Adonia, a Desultory Story, Volumen1A & J Black & H. Parry, 1801 |
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... death of an extravagant father , only the nobility of a proud and ancient family , without a suf- ficient revenue to support even the ap- pearance of that splendor which had , du- ring several centuries , belonged to it ; and the old ...
... death of an extravagant father , only the nobility of a proud and ancient family , without a suf- ficient revenue to support even the ap- pearance of that splendor which had , du- ring several centuries , belonged to it ; and the old ...
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... death . He soon found too that his love was re- turned , and that he had been the cause of weaning his amiable cousin's heart from the profession for which she was de- signed , and to which she had once yielded herself with contented ...
... death . He soon found too that his love was re- turned , and that he had been the cause of weaning his amiable cousin's heart from the profession for which she was de- signed , and to which she had once yielded herself with contented ...
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... rendered necessary to his happiness , and which to relinquish now would prove the severest mortification to his pride ; —not less than a death - stroke to his ambition . An An alliance had been projected for his son , which 26 ADONIA .
... rendered necessary to his happiness , and which to relinquish now would prove the severest mortification to his pride ; —not less than a death - stroke to his ambition . An An alliance had been projected for his son , which 26 ADONIA .
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... looks up to you as the protector and comforter of his declining years . It is in your power to save him from disgrace , from penury , perhaps from death ! and he hopes now to to prove , that his long and unremitting cares for 38 ADONIA .
... looks up to you as the protector and comforter of his declining years . It is in your power to save him from disgrace , from penury , perhaps from death ! and he hopes now to to prove , that his long and unremitting cares for 38 ADONIA .
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... The Duc de B. who felt a paternal in- terest in his welfare , and who was him- self greatly shocked by his friend's sud- den death , strove to supply his loss , and D 2 be be to him the father he deplored . The Comte ADONIA . 51 .
... The Duc de B. who felt a paternal in- terest in his welfare , and who was him- self greatly shocked by his friend's sud- den death , strove to supply his loss , and D 2 be be to him the father he deplored . The Comte ADONIA . 51 .
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Abbess acquainted Adonia affection alarm Angelica anguish apostacy attachment aunt aunt's beauty Bellefonde's beloved bosom Comte de l'Avignon Comtesse concealment conduct confirmed countenance court cried danger days of deceitful death doubt dreadful engage error Etienne eyes faith father favor fear feelings felt Fitzwilliam former fortune Fraismont France gave gelica Genoa happiness heard heart honor hope husband imagination immediately inquiries interest King knew la Voitière Lady Anne Lady Anne's lake of Geneva late Lauzun lence length look Madame Raimond Maria Marquis de Bellefonde marriage married ment mind Miss Conway Monsieur monstrance motives nature ness never nieces object Paris passion pleasure reason recollection remembrance remorse rendered replied retirement romantic Rosier sacrifice secret seemed sensible sentiments servant shocked silence sister son's soon soul spect stancy strove suaded Switzerland tears tence thought tion Venice Versailles virtue Voitière Wallingford wife wishes yield young youth
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Página 117 - Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, Till, by broad spreading, it disperse to nought.
Página 5 - Some baser metall, which commend he will Unto the vulgar for good gold insted, He much more goodly glosse thereon doth shed To hide his falshood, then if it were trew : So hard this Idole was to be ared, That Florimell herselfe in all mens vew She seem'd to passe : So forged things do fairest shew.
Página 21 - Sweet, rouse yourself ; and the weak wanton Cupid Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold, And, like a dew-drop from the lion's mane, Be shook to air.
Página 37 - Faustus to his grief (The cause unknown) can yield no kind relief: In vain he seeks the healing balm to pour, What hand can heal, that cannot probe the sore?
Página 206 - A second, louder yet, Swells in the winds, and comes more full upon us. Mar. Oh, for some glorious cause to fall in battle ! Lucia, thou hast...
Página 5 - ... explanatory note or comment to interpret a word or text of Scripture. It came however soon to signify some specious rather than sound explanation. Cf. Udal, St Luke, cap. 12, " Beware that all your life be voide of all clokyng or counterfeit glosse." Also Spenser, FQ IV. 5. 15, " He much more goodly glosse thereon doth shed To hide his falsehood, than if it were true.
Página 58 - ... 70. From that unhappy period, he was lost to the world, to his friends, and to himself. He died in a very easy, and almost imperceptible manner, toward3 the close of the 78th year of his age [1745]. [Here the MS. breaks off, with the following memorandum in pencil : " Not finished : Writings and Character wanting. See Hints and Materials for these two parts among Papers annexed...