The Recluse of Norway, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... charms more visible , or the simpler taste of her dress , or the benignant expression of her countenance , he knew not , but certainly she appeared more charm- ing in his eyes than when he first saw her . So bright a vision put sober ...
... charms more visible , or the simpler taste of her dress , or the benignant expression of her countenance , he knew not , but certainly she appeared more charm- ing in his eyes than when he first saw her . So bright a vision put sober ...
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... charms to those of Ellesif . Though her hair was black , her eyes were blue ( not the light azure of sunny day , but the deep blue of starry night ) ; and the shade of their long B 3 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 5 was shewn in the ...
... charms to those of Ellesif . Though her hair was black , her eyes were blue ( not the light azure of sunny day , but the deep blue of starry night ) ; and the shade of their long B 3 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 5 was shewn in the ...
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... think that we never occupy ourselves with nobler : things . " " You are very good , " answered Theo- dore , " thus to depreciate what is charm- ing , for the sake of reconciling me to my B.6 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . Do ...
... think that we never occupy ourselves with nobler : things . " " You are very good , " answered Theo- dore , " thus to depreciate what is charm- ing , for the sake of reconciling me to my B.6 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . Do ...
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... charms , grand yeux noir , and un long regard . " 66 Yes , indeed , that is very provoking , " quickly interrupted the Marquise , " to see such a pair of fine eyes thrown away ! —the young man is handsome , positively ; so unlike a 18 ...
... charms , grand yeux noir , and un long regard . " 66 Yes , indeed , that is very provoking , " quickly interrupted the Marquise , " to see such a pair of fine eyes thrown away ! —the young man is handsome , positively ; so unlike a 18 ...
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... charm but sympathy , or some peculiar feature of character ; ́ and it is just possible that Countess Anastasia might not have that feature of the mind . " " Oh , do not think it possible , " cried Ellesif ; " she would have reason to ...
... charm but sympathy , or some peculiar feature of character ; ́ and it is just possible that Countess Anastasia might not have that feature of the mind . " " Oh , do not think it possible , " cried Ellesif ; " she would have reason to ...
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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...