Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of Novels by the Author of Waverley, Band 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1824 |
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... living subject , and makes him stand before us in apparent substance , vitality , and motion . It is this thorough mastery , and consum- mately skilful exercise of this uncommon faculty , which , in our opinion , accounts for the won- 5.
... living subject , and makes him stand before us in apparent substance , vitality , and motion . It is this thorough mastery , and consum- mately skilful exercise of this uncommon faculty , which , in our opinion , accounts for the won- 5.
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Richard Warner. which , in our opinion , accounts for the won- derful effect produced by the writings of our author on the mind of his reader . On con- templating his portraits , we instantly perceive that they are rigid likenesses of ...
Richard Warner. which , in our opinion , accounts for the won- derful effect produced by the writings of our author on the mind of his reader . On con- templating his portraits , we instantly perceive that they are rigid likenesses of ...
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... opinion , that , had he had then such persons about him as would have encouraged him to any violence upon the king , he had done it without dispute , or at least committed him to the tower . When he spake these words , there were ...
... opinion , that , had he had then such persons about him as would have encouraged him to any violence upon the king , he had done it without dispute , or at least committed him to the tower . When he spake these words , there were ...
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... opinion was so near prevailing , that I saw a person booted and ready to depart , having already several packets directed for the Duke of Normandy , and attending only the duke's ; and yet it was not followed at last . The king caused ...
... opinion was so near prevailing , that I saw a person booted and ready to depart , having already several packets directed for the Duke of Normandy , and attending only the duke's ; and yet it was not followed at last . The king caused ...
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... opinion , that if all the days of his life were computed , in which his pleasure out - balanced his pain , they would be found so few that there would be found twenty for one on the other side . He lived about sixty - one years , yet he ...
... opinion , that if all the days of his life were computed , in which his pleasure out - balanced his pain , they would be found so few that there would be found twenty for one on the other side . He lived about sixty - one years , yet he ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admirable afterwards Amy Robsart appear astrologer battle of Langside Ben Jonson bishop called Captain Cox castle chamber character Charles christian church circumstances Comines court death Duke Duke of Bourbon Duke of Burgundy Earl Earl of Sussex effect Elizabeth England English faith fancy father favour favourite feast feeling France French gentleman habits hand Harington hath Hist honour horse James judicial astrology Kelweston Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle king lady Laneham language Leicester Leicester's letter Liege lived Lord Louis XI Majesty manner marriage Mary master ment mind Monsieur moral Morinus murder natural never night novel occasion passion Peronne person popular present prince Queen of Scots Rawleigh reader Regent reign religion respect says Scotch Scotland Scots guard Scottish secret seems sent servants Sherbroke shew Sir John Sir Martin spirit story superstition taste thing thou tion truth writer Wynyard's
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 434 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised...
Seite 394 - No, Robin, I am not well," and then discoursed with me of her indisposition, and that her heart had been sad and heavy for ten or twelve days, and in her discourse she fetched not so few as forty or fifty great sighs.
Seite 389 - That day she was dressed in white Silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a Mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her Train was very long, the end of it borne by a Marchioness; instead of a Chain, she had an oblong Collar of gold and jewels.
Seite 430 - Then being asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.
Seite 103 - I see a column of slow-rising smoke O'ertop the lofty wood that skirts the wild. A vagabond and useless tribe there eat Their miserable meal. A kettle, slung Between two poles upon a stick transverse, Receives the morsel ; flesh obscene of dog, Or vermin, or, at best, of cock purloined From his accustomed perch.
Seite 433 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Seite 415 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days ; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.
Seite 390 - A gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table, and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others, one with the rod again, the other with a...
Seite 433 - Abjects, and humbles them at the instant; makes them cry, complain, and repent, yea, even to hate their forepassed happiness. He takes the account of the rich and proves him a beggar; a naked beggar which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a Glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness; and they acknowledge it.
Seite 386 - ... punishment her majesty should be pleased to inflict upon me, for so great an offence. Then she sat down low upon a cushion, and I upon my knees by her, but with her own hand she gave me a cushion to lay under my knee ; which at first I refused, but she compelled me to take it. She then called for my lady Strafford out of the next chamber, for the queen was alone.