The Children of the AbbeyJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1864 - 629 pages |
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Abbey Adela agitation Amanda drew appeared assured attention beheld believe bosom carriage Castle Carberry cheek child Colonel Belgrave conceal continued convinced cottage cried daughter dear declared delight desired distress door dreadful Duncan Ellen Emily emotions endeavoured exclaimed expressed eyes father fear feelings felt fortune Freelove gave girl hand happiness heard heart heaven honour hope Howell idea immediately innocence Ireland Kilcorban knew Lady Araminta Lady Dunreath Lady Euphrasia Lady Greystock Lady Malvina Lady Martha ladyship letter looked Lord Cherbury Lord Mortimer Lord Mortimer's lordship Macqueen madam manner marchioness Marlowe marquis melancholy mind Miss Fitzalan morning never Oscar pale parlour pity pleasure Port Patrick present prioress promised rapture received request retired returned Rushbrook Scotland sigh Sir Charles Bingley sister situation smile soon sorrow soul spirits sweet tears tenderness thought tion told trembling Tudor Hall voice wish woman wretched young
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Page 242 - lock up all the gates of lore, And on my eye-lids shall conjecture hang, To turn all beauty Into thoughts of harm, And never more shall it be gracious.
Page 6 - ghosts of my fathers, bend. Lay by the red terror of your course. Receive the falling chief; whether he comes from a distant land, or rises from the rolling sea let his robe of mist be near, his spear that is formed of a cloud ; place a half-extinguished meteor by his side, in the form of the hero's sword. And,
Page 6 - some of my heroes are low," said the grey-haired king of Morven: "I hear the sound of death on the harp. Ossian, touch the trembling string. Bid the sorrow rise, that their spirits may fly with joy to Morven's woody hills.
Page 223 - variety of pain : How many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery; sore pierced by wintry winds,
Page 111 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch
Page 580 - dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down : The bashful virgin's side-long looks
Page 303 - ^.countenance ; let me hear thy voice ; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely, and
Page 6 - half-extinguished meteor by his side, in the form of the hero's sword. And, oh ! let his countenance be lovely, that his friends may delight in his presence. Bend from your clouds,
Page 394 - lov'd, So often fills his arms, so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour, To pay the mournful tribute of his tears T
Page 498 - been talking with that witch, the night. On what cold stone hast thou been stretched along. Gathering the grumbling winds about thy head. To mix with theirs the accent