The woman of genius [by mrs. Ross].1821 |
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... claimed in the nautical dialect , affrighted her with the accumulated horror , that 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 ...
... claimed in the nautical dialect , affrighted her with the accumulated horror , that 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 ...
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... claims to literary consideration ; and it mattered little to Lady Athol , that all the world con- sidered her the efficient means of eliciting that genius which it admired , if the pos- sessor of it were not also blinded by the delusion ...
... claims to literary consideration ; and it mattered little to Lady Athol , that all the world con- sidered her the efficient means of eliciting that genius which it admired , if the pos- sessor of it were not also blinded by the delusion ...
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... claims on his estate , found that there remained to him a surplus of about three hundred a year , on which it appeared to him very certain that he could not possibly exist . His younger brother , Bodell Fitzelm , had not even this ...
... claims on his estate , found that there remained to him a surplus of about three hundred a year , on which it appeared to him very certain that he could not possibly exist . His younger brother , Bodell Fitzelm , had not even this ...
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... claim , and the child , in consequence , had been called Ann . Bodell Fitzelm had been excessively fond of the simple and very common appellation of Mary . A ray of light passed through Sir James's brain . It was not very often , that ...
... claim , and the child , in consequence , had been called Ann . Bodell Fitzelm had been excessively fond of the simple and very common appellation of Mary . A ray of light passed through Sir James's brain . It was not very often , that ...
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... claim on her affection . She was healthy and happy , growing handsomer every day , because she continually acquired more bloom of complexion , and , which is , perhaps , a natural consequence , greater brightness of eye . 1 When the ...
... claim on her affection . She was healthy and happy , growing handsomer every day , because she continually acquired more bloom of complexion , and , which is , perhaps , a natural consequence , greater brightness of eye . 1 When the ...
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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.