The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 27
... mother , I had always passionately desired to see the sole surviv- ing sister of my father , Margaret lady Mortimer . Educated with the late queen in the Catholic persuasion , she had married a general , and with him held many distin ...
... mother , I had always passionately desired to see the sole surviv- ing sister of my father , Margaret lady Mortimer . Educated with the late queen in the Catholic persuasion , she had married a general , and with him held many distin ...
Strana 28
... mother and husband had united to bequeath her , in cherishing every exiled enemy of Elizabeth . Elated with the vain hope of one day seeing her ill - fated brother thron- ed in conjunction with the queen of Scots , she had entered into ...
... mother and husband had united to bequeath her , in cherishing every exiled enemy of Elizabeth . Elated with the vain hope of one day seeing her ill - fated brother thron- ed in conjunction with the queen of Scots , she had entered into ...
Strana 48
... shone forth : to the de- licate attentions of a friend , she united the soft solicitude of a mother . She soothed my mind with the most flattering hopes ; and , jealous lest in any fretful moment my secret 48 THE RECESS .
... shone forth : to the de- licate attentions of a friend , she united the soft solicitude of a mother . She soothed my mind with the most flattering hopes ; and , jealous lest in any fretful moment my secret 48 THE RECESS .
Strana 53
... mother , with a pang , perhaps , equal to that with which she bore me . The radiant sun of love seemed to dip into a sea of blood , and sink there for ever ! Unable to reduce the torrent of my ideas into language , I buried my head in ...
... mother , with a pang , perhaps , equal to that with which she bore me . The radiant sun of love seemed to dip into a sea of blood , and sink there for ever ! Unable to reduce the torrent of my ideas into language , I buried my head in ...
Strana 54
... mother , my fond , my helpless mother , and my heart floated in tears , which were hours working their way up to my burn- ing eyes . The furies of Orestes surround- ed me , and thundered parricide , nothing but parricide , in my ear ...
... mother , my fond , my helpless mother , and my heart floated in tears , which were hours working their way up to my burn- ing eyes . The furies of Orestes surround- ed me , and thundered parricide , nothing but parricide , in my ear ...
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.