Vandeleur: Or, Animal Magnetism. A Novel ...R. Bentley, 1836 |
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... English sympathies , and that I should only draw upon myself that ridicule with which the subject has hi- therto been treated here . Against this , the only defence I have to offer ( without again referring to the testimony of foreign ...
... English sympathies , and that I should only draw upon myself that ridicule with which the subject has hi- therto been treated here . Against this , the only defence I have to offer ( without again referring to the testimony of foreign ...
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... birth , must certainly have caught those glowing co- lours from an Italian sky , or else have seized in happy hour , with the inspiration of genius , one of those rare and delicious evenings in an English 6 VANDELEUR .
... birth , must certainly have caught those glowing co- lours from an Italian sky , or else have seized in happy hour , with the inspiration of genius , one of those rare and delicious evenings in an English 6 VANDELEUR .
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... English summer that are sometimes sent to ut us in mind of heaven . She always declared it was the latter . The second picture presented the same lovely female figure in lineaments that could not be mistaken ; but , gracious Heaven ...
... English summer that are sometimes sent to ut us in mind of heaven . She always declared it was the latter . The second picture presented the same lovely female figure in lineaments that could not be mistaken ; but , gracious Heaven ...
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... English summer . The day had been sultry , bright and beautiful ; birds had been even clamorous in melody , vying , as it were , with each other in songs of praise and gratitude for the pleasure it afforded them : trees looked darker ...
... English summer . The day had been sultry , bright and beautiful ; birds had been even clamorous in melody , vying , as it were , with each other in songs of praise and gratitude for the pleasure it afforded them : trees looked darker ...
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... English family , of wealth and local respect- ability , but of whose members none had ever risen , or seemed desirous to rise , to the peerage , or to any particular eminence in church or state . They were good easy folk , whose ...
... English family , of wealth and local respect- ability , but of whose members none had ever risen , or seemed desirous to rise , to the peerage , or to any particular eminence in church or state . They were good easy folk , whose ...
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Vandeleur, Or, Animal Magnetism: A Novel, Volym 3 Marianna Pisani Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1836 |
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Sida 16 - He is an evening reveller who makes His life an infancy, and sings his fill; At intervals, some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment, then is still, There seems a floating whisper on the hill, But that is fancy, for the starlight dews All silently their tears of love instil. Weeping themselves away, till they infuse Deep into Nature's breast the spirit of her hues.
Sida 297 - Had wander'd from its dwelling, and her eyes They had not their own lustre, but the look Which is not of the earth; she was become The queen of a fantastic realm; her thoughts Were combinations of disjointed things; And forms impalpable and unperceived Of others
Sida 288 - Above the green elms, that a cottage was near, And I said : "If there's peace to be found in the world, The heart that is humble might hope for it here.
Sida 274 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD! GOD ! sing ye meadow-streams with gladsome voice ! Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds!
Sida 133 - Kindly she chides his boyish flights, while he Will for a moment fix'd and pensive be ; And as she trembling speaks, his lively eyes Explore her looks, he listens to her sighs; Charm'd by her voice, th...
Sida 119 - Have pity on my sore distress, I scarce can speak for weariness. Stretch forth thy hand, and have no fear, Said Christabel, How earnest thou here ? And the lady, whose voice was faint and sweet, Did thus pursue her answer meet : — My sire is of a noble line, And my name is...
Sida 207 - YET do I live! O how shall I sustain This vast unutterable weight of woe ? This worse than hunger, poverty, or pain, Or all the complicated ills below ? She, in whose life my hopes were treasur'd all.
Sida 201 - Her spirit's home was in the skies. Yes — for a spirit, pure as hers, Is always pure, even while it errs ; .As sunshine, broken in the rill, Though turn'd astray, is sunshine still...
Sida 273 - Meantime a smiling offspring rises round, And mingles both their graces. By degrees, The human blossom blows ; and every day, Soft as it rolls along, shows some new charm, The father's lustre and the mother's bloom.
Sida 250 - She wound her arms round her neck ; and, hiding her face in her bosom, she gave to the tried friend of her life the particulars of what had passed that day.