The Recluse of Norway, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 |
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... pleasure to be with you , to be employed by you . ' " The Count's answer was an amiable smile . He then proceeded to give Theodore instruc- tions in a more regular manner , and , leav- ing him employment for the whole day , with orders ...
... pleasure to be with you , to be employed by you . ' " The Count's answer was an amiable smile . He then proceeded to give Theodore instruc- tions in a more regular manner , and , leav- ing him employment for the whole day , with orders ...
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... pleasure under the shelter of his watchful politeness : secure of indulgence and support from him , he had hoped to throw off the unmanly embarrassment that had distressed him the preceding night , and to meet the social joy of others ...
... pleasure under the shelter of his watchful politeness : secure of indulgence and support from him , he had hoped to throw off the unmanly embarrassment that had distressed him the preceding night , and to meet the social joy of others ...
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... pleasure unknown before , at the sight of Ellesif ; her delightful spirits were contagious he was pleased with the cour- teous manners of the Viceroy ; and enter- tained beyond measure with the novelty of that picquant yet elegant ...
... pleasure unknown before , at the sight of Ellesif ; her delightful spirits were contagious he was pleased with the cour- teous manners of the Viceroy ; and enter- tained beyond measure with the novelty of that picquant yet elegant ...
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... and followed . Ellesif sung as sweetly as she spoke , and Theodore excused the pleasure he found in listening to her , by attributing it to the national air which revived the idea of dear and roman- tic Norway 30 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
... and followed . Ellesif sung as sweetly as she spoke , and Theodore excused the pleasure he found in listening to her , by attributing it to the national air which revived the idea of dear and roman- tic Norway 30 THE RECLUSE OF NORWAY .
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... pleasure was insipid : he thought all power of delighting was centered in the circle round Count Lauyenheilm . Perhaps he was right : the untravelled nobility of the north were not at that time what they may be now . Those only who had ...
... pleasure was insipid : he thought all power of delighting was centered in the circle round Count Lauyenheilm . Perhaps he was right : the untravelled nobility of the north were not at that time what they may be now . Those only who had ...
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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...