The Recluse of Norway, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... eyes than when he first saw her . So bright a vision put sober study to flight he closed his book , and again ima- gination roved over the scenes of the pre- ceding evening . The dinner hour arrived , and Count Lauvenheilm did not ...
... eyes than when he first saw her . So bright a vision put sober study to flight he closed his book , and again ima- gination roved over the scenes of the pre- ceding evening . The dinner hour arrived , and Count Lauvenheilm did not ...
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... eyes all sunshine ! For the first few minutes he was disap- pointed , and thought she pleased him less than the night before ; but the playful ex- pressions of her face had so much variety and beauty , and so poetical an imagination was ...
... eyes all sunshine ! For the first few minutes he was disap- pointed , and thought she pleased him less than the night before ; but the playful ex- pressions of her face had so much variety and beauty , and so poetical an imagination was ...
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... eyes . In this , however , he was mistaken : in shape and brightness each were equally admirable , but sensibility added intellectual charms to those of Ellesif . Though her hair was black , her eyes were blue ( not the light azure of ...
... eyes . In this , however , he was mistaken : in shape and brightness each were equally admirable , but sensibility added intellectual charms to those of Ellesif . Though her hair was black , her eyes were blue ( not the light azure of ...
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... eye , frequently gave to them the force and splendour of black . Her complexion had the transparency of water lilies ; and if the colour on her cheek were rather delicate than brilliant , when- ever she moved , spoke , or even thought ...
... eye , frequently gave to them the force and splendour of black . Her complexion had the transparency of water lilies ; and if the colour on her cheek were rather delicate than brilliant , when- ever she moved , spoke , or even thought ...
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... eyes . kindled as she spoke , her breath shortened , and her voice fluttered . This contradiction of manner and look was the consequence of being early initiated in the world of fashion . She quickly saw the ridicule which that world ...
... eyes . kindled as she spoke , her breath shortened , and her voice fluttered . This contradiction of manner and look was the consequence of being early initiated in the world of fashion . She quickly saw the ridicule which that world ...
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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...