The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 7
... sole use the tender Lei- cester could make of his arms , was to press me a thousand times to his swelled heart , which almost burst with anguish . I strug- gled against all the sad tenderness which throbbed at my own . " Oh , think no ...
... sole use the tender Lei- cester could make of his arms , was to press me a thousand times to his swelled heart , which almost burst with anguish . I strug- gled against all the sad tenderness which throbbed at my own . " Oh , think no ...
Strana 23
... sole- ly intent on the event of the enterprise . Arthur , in the interim , having the full command of the stables , made ready two horses in the manner already mentioned ; and Miss Cecil , with her usual foresight , overwhelmed me with ...
... sole- ly intent on the event of the enterprise . Arthur , in the interim , having the full command of the stables , made ready two horses in the manner already mentioned ; and Miss Cecil , with her usual foresight , overwhelmed me with ...
Strana 27
... 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- guished places under Philip and Mary . The revolution ...
... 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- guished places under Philip and Mary . The revolution ...
Strana 32
... sole fear sprung from learning that the wind was entirely contrary , and the watery chasm yet impassable . Too late we lamented departing unat- tended . Unable in this sequestered spot to discover any part of what had passed in the ...
... sole fear sprung from learning that the wind was entirely contrary , and the watery chasm yet impassable . Too late we lamented departing unat- tended . Unable in this sequestered spot to discover any part of what had passed in the ...
Strana 43
... and protection , as well as the highest encomiums on her courage and conduct : shortly after which my lord quitted the cabin- " You who have long been the confidante , the sole confidante of my weak- ness , THE RECESS . 43.
... and protection , as well as the highest encomiums on her courage and conduct : shortly after which my lord quitted the cabin- " You who have long been the confidante , the sole confidante of my weak- ness , THE RECESS . 43.
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.