eyes towards heaven in speechless agony , then rivetting them on lord Leicester , found life recede ...
... means of exquisite revenge . " The nature of that revenge blazed in his countenance - my heart turned to marble within me . I raised my eyes towards heaven in speechless agony , then rivetting them on lord Leicester , found life recede ...
Strana 8
... means of death in my own hands , do you imagine I would supplicate it from yours ? Strangle me now , while darkness favours . Your wife demands of you this final proof of love and courage ; hers will at least vie with it ; no groan , no ...
... means of death in my own hands , do you imagine I would supplicate it from yours ? Strangle me now , while darkness favours . Your wife demands of you this final proof of love and courage ; hers will at least vie with it ; no groan , no ...
Strana 9
... means my beloved ? " exclaimed he , in al- most equal surprise and agitation ; " has pitying Providence deprived her of her senses ? " - " Ah no , it is God himself who has illumined them , " faltered I at last ; " what dungeon has man ...
... means my beloved ? " exclaimed he , in al- most equal surprise and agitation ; " has pitying Providence deprived her of her senses ? " - " Ah no , it is God himself who has illumined them , " faltered I at last ; " what dungeon has man ...
Strana 12
... 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 , hardly could my trembling limbs convey me into the ...
... 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 , hardly could my trembling limbs convey me into the ...
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.