The secret of the cavern, Volume 1Printed at the Minerva-Press, for Lane, Newman, and Company Leadenhall-Street, 1805 - 244 pages |
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Page 6
... favourite with all the inhabitants of the cliffs . The fisherman and his wife were child- less , and the infant they had saved and adopted , was considered by them as sent by Providence , to be the blessing and delight of their age ...
... favourite with all the inhabitants of the cliffs . The fisherman and his wife were child- less , and the infant they had saved and adopted , was considered by them as sent by Providence , to be the blessing and delight of their age ...
Page 17
... favourite should be called after one of the most lovely women he had ever known , whose name was Clarinda . " To which name , " said Sir William , " I will add my own at her baptism , and stand her Godfather , " - A few days after this ...
... favourite should be called after one of the most lovely women he had ever known , whose name was Clarinda . " To which name , " said Sir William , " I will add my own at her baptism , and stand her Godfather , " - A few days after this ...
Page 18
... favourite companion , although the cot- tage of the fisherman was still her home , and the aged couple were loved and honoured as her parents ; for Sir William carefully cherished the attachment im- planted by gratitude in her heart ...
... favourite companion , although the cot- tage of the fisherman was still her home , and the aged couple were loved and honoured as her parents ; for Sir William carefully cherished the attachment im- planted by gratitude in her heart ...
Page 21
... favourite author , and some-- times to read aloud , and work at her em- broidery before the hour of dinner . The latter part of each day was devoted to amusement and conversation . She accompanied Sir William in his walks , visited the ...
... favourite author , and some-- times to read aloud , and work at her em- broidery before the hour of dinner . The latter part of each day was devoted to amusement and conversation . She accompanied Sir William in his walks , visited the ...
Page 34
... favourite companion of Sir William's youth ; but from that period they had never met , until having pur- chased an estate in a neighbouring shire , the recollection of early days procured him and his family an invitation to the Castle ...
... favourite companion of Sir William's youth ; but from that period they had never met , until having pur- chased an estate in a neighbouring shire , the recollection of early days procured him and his family an invitation to the Castle ...
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Page 48 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 1 - Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her Dashed all to pieces. Oh, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished. Had I been any god of power, I would Have sunk the sea within the earth or ere It should the good ship so have swallowed and The fraughting souls within her.
Page 22 - ... allowed still to amuse as a picture, but not to triumph as a beauty. ' When Adam is introduced by Milton, describing Eve in Paradise, and relating to the angel the impressions he felt upon seeing her at her first creation, he does not represent her like a Grecian Venus, by her shape or features, but by the lustre of her mind which shone in them, and gave them their power of charming : " Grace was in all her steps, heav'n in her eye, In all her gestures dignity and love...
Page 143 - On earth thou stand'st, thy thoughts ascend to heaven. Anna. Would that I were, e'en as thou say'st, a seer, To have my doubts by heavenly vision clear'd I Glen.
Page 202 - And put it to the foil: but you, O you, So perfect and so peerless, are created Of every creature's best!
Page 167 - With grief the sad mourner dies ! Earth- here incloses the loveliest pair on the hill. The grass grows between the stones of the tomb ; I often sit in the mournful shade. The wind sighs through the grass; their memory rushes on my mind. Undisturbed you now sleep together; in the tomb of the mountain you rest alone ! And soft be their rest...