Adonia, a Desultory Story, Volumen1A & J Black & H. Parry, 1801 |
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... sister many years older than himself ; who , in the year 1739 , quitted France with her husband , a Venetian nobleman ; who was , at the time she married him at Paris , on a secret embassy from the state of Venice . The negociation had ...
... sister many years older than himself ; who , in the year 1739 , quitted France with her husband , a Venetian nobleman ; who was , at the time she married him at Paris , on a secret embassy from the state of Venice . The negociation had ...
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... dis- grace , set sail for Great Britain ; whither he was invited by the inducement of an only sister having settled in England some years before . Of Of a sullen and vindictive temper , Count Adonio however 58 ADONIA .
... dis- grace , set sail for Great Britain ; whither he was invited by the inducement of an only sister having settled in England some years before . Of Of a sullen and vindictive temper , Count Adonio however 58 ADONIA .
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... sister's house , and recommended to the protection of her husband , the Earl of Wallingford , he privately set sail for Venice , arrived without noise , dismissed his attendants , and rested not till he had plunged his hidden dagger in ...
... sister's house , and recommended to the protection of her husband , the Earl of Wallingford , he privately set sail for Venice , arrived without noise , dismissed his attendants , and rested not till he had plunged his hidden dagger in ...
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... sister of their father's , imme- diately took them into her own protection , and determined to educate them herself . Lady Anne had another motive for this act of mercy , more powerful than any other regard which she felt for the memory ...
... sister of their father's , imme- diately took them into her own protection , and determined to educate them herself . Lady Anne had another motive for this act of mercy , more powerful than any other regard which she felt for the memory ...
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... sister , the Countess of Wallingford ; and had never exerted himself to inquire farther : Lady Anne's design , therefore , met no op- position from him ; and Lord Walling- ford , whose love of splendor and unwil- lingness to encumber ...
... sister , the Countess of Wallingford ; and had never exerted himself to inquire farther : Lady Anne's design , therefore , met no op- position from him ; and Lord Walling- ford , whose love of splendor and unwil- lingness to encumber ...
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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...