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Pagina 131
... Empress's circle may abound in many lovelier women than the scornful beauty who has caused me this tempo- rary vexation , I can , you know , Des- mond , solace myself , by forming an attachment to one of these : I cannot for my life ...
... Empress's circle may abound in many lovelier women than the scornful beauty who has caused me this tempo- rary vexation , I can , you know , Des- mond , solace myself , by forming an attachment to one of these : I cannot for my life ...
Pagina 148
... Empress , like that of her august partner , bore the characters of care : her soft blue eyes had a mourn- ful expression . She was attired in a sim- ple white robe , and divested totally of every note of sovereignty , but such as nature ...
... Empress , like that of her august partner , bore the characters of care : her soft blue eyes had a mourn- ful expression . She was attired in a sim- ple white robe , and divested totally of every note of sovereignty , but such as nature ...
Pagina 150
... Empress , again present- ing him her hand , said graciously , " Count , you have smoothed his Ma- jesty's brow by your communications : very seldom have his nocturnal vigils a like effect . In truth , your countenance bodes well . May a ...
... Empress , again present- ing him her hand , said graciously , " Count , you have smoothed his Ma- jesty's brow by your communications : very seldom have his nocturnal vigils a like effect . In truth , your countenance bodes well . May a ...
Pagina 152
... Empress could find courage to implant a thorn in that gentle , yet exalted bosom ; for Casi- mir was a chevalier of the old stamp , and the ostensible motives which bade an ancient knight ride forth , afforded exactly the sort of spur ...
... Empress could find courage to implant a thorn in that gentle , yet exalted bosom ; for Casi- mir was a chevalier of the old stamp , and the ostensible motives which bade an ancient knight ride forth , afforded exactly the sort of spur ...
Pagina 153
... Empress surrounded by the ladies of her household , and a few of the distinguished female noblesse : the gentlemen consisted only of her chamberlain and a couple of pages , one of them merely a child . There was a resemblance of person ...
... Empress surrounded by the ladies of her household , and a few of the distinguished female noblesse : the gentlemen consisted only of her chamberlain and a couple of pages , one of them merely a child . There was a resemblance of person ...
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amongst Barbara Baron Baroness of Marchfeldt Bavaria beheld believe betray blush bosom Chevalier Conrade Count Casimir Count Harrach countenance courage court courtier cried danger Danube dare dear Desmond Devereux doubt Duke of Bavaria Duke of Friedland duke's Emperor Empress Erdenheim exclaimed eyes Father Felix favour fear feelings feldt felt Ferdinand follow Friar gentle gracious hand hear heart Heaven Hebe honour hope hour Imperial imperial circle Joanna Baillie knew lady lenstein lieutenant Lindau look lord Louisa of Marchfeldt madam Majesty Margrave mean ment mind never night night's watch noble pardon pause pity poor Prague present Princess Stolberg replied roness Rosebec silence skaits smile Sopron soul sovereign spectre knight spirit steïn Stol stood Sturmo sure tell thing thou thought tion tone trust Ulrica uttered Vallen Vienna voice Westermann whispered Winterfeldt Wolfstein woman words young Vallenstein youth Zingari
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Pagina 20 - O God ! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
Pagina 141 - ... see the ambassadors of France disavowed, to witness the public breach of those engagements on which he had placed his principal reliance ; and he had even reason to suspect that the same hand which had signed the treaty with him, had at the same moment signed a convention with Gustavus Adolphus. He equally felt for the deception, and for the manner in which it was effected, under the guise of religious faith and private friendship ; and was frequently heard to exclaim, " A Capuchin friar has...
Pagina 197 - Cousin is indeed a French word, but from our national love of punning, it is not unlikely that it has in English been commonly pronounced like the verb to cozen ; — so, at least, it was in Shakspeare's time ; Hotspur exclaims, — " Why, what a deal of candied courtesy This fawning greyhound then did proffer me ! Look — ' When his infant fortune came to age' — And ' Gentle Harry Percy,' — and 'kind cousin' — The devil take such COZENERS !
Pagina 44 - Desmond." 45 beseech your Excellency. On my soul you shall not repent it!" He had risen as he spoke : his fine form was thus rendered conspicuous to the multitude, and his noble countenance, animated by the best feelings of man's nature, as he pleaded for a fellow-creature's life, attracted the love and admiration of all who looked upon him : — even the duke gazed on him with ill-concealed pride. " Be content, sir. — I grant you the life of Lieutenant Desmond ! The warrant for his release from...
Pagina 45 - An accla46 mation of thankfulness echoed through the apartment ; — the duke waved his hand, and all was again silence. The sister of Desmond, who had fainted on the stern reply her application encountered, had been borne from the room, and the subject of Desmond's danger laid at rest amongst the guests, who secretly rejoiced, while they marvelled, at the result of the young Count's interposition.
Pagina 27 - Lest the reader should be disposed to suspect the Romanciere of having drawn somewhat extravagantly on the sources of her imagination, she refers him to the authority of that excellent and indefatigable writer, Archdeacon Coxe, for a description of the almost incredible magnificence of this extraordinary man's retirement.
Pagina 48 - Be absolute for death ; or death or life Shall thereby be the sweeter !
Pagina 312 - ... man. — My father, is it too late? Will you not pause one moment ere you leap the gulf? — What is the stake for which you are about to sacrifice all that is precious to a noble spirit? The very utmost you can obtain, is a few short years of remorseful splendour — the very utmost, for I will...
Pagina 312 - ... assertions; but if he tells me I shall become a perfidious traitor, that I shall abuse the confidence of my sovereign, that I shall renounce all the principles which connect man with the Deity, and lend him courage to face all fortunes with an equal temper, I will never believe him...
Pagina 312 - According to the creed set forth in your epistle, vice and virtue, good and evil, are mere nominal existences, and the good and the wise of all times have. been wasting their breath in prating of chimeras. The astrologer may promise me success, or threaten me with ruin, and I cannot disprove...