The woman of genius [by mrs. Ross].1821 |
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... felt as a spectator of nature would do , if , on gaining the point of an ascent which he had traversed in hopes of enjoying a more extensive prospect , he should find the horizon bounded by circumjacent mountains . He seemed one who ...
... felt as a spectator of nature would do , if , on gaining the point of an ascent which he had traversed in hopes of enjoying a more extensive prospect , he should find the horizon bounded by circumjacent mountains . He seemed one who ...
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... bore . " ANON . ९ LADY ATHOL , once in her cabin , forgot the alarm she had previously felt , in sleep . It was something past midnight , when the shrill note of the boatswain's whistle , and the loud cry of " All hands VOL . I. C 25 ...
... bore . " ANON . ९ LADY ATHOL , once in her cabin , forgot the alarm she had previously felt , in sleep . It was something past midnight , when the shrill note of the boatswain's whistle , and the loud cry of " All hands VOL . I. C 25 ...
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... been accustomed to fascinate and delight . She even found pleasure in befriending Edith Avondel : in the midst of all her affected consciousness of superiority , she had felt herself thrown at a distance from Edith , 41 ...
... been accustomed to fascinate and delight . She even found pleasure in befriending Edith Avondel : in the midst of all her affected consciousness of superiority , she had felt herself thrown at a distance from Edith , 41 ...
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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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... felt and suffered , all from which I escape , must be known . With you I may enjoy that happy obscu- rity which I so passionately desire , and which hitherto has continually eluded me . How gladly shall I relinquish for it the glare of ...
... felt and suffered , all from which I escape , must be known . With you I may enjoy that happy obscu- rity which I so passionately desire , and which hitherto has continually eluded me . How gladly shall I relinquish for it the glare of ...
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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.