 | Eaton Stannard Barrett - English fiction - 1815 - 724 pages
...gently pushing me from her, and baring my forehead, to gaze upon the lineaments of my countenance. AH, all is convincing; and she calls me the softened image...! Two tedious hours I waited in- extreme anxiety. At length the clock struck twelve ; my heart beat responsive, and immediately the promised signal was... | |
 | 1835 - 842 pages
...she gently pushing me from her, and baring my forehead, to gaze on the lineaments of my countenance. All, all is convincing; and she calls me the softened image of my noble father Ï Two tedious hours I waited in extreme anxiety. At length the clock struck twelve ; my heart beat... | |
 | 1836 - 802 pages
...she gently pushing me from her, and baring my forehead, to gaze on the lineaments of my countenance. All, all is convincing; and she calls me the softened...father ! Two tedious hours I waited in extreme anxiety. At length the clock struck twelve ; mv heart beat responsive, and immediately the promised signal was... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1984 - 1572 pages
...she gently pushing me from her, and baring my forehead, to gaze on the lineaments of my countenance. , despised Lear, A king, — a king! Then comes the...the old man rejoice! His joy! his last! O, the old m At length the clock struck twelve; my heart beat responsive, and immediately the promised signal was... | |
 | Caroline Gonda - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 316 pages
...a portion of their wonted fire; her frame emaciated, her voice feeble, her hand damp and chill .... All, all is convincing; and she calls me the softened image of my noble father! (p. 152) Despite the suitably dim and 'dismal cell', though, Cherubina is in for a disappointment:... | |
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... eyes sunken in their sockets, yet 'retaining a portion of their youthful fire ; her frame emaciated, her voice feeble, her hand damp and chill. Fondly did I depict our meeting — our embrace; she gently pushing me from her, and baring my forehead,... 