The Mysteries of Udolpho: And A Sicilian RomanceJ. Limbird, 1826 - 740 pages |
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... tears of pleasure trembled in his eyes , that these were mo- ments infinitely more delightful than any passed amid the brilliant and tumultuous Ascenes that are courted by the world . His heart was occupied ; it had , what can be so ...
... tears of pleasure trembled in his eyes , that these were mo- ments infinitely more delightful than any passed amid the brilliant and tumultuous Ascenes that are courted by the world . His heart was occupied ; it had , what can be so ...
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... tears a while , he would dry them and return to the chamber with a countenance composed by an endeavour which did but increase his grief . Never had Emily felt theimportance of the lessons which had taught her to restrain her ...
... tears a while , he would dry them and return to the chamber with a countenance composed by an endeavour which did but increase his grief . Never had Emily felt theimportance of the lessons which had taught her to restrain her ...
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... tears , took her hand , and pressed it affectionately , and then tried to dissipate the melancholy reflections that lin- gered in his mind . While she sung , Valancourt approached , who was unwilling to interrupt her , and paused at a ...
... tears , took her hand , and pressed it affectionately , and then tried to dissipate the melancholy reflections that lin- gered in his mind . While she sung , Valancourt approached , who was unwilling to interrupt her , and paused at a ...
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... tears , and immediately began to talk on other topics . Emily , though she forbore to press the one most interesting to her , was greatly affected by her father's manner , and passed a night of sleepless solicitude , In the morning they ...
... tears , and immediately began to talk on other topics . Emily , though she forbore to press the one most interesting to her , was greatly affected by her father's manner , and passed a night of sleepless solicitude , In the morning they ...
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... tears came to his eyes when he saw the debonnaire dance of the peasants , they were not merely tears of mournful regret . With Emily it was otherwise : immediate terror for her father had now subsided into a gentle melancholy , which ...
... tears came to his eyes when he saw the debonnaire dance of the peasants , they were not merely tears of mournful regret . With Emily it was otherwise : immediate terror for her father had now subsided into a gentle melancholy , which ...
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Page 27 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 295 - Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crow Makes wing to the rooky wood: Good things of day begin to droop and drowse; Whiles night's black agents to their preys do rouse.
Page 39 - Above all, my dear Emily,' said he, 'do not indulge in the pride of fine feeling, the romantic error of amiable minds. Those who really possess sensibility ought early to be taught that it is a dangerous quality, which is continually extracting the excess of misery or delight from every surrounding circumstance.
Page 316 - 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.
Page 10 - The partial gleams thrown across the fabrip seemed to make its desolation more solemn, while the obscurity of the greater part of the pile heightened its sublimity, and led fancy on to scenes of horror. Adeline, who had hitherto remained in silence, now uttered an exclamation of mingled admiration and fear. A kind of pleasing dread thrilled her bosom, and filled all her soul.
Page 121 - She paused again, and then with a timid hand lifted the veil ; but instantly let it fall — perceiving that what it had concealed was no picture, and before she could leave the chamber she dropped senseless on the floor.
Page 3 - She had discovered in her early years uncommon delicacy of mind, warm affections, and ready benevolence ; but with these was observable a degree of susceptibility too exquisite to admit of lasting peace. As she advanced in youth, this sensibility gave a pensive tone to her spirits, and a softness to her manner, which added grace to beauty, and rendered her a very interesting object to persons of a congenial disposition.
Page 200 - ... seen imperfectly through the gloom of evening, served to confirm her fears. The sun had now been set some time; heavy clouds, whose lower skirts were tinged with sulphureous crimson, lingered in the west, and threw a reddish tint upon the pine forests, which sent forth a solemn sound as the breeze rolled over them. The hollow moan struck upon Emily's heart, and served to render more gloomy and terrific every object around her,— the mountains, shaded in twilight...
Page 121 - Annette, together with the circumstance of the veil, throwing a mystery over the subject, that excited a faint degree of terror. But a terror of this nature, as it occupies and expands the mind, and elevates it to high expectation, is...
Page 50 - ... she had passed. Holding up the light to examine it more fully, she was convinced by its structure that it was part of the ancient foundation. A shattered casement, placed high from the floor, seemed to be the only opening to admit light. She observed a door on the opposite side of the apartment; and after some moments of hesitation, gained courage, and determined to pursue the inquiry. ' A mystery seems to hang over these chambers,' said she, ' which it is, perhaps, my lot to develope; I will,...