The Recluse of Norway, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... believed him amused with Madame Sauveur's amuse- ment , looked once or twice at him , with a newly - awakened feeling of interest . His large dark eyes , till then as full of sweet- ness as of thought , were directed with so sad B 5 THE ...
... believed him amused with Madame Sauveur's amuse- ment , looked once or twice at him , with a newly - awakened feeling of interest . His large dark eyes , till then as full of sweet- ness as of thought , were directed with so sad B 5 THE ...
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... believed herself the most finished work of nature , she neither exulted in the idea , nor courted opportunities of seeing it proved . Her crowd of admirers were more frequently re- fused admittance than welcomed during her morning ...
... believed herself the most finished work of nature , she neither exulted in the idea , nor courted opportunities of seeing it proved . Her crowd of admirers were more frequently re- fused admittance than welcomed during her morning ...
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... believed it impossible for any one to love her ten- derly and steadily . How different did Ellesif appear ! In the careless hours of domestic intercourse , how many beauties of character were unconscious- ly displayed by her ! The heart ...
... believed it impossible for any one to love her ten- derly and steadily . How different did Ellesif appear ! In the careless hours of domestic intercourse , how many beauties of character were unconscious- ly displayed by her ! The heart ...
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... believed that by the acquisition of Holstein he would facilitate the conquest and dis- memberment of Sweden , and that his own aggrandisement must follow of course . He foresaw not , that in this specious scheme he was laying a snare ...
... believed that by the acquisition of Holstein he would facilitate the conquest and dis- memberment of Sweden , and that his own aggrandisement must follow of course . He foresaw not , that in this specious scheme he was laying a snare ...
Page 73
... strain of harmony . Insensible of his danger , he believed that what he felt for Ellesif was exactly that in- spired by the Count . " A shed with El- VOL . II . I lesif and her father , " he would say to THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 73.
... strain of harmony . Insensible of his danger , he believed that what he felt for Ellesif was exactly that in- spired by the Count . " A shed with El- VOL . II . I lesif and her father , " he would say to THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 73.
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Aardal admiration Ager-huus agitation agreeable amuse animated answer appeared asked attachment beauty believed blush Catalonia chaprone character charms cheek Chevalier Christiana Colonel Muller colour Condé Roncevalles Copenhagen Coperstad Count Lauven Count Lauvenheilm countenance Countess Anastasia court Danish cabinet daugh daughters dear delight Denmark Dofrestom Don Balthazar's dore elegant Ellesif emotion exclaimed expression eyes father fear feelings Gaston de Roye graceful hand happy hear heard heart heilm Heinreich her's Holstein honour hope imagination indulge interest King knew ladies leaving Theodore letter lived look Madame Sauveur Marquise ment mind ness never noble Norway obliged observed painful party passion person pleasure pray present Prince Princess Ursini racter replied Theodore Roye's Señor Guevara sensibility sentiment shew silence sister Sleswick smile soul Spain spoke surprize Sweden sweet tears tell tenderness Theo Theodore felt Theodore read Theodore's thing thought tion voice wished young
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Page 138 - ON A GIRDLE THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my Heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer : My joy, my grief, my hope, my love Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass ! and yet there Dwelt all that's good, and all that's fair : Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the Sun goes round.
Page 59 - In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home; They had their name thence: coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the huswife's wool.
Page 306 - One in his breast may wear thee, But ne'er with love like mine ! As the last notes of the sweet singer died on the ear, Ellesif turned to look at Theodore. He was still leaning against the harp,, and his eyes, surcharged with tears, were fixed with a sad and fond gaze upon her. Wild throbs of...