Adonia, a Desultory Story, Volumen1A & J Black & H. Parry, 1801 |
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... wife to Paris ; that , by depositing them in the vault of his ancestors , he might shew that respect for her memory , which , as it could belong only to her who had been his wife , would sufficiently demonstrate the rela- tion , without ...
... wife to Paris ; that , by depositing them in the vault of his ancestors , he might shew that respect for her memory , which , as it could belong only to her who had been his wife , would sufficiently demonstrate the rela- tion , without ...
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... every image but his Laura's , than did De Rosier to the fond delirium with which his widowed heart brooded over the memory of his wife , and sickened at the thought of of an union with another , that other too a ADONIA . 41.
... every image but his Laura's , than did De Rosier to the fond delirium with which his widowed heart brooded over the memory of his wife , and sickened at the thought of of an union with another , that other too a ADONIA . 41.
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... wife ! De Rosier had found in her attach- ment something sacred and sublime.- Its simplicity , its fervor , its bashful sen- sibility , its total abstraction from every selfish and interested motive , its reverence of its object , and ...
... wife ! De Rosier had found in her attach- ment something sacred and sublime.- Its simplicity , its fervor , its bashful sen- sibility , its total abstraction from every selfish and interested motive , its reverence of its object , and ...
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... be united in my refusal . My conduct , in the one case , depends upon my own exer- tions ; in the other , it admits of no al- ternative . My wife need never know that that my heart is pre - occupied . I will ADONIA . 43.
... be united in my refusal . My conduct , in the one case , depends upon my own exer- tions ; in the other , it admits of no al- ternative . My wife need never know that that my heart is pre - occupied . I will ADONIA . 43.
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... wife ? Yes ; -the heart that is able to acknowledge such a decision as best , after having so long and so fondly nourished feelings hostile to it , the heart that can resolve to sacrifice its dearest illusions to the first step , may ...
... wife ? Yes ; -the heart that is able to acknowledge such a decision as best , after having so long and so fondly nourished feelings hostile to it , the heart that can resolve to sacrifice its dearest illusions to the first step , may ...
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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...