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 24
... steps . As she turned toward the Castle , she stopped at a cottage of the superior kind , where a lovely woman , fallen from better days , mourned the loss of a beloved husband , whom adverse circumstances had precipi- tated into an ...
... steps . As she turned toward the Castle , she stopped at a cottage of the superior kind , where a lovely woman , fallen from better days , mourned the loss of a beloved husband , whom adverse circumstances had precipi- tated into an ...
Page 45
... and when relieved from the persecutions of the Miss O'Byrons , she was the most joyous of human beings . There was an airy lightness in her step and motion , and a airy THE CAVERN . 45 the latter was nearly as melodious, and ...
... and when relieved from the persecutions of the Miss O'Byrons , she was the most joyous of human beings . There was an airy lightness in her step and motion , and a airy THE CAVERN . 45 the latter was nearly as melodious, and ...
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mrs. Burke. airy lightness in her step and motion , and a graceful animation in her natural man- ner peculiarly charming , although she had none of the diguity that distinguished Clarinda , nor was her face half so beauti- ful . With her ...
mrs. Burke. airy lightness in her step and motion , and a graceful animation in her natural man- ner peculiarly charming , although she had none of the diguity that distinguished Clarinda , nor was her face half so beauti- ful . With her ...
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... steps were followed by a crowd of admi- rers , and her ears assailed by many a warm and tender profession , all equally disre- garded by her . On some of these occasions , when Clarinda was surrounded by adula- tion , Albany O'Byron ...
... steps were followed by a crowd of admi- rers , and her ears assailed by many a warm and tender profession , all equally disre- garded by her . On some of these occasions , when Clarinda was surrounded by adula- tion , Albany O'Byron ...
Page 80
... her extreme astonishment , found her not there . She then descended a flight of steps , which led to a flower - garden and shrubbery behind the house , where she knew knew Laura often walked by moonlight ; and there she 80 THE SECRET OF.
... her extreme astonishment , found her not there . She then descended a flight of steps , which led to a flower - garden and shrubbery behind the house , where she knew knew Laura often walked by moonlight ; and there she 80 THE SECRET OF.
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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...