The woman of genius [by mrs. Ross].1821 |
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... Miss Avondel , preserving her calmness and her courage . " Preach not to me , Edith Avondel . Affect not to comprehend the bitterness of death to her , who can be deprived by it only of those felicities which constitute the charm of ...
... Miss Avondel , preserving her calmness and her courage . " Preach not to me , Edith Avondel . Affect not to comprehend the bitterness of death to her , who can be deprived by it only of those felicities which constitute the charm of ...
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... Miss Avondel , " replied Lady Athol , displeased that he treated her terror thus lightly . Captain Fitzelm smiled , and did not hazard a reply . He trusted to a higher influence for the restoration of Lady Athol's serenity . He saw that ...
... Miss Avondel , " replied Lady Athol , displeased that he treated her terror thus lightly . Captain Fitzelm smiled , and did not hazard a reply . He trusted to a higher influence for the restoration of Lady Athol's serenity . He saw that ...
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mrs. Ross. had felt herself thrown at a distance from Edith , incompatible with it . She could not succeed in depressing the tone of Miss Avondel's mind below its usual pitch ; she could not displace that calm- ness which always secured ...
mrs. Ross. had felt herself thrown at a distance from Edith , incompatible with it . She could not succeed in depressing the tone of Miss Avondel's mind below its usual pitch ; she could not displace that calm- ness which always secured ...
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mrs. Ross. CESAR shall not be wanting . Yes , I will have it so ; Edith , you shall not bury your talents ; you shall perform ! " The bloom that had , for a moment , gleamed over the cheek of Miss Avondel , now faded to more decided ...
mrs. Ross. CESAR shall not be wanting . Yes , I will have it so ; Edith , you shall not bury your talents ; you shall perform ! " The bloom that had , for a moment , gleamed over the cheek of Miss Avondel , now faded to more decided ...
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... Miss Avondel , " said he , ad- dressing Edith , " permit me to observe , that I think the reasons you allege against the measure proposed to you by Lady Athol , are by no means valid . We no longer exist in an age of prejudice , when an ...
... Miss Avondel , " said he , ad- dressing Edith , " permit me to observe , that I think the reasons you allege against the measure proposed to you by Lady Athol , are by no means valid . We no longer exist in an age of prejudice , when an ...
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Page 12 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flatter'd, follow'd, sought, and sued; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude.
Page 41 - Are you a man ? Macb. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. Lady M. O proper stuff ! This is the very painting of your fear : This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan.
Page 102 - They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 143 - Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 22 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Page 40 - Infirm of purpose ! Give me the daggers : the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures ; 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted deviL If he do bleed, I '11 gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt.
Page 197 - Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself comes down ; It cannot feel for others' woes, it dare not dream its own ; That heavy chill has frozen o'er the fountain of our tears, And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears.