Cousin Geoffrey, the Old Bachelor: A Novel. To which is Added Claude Stocq, Band 3

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R. Bentley, 1840
 

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Seite 119 - Are there not, Festus, are there not, dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of the diver, One — when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge, 830 One — when, a prince, he rises with his pearl ? Festus, I plunge!
Seite 30 - make of me what you will ; I can learn to be humble, if I may look to your love as my reward." " No," said Blanche, but her voice trembled ; " I trust the love of some one far worthier than I am will reward you ; I repeat that I can never forget that I am the sister of Lionel St. Aubyn.
Seite 252 - I have seen him, and recognised him immediately as the barber Landri." " Silence, barbarian !" cried the Doctor, impetuously. After a moment's thought, he continued more tranquilly, " The barber Landri and Jehan Cornoailles are both dead; peace be to their souls ! May Heaven receive them in its mercy ! Will you accompany me to the Hospital, Claude Stocq, to see what can be done for this unfortunate lady ?" In spite of the unremitting attention of the celebrated Doctor, and Claude Stocq's fervent...
Seite 162 - ... Claude Stocq, reseating himself, "and you know, Catherine, that you may trust in my word. But why think for a moment that I would dishonour the name you bear ? — it was far from my intention !" She looked at him with surprise. " Landri, the barber, is dead," continued he ; " he is dead to all, except to you and me ; you are the wife of Jehan Cornoailles, and I will throw down my gauntlet to him who says the contrary. You must remain spotless, Catherine, and your honour is dear to me as my own....
Seite 68 - Blanche hastened to tell her — " I have seen both Mr. Wyndham and Lady Marian Wyndham," she said ; " she is the tall, fair, young creature I saw here, and he is the stranger who attended her. Montague is NOT HER HUSBAND.
Seite 243 - It is a desperate case," replied the nun. " She is perfectly inoffensive ; but the poor creature grows weaker every day." " Lead me to her, sister," said Claude Stocq, impetuously ;
Seite 268 - ... off his fine and wellproportioned form. He might have been about thirty years of age; his features were regular, and rather pale ; his look sad, and his whole appearance noble and bold. He managed his horse with inimitable grace, and had the air of a courtier in spite of his humble dress. As the cavalier advanced further into the forest, he checked the speed of his horse, and looked around him with a singular expression of tenderness, sadness, and curiosity.
Seite 273 - It would have been difficult to have recognised the handsome Damville, Mary Stuart's gay chevalier, in that man, yet young, whom the fatigues of war and the anxieties and disappointments of power had rendered prematurely old. When the traveller appeared before him, the High Constable rose from his seat, and saluting him with deep emotion, said : "You are welcome, noble Sir; it was not necessary to announce yourself by a message ; your name would have been quite sufficient; the faithful ser\rants...
Seite 201 - A few handsful of straw were thrown upon the dying embers, which cast a flickering light upon the old church ; and the crowd turned towards the house near which she was supposed to have taken refuge. But she had disappeared as if by magic. " The old hag has taken refuge in her kennel," cried Guillaumet ; " she is in Jehan Cornoailles
Seite 95 - Geoffrey, as soon as the St. Aubyns had mentioned in their letters their intimacy with Montague Wyndham, had established a system of espionage, and by dint of persevering inquiries had ascertained who Montague really was. The story of his former attachment became known to him; by a mere coincidence, the name of his treacherous deceiver had been Marian, the same as his sister's, and thus accident seemed strangely to confirm the statements Geoffrey had made in his letter to Juliet, warning her against...

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