Vandeleur: Or, Animal Magnetism. A Novel ...R. Bentley, 1836 |
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... never have come into your imagination , at once led captive by her loveliness and pecu- liar air of resignation . Her jet black hair was uncovered , yet gave no air of coquetry , or of a lingering after other days ; for it was so ...
... never have come into your imagination , at once led captive by her loveliness and pecu- liar air of resignation . Her jet black hair was uncovered , yet gave no air of coquetry , or of a lingering after other days ; for it was so ...
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... never seen equalled upon earth . It was the love of an angel for a mortal soul ; it was the love of a purified spirit for one which was not yet all of heaven . The gentleman was evidently rebuked in her presence ; yet it was rather as a ...
... never seen equalled upon earth . It was the love of an angel for a mortal soul ; it was the love of a purified spirit for one which was not yet all of heaven . The gentleman was evidently rebuked in her presence ; yet it was rather as a ...
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... do as our fathers have done before us . " What a blessing it is that this imbecile maxim is going out of fashion ! Innovation may in some cases be dangerous ; but who never ventures can never win . To adhere blindly to the VANDELEUR . 19.
... do as our fathers have done before us . " What a blessing it is that this imbecile maxim is going out of fashion ! Innovation may in some cases be dangerous ; but who never ventures can never win . To adhere blindly to the VANDELEUR . 19.
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... never win . To adhere blindly to the habits of our forefathers , merely because they were such , is not only to presuppose them " the wisest , virtuousest , discreetest , best , " but , even giving full scope to those filial feelings ...
... never win . To adhere blindly to the habits of our forefathers , merely because they were such , is not only to presuppose them " the wisest , virtuousest , discreetest , best , " but , even giving full scope to those filial feelings ...
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... never be called plain ; and stranger still , she was not essentially vulgar — that is , she was not a vulgar toady . It is not often that a very dull , very silent , perfectly undesigning and quietly self - possessed person , satisfied ...
... never be called plain ; and stranger still , she was not essentially vulgar — that is , she was not a vulgar toady . It is not often that a very dull , very silent , perfectly undesigning and quietly self - possessed person , satisfied ...
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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.