The Recluse of Norway, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... observations of Theodore's , which obliged her opponents to allow that he was not so leaden as he looked . " And what your quarrel is with his looks ... observed Ellesif . " To say the truth , " said Anastasia , 20 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY ,
... observations of Theodore's , which obliged her opponents to allow that he was not so leaden as he looked . " And what your quarrel is with his looks ... observed Ellesif . " To say the truth , " said Anastasia , 20 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY ,
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... while Ma- dame Sauveur observed , that Countess Ellesif was the universal champion of all the old , ugly , awkward , and unfortunate . The lively Frenchwoman then flew off to another subject ; THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 21.
... while Ma- dame Sauveur observed , that Countess Ellesif was the universal champion of all the old , ugly , awkward , and unfortunate . The lively Frenchwoman then flew off to another subject ; THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY . 21.
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... pitied ! " Ellesif's pitying eyes were for a moment directed towards him : t yet , after all , my sister is the most to be pitied , for causing so much suffering . " . " I have been told , " observed Theodore , 32 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
... pitied ! " Ellesif's pitying eyes were for a moment directed towards him : t yet , after all , my sister is the most to be pitied , for causing so much suffering . " . " I have been told , " observed Theodore , 32 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
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Anna Maria Porter. " I have been told , " observed Theodore , smiling , " that ladies enjoy their power of giving pain . " " Indeed my sister does not : and if she should ever love any one , and fail to excite the ... observed Theodore, ...
Anna Maria Porter. " I have been told , " observed Theodore , smiling , " that ladies enjoy their power of giving pain . " " Indeed my sister does not : and if she should ever love any one , and fail to excite the ... observed Theodore, ...
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... observed the Count . " The Chevalier is exactly what he was in our play days , " said Ellesif ; " we were children together in England , Señor Gue- vara , and have kept up the family intimacy by constant correspondence . " In England ...
... observed the Count . " The Chevalier is exactly what he was in our play days , " said Ellesif ; " we were children together in England , Señor Gue- vara , and have kept up the family intimacy by constant correspondence . " In England ...
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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...