The woman of genius [by mrs. Ross].1821 |
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... resulting from present circumstances , or called into ac- tion by them , but dependant on the past . The splendid scene spread out before her , in the heaven and the air , and on the curling , glittering water , was no ob- ject of ...
... resulting from present circumstances , or called into ac- tion by them , but dependant on the past . The splendid scene spread out before her , in the heaven and the air , and on the curling , glittering water , was no ob- ject of ...
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... result only of that anxious state of mind which attends those who have dashed into enterprise , and have suc- ceeded to a certain point , whilst the event that must crown the whole is yet sus- pended . There was no retreat for her ...
... result only of that anxious state of mind which attends those who have dashed into enterprise , and have suc- ceeded to a certain point , whilst the event that must crown the whole is yet sus- pended . There was no retreat for her ...
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... result of vanity or levity ; a red and threatening evening , the natural but not indispensable or even usual effect of a laughing morning and a glowing noon . On the left of that pair , rather reced- ing from the direct line , stood a ...
... result of vanity or levity ; a red and threatening evening , the natural but not indispensable or even usual effect of a laughing morning and a glowing noon . On the left of that pair , rather reced- ing from the direct line , stood a ...
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... results from the conviction of danger , without being able to discover its extent , or the precise quarter from which it pro- ceeds . That spirit which was so redun- dant in the day of security , so haughty in the time of power , so ...
... results from the conviction of danger , without being able to discover its extent , or the precise quarter from which it pro- ceeds . That spirit which was so redun- dant in the day of security , so haughty in the time of power , so ...
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... result from the same cause operating on contrasted dis- positions . Secure of the position it be- fitted him to maintain , and confident in his capacity of maintaining it , he had leisure to indulge amply in speculation on others ...
... result from the same cause operating on contrasted dis- positions . Secure of the position it be- fitted him to maintain , and confident in his capacity of maintaining it , he had leisure to indulge amply in speculation on others ...
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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.