The Album, Volume 1J. Andrews., 1822 - England |
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... affections are to him indifferent . thoughts are in the wide region of metaphysics ; his communings with spirits of other worlds . He never occupies his reason but with things which are beyond the comprehension of man ; his credulity is ...
... affections are to him indifferent . thoughts are in the wide region of metaphysics ; his communings with spirits of other worlds . He never occupies his reason but with things which are beyond the comprehension of man ; his credulity is ...
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... moment of the soul's separation from the body . The spirit seems to have followed the di- rection of its dying thoughts , and to have stood before the presence of the being who was dearest to its affections GHOST STORIES . 43.
... moment of the soul's separation from the body . The spirit seems to have followed the di- rection of its dying thoughts , and to have stood before the presence of the being who was dearest to its affections GHOST STORIES . 43.
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presence of the being who was dearest to its affections , before it was removed for ever from the interests of the earth , to share the retributions of its immortality . Narrations of this kind are so common in every coun- try , in ...
presence of the being who was dearest to its affections , before it was removed for ever from the interests of the earth , to share the retributions of its immortality . Narrations of this kind are so common in every coun- try , in ...
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... unearthly presence was de- signed as a reproach to his past unkindness , he would * Johanna Baillie's Preface to the third Volume of Plays on the Passions . hail the apparition as a relief to the distressed affections GHOST STORIES . 45.
... unearthly presence was de- signed as a reproach to his past unkindness , he would * Johanna Baillie's Preface to the third Volume of Plays on the Passions . hail the apparition as a relief to the distressed affections GHOST STORIES . 45.
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hail the apparition as a relief to the distressed affections , and learn , from the parting vision , that he lived upon the mind of the dying among the dearest things that the spirit regretted upon earth , and which , in its ascent to ...
hail the apparition as a relief to the distressed affections , and learn , from the parting vision , that he lived upon the mind of the dying among the dearest things that the spirit regretted upon earth , and which , in its ascent to ...
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Page 37 - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Page 403 - I was still feverish, and was obliged to keep within doors all day, in an inn of the small town of Derby. A wet Sunday in a country inn ! whoever has had the luck to experience one can alone judge of my situation. The rain pattered against the casements ; the bells tolled for church with a melancholy sound. I went to the windows in quest of something to amuse the eye ; but it seemed as if I had been placed completely out of the reach of all amusement. The windows of my bed-room looked out among tiled...
Page 405 - In such a situation as mine, every incident is of importance. Here was a subject of speculation presented to my mind, and ample exercise for my imagination. I am prone to paint pictures to myself, and on this occasion I had some materials to work upon. Had the guest upstairs been mentioned as Mr. Smith, or Mr. Brown, or Mr. Jackson, or Mr. Johnson, or merely as "the gentleman in No. 13," it would have been a perfect blank to me.
Page 406 - I should observe that she was a brisk, coquettish woman ; a little of a shrew, and something of a slammerkin, but very pretty withal; with a nincompoop for a husband, as shrews are apt to have. She rated the servants roundly for their negligence in sending up so bad a breakfast, but said not a word against the stout gentleman ; by which I clearly perceived that he must be a man of consequence, entitled to make a noise and to give trouble at a country inn. Other eggs, and ham, and bread and butter,...
Page 411 - As the leaves of trees are said to absorb all noxious qualities of the air, and to breathe forth a purer atmosphere, so it seems to me as if they drew from us all sordid and angry passions, and breathed forth peace and philanthropy.
Page 405 - No. 13," it would have been a perfect blank to me. I should have thought nothing of it; but "The stout gentleman! "—the very name had something in it of the picturesque. It at once gave the size: it embodied the personage to my mind's eye, and my fancy did the rest. He was stout, or as some term it, lusty; in all probability, therefore, he was advanced in life, some people expanding as they grow old. By his breakfasting rather late, and in his own room, he must be a man accustomed to live at his...
Page 410 - There is something nobly simple and pure in such a taste : it argues, I think, a sweet and generous nature, to have this strong relish for the beauties of vegetation, and this friendship for the hardy and glorious sons of the forest. There is a grandeur of thought connected with this part of rural economy. It is, if I may be allowed the figure, the heroic line of husbandry.
Page 407 - He must be a middle-aged man, and confounded ugly into the bargain, or the girl would not have taken the matter in such terrible dudgeon. I confess I was sorely puzzled. In a few minutes I heard the voice of my landlady. I caught a glance of her as she came tramping up stairs; — her face glowing, her cap flaring, her tongue wagging the whole way.
Page 407 - I was more than ever perplexed what to make of this unaccountable personage, who could put a good-natured chambermaid in a passion, and send away a termagant landlady in smiles. He could not be so old, nor cross, nor ugly either.
Page 406 - I had not made many turns about the travellers'-room, when there was another ringing. Shortly afterwards there was a stir and an inquest about the house. The stout gentleman wanted the Times or the Chronicle newspaper. I set him down, therefore, for a whig; or rather, from his being so absolute and lordly where he had a chance, I suspected him of being a radical. Hunt, I had heard, was a large man; "who knows," thought I, "but it is Hunt himself!