The Ruins of Ruthvale Abbey: A Novel ...A. K. Newman and Company, 1827 |
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... appeared as doubtful , owing to the heavy fog which clouded the atmosphere . Miss Monimia sat , as usual , by the tside of her portable desk , her whole ideas wrap- ped in meditation , and writing with the utmost speed , unheedful of ...
... appeared as doubtful , owing to the heavy fog which clouded the atmosphere . Miss Monimia sat , as usual , by the tside of her portable desk , her whole ideas wrap- ped in meditation , and writing with the utmost speed , unheedful of ...
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... appearance . The hour was that of midnight , and the path he was pursuing was that of rapine and murder ; on this spot had many a fellow- creature been stabbed to the heart , by the merciless bandits who infested the forest . Adelbert ...
... appearance . The hour was that of midnight , and the path he was pursuing was that of rapine and murder ; on this spot had many a fellow- creature been stabbed to the heart , by the merciless bandits who infested the forest . Adelbert ...
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... appeared to be torn from their roots , and all nature received a convulsive shock , Adelbert felt a mo- mentary dread pass through his heart , on which he placed his hand , and in an in- stant banished the trifling sensation : he raised ...
... appeared to be torn from their roots , and all nature received a convulsive shock , Adelbert felt a mo- mentary dread pass through his heart , on which he placed his hand , and in an in- stant banished the trifling sensation : he raised ...
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... devotion . Adelbert could scarcely give credit to his senses ; in such a place to behold such an assem- blage of charms , appeared totally incom- * prehensible ; yet in a moment conviction pointed out RUINS OF RUTHVALE ABBEY . 37.
... devotion . Adelbert could scarcely give credit to his senses ; in such a place to behold such an assem- blage of charms , appeared totally incom- * prehensible ; yet in a moment conviction pointed out RUINS OF RUTHVALE ABBEY . 37.
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... appeared un conscious of his approach , or at least un heedful of the entrance of the bandits , who now in vociferous accents announced their captive , and informed their leader of his desperate resistance , and the loss they had ...
... appeared un conscious of his approach , or at least un heedful of the entrance of the bandits , who now in vociferous accents announced their captive , and informed their leader of his desperate resistance , and the loss they had ...
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Page 33 - Methought I heard a voice cry " Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep" — the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M.
Page 101 - Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learn'd to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all...
Page 203 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 36 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Page 226 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown ; No traveller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers in his road.
Page 64 - The charm dissolves apace; And as the morning steals upon the night, Melting the darkness, so their rising senses Begin to chase the ignorant fumes that mantle Their clearer reason.
Page 179 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 270 - CONTRAST. A Novel. By REGINA MARIA ROCHE, author of " The Children of the Abbey,
Page 71 - An idler is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as when it stands.
Page 80 - We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms, which the wise powers Deny us for our good ; so find we profit, By losing of our prayers.