The mystery developedA.K. Newman and Company, 1825 - 790 pages |
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Page 70
... passion ; but re- collecting that she lamented only the loss of his society , he dreaded there was more of selfishness than of love in the anxiety she expressed at his departure . He therefore thought it safe to carry on his cunning a ...
... passion ; but re- collecting that she lamented only the loss of his society , he dreaded there was more of selfishness than of love in the anxiety she expressed at his departure . He therefore thought it safe to carry on his cunning a ...
Page 102
... passion which I never felt , before I am perfectly satis- fied that I have excited a corresponding flame ; for I have little reason to doubt , that the flame which predominates in her bosom is congenial with my own , and that to promote ...
... passion which I never felt , before I am perfectly satis- fied that I have excited a corresponding flame ; for I have little reason to doubt , that the flame which predominates in her bosom is congenial with my own , and that to promote ...
Page 105
... passion had no influence over the councils of either ; for he believed them both capable of sa- crificing a slight repugnance for each other , to interests of a different nature .. To these reflections he was led by cir- cumstances to ...
... passion had no influence over the councils of either ; for he believed them both capable of sa- crificing a slight repugnance for each other , to interests of a different nature .. To these reflections he was led by cir- cumstances to ...
Page 122
... passion , but seeing he had no encouragement from the looks of Mrs. Elizabeth , he replied " Indeed , sir Henry , I could feel no hesitation in ac- quainting you , but as I have never made my passion known to the fair lady , I do not ...
... passion , but seeing he had no encouragement from the looks of Mrs. Elizabeth , he replied " Indeed , sir Henry , I could feel no hesitation in ac- quainting you , but as I have never made my passion known to the fair lady , I do not ...
Page 139
... of congenial emotions ; he was immedi- ately at her feet , and besought her , in the common - place nonsense of affected passion , to mitigate the pain which her charms charms had excited in his breast . The tender - MYSTERY DEVELOPED .
... of congenial emotions ; he was immedi- ately at her feet , and besought her , in the common - place nonsense of affected passion , to mitigate the pain which her charms charms had excited in his breast . The tender - MYSTERY DEVELOPED .
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Page 65 - Music the fiercest grief can charm, And Fate's severest rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above. This the divine Cecilia found, And to her Maker's praise confined the sound. When the full organ joins the tuneful quire, Th...
Page 124 - Long-sounding aisles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence., and a dread repose: Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 177 - All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart: One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exiled feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...