The woman of genius [by mrs. Ross].1821 |
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... thought , with an indistinct sense of dwel- ling on some vacuity alike impenetrable and incomprehensible . Whether his were a nature too gentle to be agitated by those storms which distract sterner breasts , or whether it were too cold ...
... thought , with an indistinct sense of dwel- ling on some vacuity alike impenetrable and incomprehensible . Whether his were a nature too gentle to be agitated by those storms which distract sterner breasts , or whether it were too cold ...
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... , beautiful but fearful . Her glance was on the eastern sky or on the wave , rising from one to the other with the slowness of deep and intense thought . She looked not with the eye of hope towards that land to 34 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
... , beautiful but fearful . Her glance was on the eastern sky or on the wave , rising from one to the other with the slowness of deep and intense thought . She looked not with the eye of hope towards that land to 34 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
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... as in their convers- ation ; Lady Athol was dull without being quiet , -Edith Avondel so perfectly in repose , that no trace of emotion or thought was visible . Captain Fitzelm recollected one marked event 86 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
... as in their convers- ation ; Lady Athol was dull without being quiet , -Edith Avondel so perfectly in repose , that no trace of emotion or thought was visible . Captain Fitzelm recollected one marked event 86 THE WOMAN OF GENIUS .
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mrs. Ross. thought was visible . Captain Fitzelm recollected one marked event in the life of each , and he smiled at witnessing what different effects may result from the same cause operating on contrasted dis- positions . Secure of the ...
mrs. Ross. thought was visible . Captain Fitzelm recollected one marked event in the life of each , and he smiled at witnessing what different effects may result from the same cause operating on contrasted dis- positions . Secure of the ...
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... thought , of what nature it was impossible to divine by any outward appearance of emotion . Lady Athol turned to Captain Fitzelm ; " Give me credit for the brilliance of this idea , " said she ; " can you imagine any thing better ...
... thought , of what nature it was impossible to divine by any outward appearance of emotion . Lady Athol turned to Captain Fitzelm ; " Give me credit for the brilliance of this idea , " said she ; " can you imagine any thing better ...
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acquaintance admiration affected animated Ann's anxious appeared attachment beauty bright brother calm Captain Fitzelm CHAP character cheek coldness colour considered continually countenance Countess Countess of Athol dark dear dear Jane death delighted desire Doctor Balladon Earl of Athol Edith Avondel emotion endeavouring endure engagement enjoy father favour fear feeling felicity felt Fitz Fitzelm family Fitzelm Park genius glowing Grace Grove Ashton happiness heart heaven honour hope imagination Jane Jane's knew Lady Athol Lady Fitzelm look lover Major Wolsey manner Mary Bodell ment mind misery Miss Ann Fitzelm Miss Avon Miss Avondel Miss Fitzelm mother mystery nature ness never pain pale Parsonage passion perceived perhaps person possessed possible precisely present racter Rashleigh rendered replied scarcely Seafield seemed sentiment silence singular Sir Adel Sir Adelmar Fitzelm Sir James smile soul suffer thing thought tion whilst William wish woman Zimri
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Página 12 - But midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess, And roam along, the world's tired denizen, With none who bless us, none whom we can bless; Minions of splendour shrinking from distress! None that, with kindred consciousness endued, If we were not, would seem to smile the less Of all that flatter'd, follow'd, sought, and sued; This is to be alone; this, this is solitude.
Página 41 - Are you a man ? Macb. Ay, and a bold one, that dare look on that Which might appal the devil. Lady M. O proper stuff ! This is the very painting of your fear : This is the air-drawn dagger which, you said, Led you to Duncan.
Página 102 - They parted - ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs, which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between; But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Página 143 - Alas ! they had been friends in youth ; But whispering tongues can poison truth ; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny ; and youth is vain ; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Página 22 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his...
Página 40 - Infirm of purpose ! Give me the daggers : the sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures ; 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted deviL If he do bleed, I '11 gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt.
Página 197 - Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself comes down ; It cannot feel for others' woes, it dare not dream its own ; That heavy chill has frozen o'er the fountain of our tears, And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears.