The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance; Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806 |
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... opened upon a grove , which stood on the brow of a gentle declivity , that fell towards the river , and the tall trees gave it a melan- choly and pleasing shade ; while from the windows the eye caught , beneath the spreading branches ...
... opened upon a grove , which stood on the brow of a gentle declivity , that fell towards the river , and the tall trees gave it a melan- choly and pleasing shade ; while from the windows the eye caught , beneath the spreading branches ...
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... opened upon the gran- deur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground floor by a rustic hall , and two excellent sitting rooms . The first floor , for the cottage had no second story , was laid out in bed - chambers , except one ...
... opened upon the gran- deur of the mountains , was occupied on the ground floor by a rustic hall , and two excellent sitting rooms . The first floor , for the cottage had no second story , was laid out in bed - chambers , except one ...
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... opened to the distant landscape , where the rich pastures and vine - covered slopes of Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the winding shores of the Garonne , groves , and hamlets , and villas their outlines ...
... opened to the distant landscape , where the rich pastures and vine - covered slopes of Gascony gradually declined to the plains ; and there , on the winding shores of the Garonne , groves , and hamlets , and villas their outlines ...
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... opened ; its savage features gradually softened , and , towards evening , they were among heathy mountains , stretched in far perspective , along which the solitary sheep - bell was heard , and the voice of the shepherd call- ing his ...
... opened ; its savage features gradually softened , and , towards evening , they were among heathy mountains , stretched in far perspective , along which the solitary sheep - bell was heard , and the voice of the shepherd call- ing his ...
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... opened among the moun- tains , would likewise have added to their perplexity . Emily , as she looked up one of these , saw something at a great distance like a bright cloud in the air . " What light is yonder , sir ? " said she . St ...
... opened among the moun- tains , would likewise have added to their perplexity . Emily , as she looked up one of these , saw something at a great distance like a bright cloud in the air . " What light is yonder , sir ? " said she . St ...
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Page 149 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 272 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Page 261 - Can Music's voice, can Beauty's eye, Can Painting's glowing hand supply, A charm so suited to my mind, As blows this hollow gust of wind, As drops this little weeping rill, Soft tinkling down the moss-grown hill, While through the west, where sinks the crimson day, Meek Twilight slowly sails, and waves her banners gray?
Page 71 - IX. 0 how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even...
Page 71 - O how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven ? These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy, impart.
Page 212 - Above all, my dear Emily,' said he, 'do not indulge in the pride of fine feeling, the romantic error of amiable minds. Those who really possess sensibility ought early to be taught that it is a dangerous quality, which is continually extracting the excess of misery or delight from every surrounding circumstance.
Page 195 - And be it so. Let those deplore their doom Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn ; But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb, Can smile at fate, and wonder how they mourn. Shall spring to these sad scenes no more return ? Is yonder wave the sun's eternal bed ? Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn, And spring shall soon her vital influence shed, Again attune the grove, again adorn the mead.
Page 96 - Meanwhile the sullen gray of the eastern clouds began to blush, then to redden, and then to glow with a thousand colours, till the golden light darted over all the air, touched the lower points of the mountain's brow, and glanced in long sloping beams upon the valley and its stream. All nature seemed to have awakened from death into life. The spirit of St. Aubert was renovated. His heart was full ; he wept : and his thoughts ascended to the Great Creator.
Page 93 - In truth he was a strange and wayward wight, Fond of each gentle, and each dreadful scene, In darkness, and in storm, he found delight : Nor less, than when on ocean-wave serene The southern Sun diffused his dazzling shene.
Page 2 - I. 8 exhibiting awful forms, seen, and lost again, as the partial vapours rolled along, were sometimes barren, and gleamed through the blue tinge of air, and sometimes frowned with forests of gloomy pine, that swept downward to their base.