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... death , which happened at an age when the care and vigilance of a mother are most needed . The poor orphan knew not where to fly for protection in her destitute situation ; but a lady , the Marchesa 218 ORSINA BRANDINI .
... death , which happened at an age when the care and vigilance of a mother are most needed . The poor orphan knew not where to fly for protection in her destitute situation ; but a lady , the Marchesa 218 ORSINA BRANDINI .
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... Marchesa C― discovered the fact ; and after taking the opinion of some connoisseurs , she came to the decision that the stage was the only field of success that was open to her protégée ; and as she and her husband had already de ...
... Marchesa C― discovered the fact ; and after taking the opinion of some connoisseurs , she came to the decision that the stage was the only field of success that was open to her protégée ; and as she and her husband had already de ...
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... Marchesa's husband , which happened a few months ago , her manner is much changed towards her protégée , whom she is continually taunting with the obli- gations under which she lies . This I can scarcely believe ; but at all events we ...
... Marchesa's husband , which happened a few months ago , her manner is much changed towards her protégée , whom she is continually taunting with the obli- gations under which she lies . This I can scarcely believe ; but at all events we ...
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... Marchesa C , a handsome , haughty - looking woman , who presented her , with an air of protection , which added not a little to her confusion ; indeed , her timidity was excessive , and she colored deeply , on perceiving how many eyes ...
... Marchesa C , a handsome , haughty - looking woman , who presented her , with an air of protection , which added not a little to her confusion ; indeed , her timidity was excessive , and she colored deeply , on perceiving how many eyes ...
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... Marchesa told me she feared my voice would be too over- powering for a room . " " She is very kind to you ? " inquired Lady Aberford . She hesitated- " Oh yes , she has done many things for me , and spent much money upon me , which I ...
... Marchesa told me she feared my voice would be too over- powering for a room . " " She is very kind to you ? " inquired Lady Aberford . She hesitated- " Oh yes , she has done many things for me , and spent much money upon me , which I ...
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Page 23 - But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest ; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Page 100 - She half enclosed me with her arms, She pressed me with a meek embrace; And bending back her head, looked up, And gazed upon my face.
Page 23 - Your monument shall be my gentle verse, Which eyes not yet created shall o'er-read, And tongues to be your being shall rehearse When all the breathers of this world are dead; You still shall live — such virtue hath my pen — Where breath most breathes, even in the mouths of men.
Page 23 - Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall out-live this powerful rhyme ; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time. When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils root out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burn The living record of your memory. 'Gainst death and...
Page 194 - But were it the meanest under-service, if God by his Secretary conscience enjoin it, it were sad for me if I should draw back...
Page 23 - Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room, Even in the eyes of all posterity That wear this world out to the ending doom. So till the judgment that yourself arise, You live in this, and dwell in lovers
Page 311 - Say no more — no other word : it is impiety towards the unreposing dead to hear you. Go, Gaspar ; forget me. Under the chivalrous and gallant Henry your career may be glorious ; and many a fair girl will listen, as once I did, to your vows, and be made happy by them. Farewell ! May the Virgin bless you ! In my cell and cloister-home I will not forget the best Christian lesson — to pray for our enemies. Gaspar, farewell !" She glided hastily from the bower: with swift steps she threaded the glade...
Page 200 - I thank God, I like so well to be here, as I do not repent my coming ; and if I were to come again, I would not have altered my course, though I had foreseen all these afflictions. I never fared better in my life, never slept better, never had more content of mind...
Page 105 - As with his wings aslant, Sails the fierce cormorant, Seeking some rocky haunt, With his prey laden, So toward the open main, Beating to sea again, Through the wild hurricane Bore I the maiden.
Page 122 - ... pampered listlessness to shame. The servants invariably detest her, for she is a dependant like themselves, and yet, for all that, as much their superior in other respects as the family they both serve. Her pupils may love her, and she may take the deepest interest in them, but they cannot be her friends. She must, to all intents and purposes, live alone, or she transgresses that invisible but rigid line which alone establishes the distance between herself and her employers.