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... mima faints , and is carried out . - Out's and in's in- numerable.Count Danvers the lover of Jemima -courtship at Naples - all joy and revelry . - Dr . Pedley again in the way of business . — Love stories . -News of the Countess ...
... mima faints , and is carried out . - Out's and in's in- numerable.Count Danvers the lover of Jemima -courtship at Naples - all joy and revelry . - Dr . Pedley again in the way of business . — Love stories . -News of the Countess ...
Page 106
... mima , it was delayed for a period . Harolde inquired of Doctor Pedley her history , and the cause of that melancholy which all the gallant attention of the Cap- tain could not dispel . " This young lady , " said Pedley , " is an an ...
... mima , it was delayed for a period . Harolde inquired of Doctor Pedley her history , and the cause of that melancholy which all the gallant attention of the Cap- tain could not dispel . " This young lady , " said Pedley , " is an an ...
Page 114
... mima had fainted away , and was carried in the Captain's arms from the tent into a more open place , under the shade of a pomegranate tree . The other ladies re- tired to render assistance ; and the Cap- tain returned to his company ...
... mima had fainted away , and was carried in the Captain's arms from the tent into a more open place , under the shade of a pomegranate tree . The other ladies re- tired to render assistance ; and the Cap- tain returned to his company ...
Page 116
... mima's blushes , he commenced explaining to both French and English what had oc- curred.- " Jemima , " said he , " is beloved by my friend the Colonel ; the chance of war separated them - the chance of war has again brought them ...
... mima's blushes , he commenced explaining to both French and English what had oc- curred.- " Jemima , " said he , " is beloved by my friend the Colonel ; the chance of war separated them - the chance of war has again brought them ...
Page 188
... mima accepted an invitation , it cut her to the heart , and she foolishly attributed the absence of her niece to disrespect , or con- tempt for her character . As the irritation of her mind subsided , bodily ills came on apace ; the ...
... mima accepted an invitation , it cut her to the heart , and she foolishly attributed the absence of her niece to disrespect , or con- tempt for her character . As the irritation of her mind subsided , bodily ills came on apace ; the ...
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Almada Amelia Pedley amongst amusement appearance arms bailiff Belvoir Berenice Bernardo betwixt bishop boat body breast breath breeze bring British Cape Trafalgar Captain Bering carried Carthage Cato and Louis CHAP Childe Harolde commander Count crew Danvers Dasher daughter deck dinner Doctor Pedley dreadful fair fame Fancy favourable fortune French frigate gave give Glenville hand happy harbour Harolde and Freeman Harolde's heart honour hour island Jemima lady Lampedosa Lamska land Lisbon live looked Lord Cockayne lovers Lucca Malta Maltese married ment mima mind Misericorde Mount Etna Mount Strombolo murder Naples never niece night Pantalaria passed passion Pedley's port prize returned rock rolde round ruins sail sailors Scarpio scene sent shew ship shore silence sloop sloop of war smiles soul spect spirits stranger sunk Tagus thee ther thing thought tion Tunis Valetta vessel virtue wife wish wounds yacht
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Page 132 - Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below. Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, "Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?— 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Page 189 - rp 1 is said she once was beautiful; — and still — (For 'tis not years that can have wrought her ill,) — Deep rays of loveliness around her form Beam, as the rainbow that succeeds the storm, Brightens a glorious ruin.
Page 60 - LORD, thy Grandsire had a friend, In days of youthful fame ; Yon distant hills were his domains, Sir Bertram was his name. Where'er the noble Percy fought His friend was at his side ; And many a skirmish with the Scots Their early valour tried.
Page 55 - DESIGNED for peace, and soft delight, For tender love, and pity mild, O seek not thou the craggy height, The howling main, the desert wild ! Stay in the shelter'd valley low, Where calmly blows the fragrant ah-, But shun the mountain's stormy brow, For darken'd winds are raging there.
Page 92 - ... pliant slave In gallant trim, and gay; His course was Pleasure's placid wave, His life a summer's day. And I was caught in Folly's snare, And join'd her giddy train — But found her soon the nurse of Care, And Punishment, and Pain. There surely is some guiding Power Which rightly suffers wrong — Gives Vice to bloom its little hour — But Virtue, late and long.
Page xi - Know not a trace of Nature but the form ; Yet, at thy call, the hardy tar pursued, Pale, but intrepid, sad, but unsubdued, Pierced the deep woods, and, hailing from afar The...
Page 88 - tis Fancy fires the soul. Far beyond the bounds of meaning Fancy flies, a fairy queen ! Fancy, wit and worth disdaining, Gives the prize to Harlequin.
Page 59 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet, ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies ? Thought would destroy their paradise! No more; — where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Page 57 - The midnight wizards, breathing rites abhorr'd ; Trembling, approach'd their incantations fell, And, chill'd with horror, heard the songs of hell.