The recess; or, A tale of other times, by the author of The chapter of accidents, Zväzok 21821 |
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Strana 3
... wretch ! " sighed I , in a tremulous accent : " just , though severe , are all his ordina- tions ; and , lo ! with sad submission , I take the death appointed me even from thy hands ! " B 2 THE RECESS 3 . liams to a still higher pitch ...
... wretch ! " sighed I , in a tremulous accent : " just , though severe , are all his ordina- tions ; and , lo ! with sad submission , I take the death appointed me even from thy hands ! " B 2 THE RECESS 3 . liams to a still higher pitch ...
Strana 12
... wretch's hand , he pointed it at his bosom , but perceived a perforation in the brain , which made his punishment as terrible as his guilt , and his death imme- diate . " Execrable monster , " cried my lord , dropping the knife , " by ...
... wretch's hand , he pointed it at his bosom , but perceived a perforation in the brain , which made his punishment as terrible as his guilt , and his death imme- diate . " Execrable monster , " cried my lord , dropping the knife , " by ...
Strana 13
... wretch appal thee . Eter- nal justice is satisfied with one blow , nor need I turn assassin even to him . Happy at the same moment in saving this lady , endeavour to interest her for those misfor- tunes in which she already seems ...
... wretch appal thee . Eter- nal justice is satisfied with one blow , nor need I turn assassin even to him . Happy at the same moment in saving this lady , endeavour to interest her for those misfor- tunes in which she already seems ...
Strana 40
... wretch ! not content with the blind credulity of youth , to embosom , rescue , and abet a traitor , wilt thou conceal his wife ? Tremble at the vengeance of thy sovereign - tremble alike at that of thy father . ' Convinced ( by whatever ...
... wretch ! not content with the blind credulity of youth , to embosom , rescue , and abet a traitor , wilt thou conceal his wife ? Tremble at the vengeance of thy sovereign - tremble alike at that of thy father . ' Convinced ( by whatever ...
Strana 55
... their shameful inactivity . - " Spirit of the royal Mary ! oh , thou most injured ! " sighed out at last my exhausted soul , " from that blessedness to which the wretch now levelled with the dust per haps too early THE RECESS . 55.
... their shameful inactivity . - " Spirit of the royal Mary ! oh , thou most injured ! " sighed out at last my exhausted soul , " from that blessedness to which the wretch now levelled with the dust per haps too early THE RECESS . 55.
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.