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 33.
Strana 1
... wish it had been indeed eternal - the voice , the tremendous voice of Williams . Of what horrors was my soul instantly susceptible ! - What dreadful images swam before those eyes I hardly durst open ! Fearfully at length I cast them ...
... wish it had been indeed eternal - the voice , the tremendous voice of Williams . Of what horrors was my soul instantly susceptible ! - What dreadful images swam before those eyes I hardly durst open ! Fearfully at length I cast them ...
Strana 5
... wish you dead ! and yet what else can deliver you ? —yet think not , Matilda , I fear to follow ; -ah no ! the best blood burning in this bosom should joyfully em- balm you ; but the thoughts of all which may precede that moment ...
... wish you dead ! and yet what else can deliver you ? —yet think not , Matilda , I fear to follow ; -ah no ! the best blood burning in this bosom should joyfully em- balm you ; but the thoughts of all which may precede that moment ...
Strana 30
... place . Earnestly did I wish to remain with our present hosts till the morning , but submitting to necessity , re- mounted in silence . Arthur well justified the confidence of his lady , having selected , horses 30 THE RECESS .
... place . Earnestly did I wish to remain with our present hosts till the morning , but submitting to necessity , re- mounted in silence . Arthur well justified the confidence of his lady , having selected , horses 30 THE RECESS .
Strana 42
... wish . My father at once changed his measures ; and releasing , car- ried me with him to every suspected place in the neighbourhood , hoping from the al- teration of my features to discover that which contained lord Leicester . By a fa ...
... wish . My father at once changed his measures ; and releasing , car- ried me with him to every suspected place in the neighbourhood , hoping from the al- teration of my features to discover that which contained lord Leicester . By a fa ...
Strana 44
... wish me near you ; -how could I resist so sweet an invitation ? Ah , only by silencing the most decisive pleader ... wishes will be completed ; nor do I imagine you will 44 THE RECESS .
... wish me near you ; -how could I resist so sweet an invitation ? Ah , only by silencing the most decisive pleader ... wishes will be completed ; nor do I imagine you will 44 THE RECESS .
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.