The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumen47,Parte3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... these midnight wanderings I saw light in a casement that over- looked the rampart , and which , I observed , was immediately over my prison - chamber . It occurred to me , that you might be in that apartment 24 MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO .
... these midnight wanderings I saw light in a casement that over- looked the rampart , and which , I observed , was immediately over my prison - chamber . It occurred to me , that you might be in that apartment 24 MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO .
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... observed with sublime astonishment the Pyrenean mountains , which had been seen only at a distance during the day , now rising within a few leagues , with their wild cliffs and immense precipices , which the even- VOL . XLVII . E ing ...
... observed with sublime astonishment the Pyrenean mountains , which had been seen only at a distance during the day , now rising within a few leagues , with their wild cliffs and immense precipices , which the even- VOL . XLVII . E ing ...
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... observe this lovely prospect , which the evening twilight obscured , yet did not conceal . But she was quickly awakened from complacent delight , which this scene had diffused upon her mind , by the countess , who , discontented with ...
... observe this lovely prospect , which the evening twilight obscured , yet did not conceal . But she was quickly awakened from complacent delight , which this scene had diffused upon her mind , by the countess , who , discontented with ...
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... observed , till , re- collecting that the hands which had woven it were , like the poet whose thoughts of fire they had at- tempted to express , long since mouldered into dust , a train of melancholy ideas passed over her mind , and she ...
... observed , till , re- collecting that the hands which had woven it were , like the poet whose thoughts of fire they had at- tempted to express , long since mouldered into dust , a train of melancholy ideas passed over her mind , and she ...
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... observed in silence , till the door was closing , when she called aloud , and , hastening to- wards it , perceived the old housekeeper . Dear Ma'amselle : is it you ? said Dorothée ! How could you find your way hither ? Had Blanche been ...
... observed in silence , till the door was closing , when she called aloud , and , hastening to- wards it , perceived the old housekeeper . Dear Ma'amselle : is it you ? said Dorothée ! How could you find your way hither ? Had Blanche been ...
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abbess affected Agnes alarmed Annette anxiety apartment appeared Aubert awakened baron believe Bonnac castle cerning chamber chateau chevalier circumstances conceal convent Count de Villefort countenance countess court dark dear distance door Dorothée Emily Emily's emotions endeavoured esteem exclaimed eyes fancy fear Foix France Gascony gloom grief happiness hear heard heart hour inquiries La Voisin Lady Blanche Languedoc late Laurentini length light listened look Lord Ludo Ludovico lute Ma'amselle Madam Mademoiselle marchioness marquis melancholy mind Mons Montoni mountains MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO never night observed occasioned once passed paused perceived point of rock Pont Provençal Pyrenees Quesnel recollections remember replied returned rothée scarcely scene seemed seen servants sigh silent sister smile solemn soon sound spirits strange reports stranger suffered surprised sweet tears tender terror Theresa thought Thoulouse tion trembling Udolpho Valan Valancourt Vallée Villeroi voice waves whither wish woods XLVII
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Página 288 - Foul whisperings are abroad: unnatural deeds Do breed unnatural troubles: infected minds To their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets : More needs she the divine than the physician: — God, God forgive us all! — Look after her; Remove from her the means of all annoyance , And still keep eyes upon her: — so, good night: My mind she has mated, and amaz'd my sight: I think , but dare not speak.
Página 307 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success: that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Página 215 - Ah, happy hills, ah, pleasing shade, Ah, fields beloved in vain, Where once my careless childhood stray'd, A stranger yet to pain ? I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Página 330 - But now my task is smoothly done, I can fly, or I can run, Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bow'd welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon.
Página 29 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hushed, save where the weak-eyed bat, With short shrill shriek, flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises 'midst the twilight path, Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Página 198 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Página 100 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides...
Página 148 - But how shall I attempt such arduous string, I who have spent my nights and nightly days In this soul-deadening place, loose-loitering ? Ah!
Página 230 - And oft the craggy cliff he loved to climb, When all in mist the world below was lost. What dreadful pleasure ! there to stand sublime, Like shipwreck'd mariner on desert coast, And view th...
Página 333 - I useful may it be to have shown, that though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain ; and that innocence, though oppressed by injustice, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune...