The woman of genius [by mrs. Ross].1821 |
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... 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 actress was necessarily supposed to be infamous it is a ...
... 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 actress was necessarily supposed to be infamous it is a ...
Page 113
... observed the game which Miss Ann Fitzelm chose to play , with at- tention . She was amused by its progress , and by calculating the result . She could not affect to be ignorant that , in spite of Ann's clever manoeuvring , and her con ...
... observed the game which Miss Ann Fitzelm chose to play , with at- tention . She was amused by its progress , and by calculating the result . She could not affect to be ignorant that , in spite of Ann's clever manoeuvring , and her con ...
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... , was scarcely probable . If it were true , it would be difficult to account for his hav- ing obtained so good a benefice . " " His name , " Lady Fitzelm observed , " would , in some degree , clear that point 126 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
... , was scarcely probable . If it were true , it would be difficult to account for his hav- ing obtained so good a benefice . " " His name , " Lady Fitzelm observed , " would , in some degree , clear that point 126 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
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... observe them , and with deference . He may not approve of our being on terms of intimacy with the Balladons . He may be angry that they are intruded on his acquaintance . He will possibly be displeased that we have seemed to allow him ...
... observe them , and with deference . He may not approve of our being on terms of intimacy with the Balladons . He may be angry that they are intruded on his acquaintance . He will possibly be displeased that we have seemed to allow him ...
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... observation of Miss Ann Fitzelm . Mrs. Balladon's obvious partiality to Mary , was another and a very principal cause of Ann's suspecting her of a defi- ciency of understanding , or at least of that characteristic of it which we deno ...
... observation of Miss Ann Fitzelm . Mrs. Balladon's obvious partiality to Mary , was another and a very principal cause of Ann's suspecting her of a defi- ciency of understanding , or at least of that characteristic of it which we deno ...
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acquaintance admiration affected animated Ann's anxious appeared attachment beauty bright brother calm Captain Fitzelm CHAP character cheek coldness colour considered continually countenance Countess Countess of Athol dark dear dear Jane death delighted desire Doctor Balladon Earl of Athol Edith Avondel emotion endeavouring endure engagement enjoy father favour fear feeling felicity felt Fitz Fitzelm family Fitzelm Park genius glowing Grace Grove Ashton happiness heart heaven honour hope imagination Jane Jane's knew Lady Athol Lady Fitzelm look lover Major Wolsey manner Mary Bodell ment mind misery Miss Ann Fitzelm Miss Avon Miss Avondel Miss Fitzelm mother mystery nature ness never pain pale Parsonage passion perceived perhaps person possessed possible precisely present racter Rashleigh rendered replied scarcely Seafield seemed sentiment silence singular Sir Adel Sir Adelmar Fitzelm Sir James smile soul suffer thing thought tion whilst William wish woman Zimri
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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.