The woman of genius [by mrs. Ross].1821 |
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... received . Her caprices , her liability to change , ren- dered it always uncertain , and often in- tolerable . Edith's coldness , and the pe culiarity of her disposition , preserved her from the frequent THE WOMAN OF GENIUS . 43.
... received . Her caprices , her liability to change , ren- dered it always uncertain , and often in- tolerable . Edith's coldness , and the pe culiarity of her disposition , preserved her from the frequent THE WOMAN OF GENIUS . 43.
Page 52
... answer to a letter she received at this period from Mrs. Balladon , offering her the protection of a home , which she herself had but lately attained . " With what transport , dear inestima . ble friend 52 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
... answer to a letter she received at this period from Mrs. Balladon , offering her the protection of a home , which she herself had but lately attained . " With what transport , dear inestima . ble friend 52 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
Page 78
... received from him by any channel . Two winters , two sum- mers , had constantly refreshed the me- mory of Sir James , by the different degree of artificial heat necessary to the perfec- tion of his Indian plants . The third spring was ...
... received from him by any channel . Two winters , two sum- mers , had constantly refreshed the me- mory of Sir James , by the different degree of artificial heat necessary to the perfec- tion of his Indian plants . The third spring was ...
Page 91
... received in the house of her uncle . On the following morning , when the family of Sir James were assembled round his breakfast table , Mary appeared amongst them . The eyes of Sir James glistened when he looked at her . He thought her ...
... received in the house of her uncle . On the following morning , when the family of Sir James were assembled round his breakfast table , Mary appeared amongst them . The eyes of Sir James glistened when he looked at her . He thought her ...
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... receiving Mary Bodell under his roof , disappeared , he resumed his usual habits , as if his present domestic ar- rangements were precisely such as he had always anticipated . His was not a mind to seek , or to retain , powerful impres ...
... receiving Mary Bodell under his roof , disappeared , he resumed his usual habits , as if his present domestic ar- rangements were precisely such as he had always anticipated . His was not a mind to seek , or to retain , powerful impres ...
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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.