The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance; Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806 |
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... sweet and plaintive strains soon lulled her into a re- verie ; from which she was very unwil lingly roused by the raillery of Cavigni , and by the voice of Montoni , who gave orders to a servant to have the carriages ready at an early ...
... sweet and plaintive strains soon lulled her into a re- verie ; from which she was very unwil lingly roused by the raillery of Cavigni , and by the voice of Montoni , who gave orders to a servant to have the carriages ready at an early ...
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... sweet , so solemn ! it seemed like the hymn of angels descending through the silence of night ! Now it died away , and fancy almost beheld the holy choir re- ascending towards heaven ; then again it swelled with the breeze , trembled ...
... sweet , so solemn ! it seemed like the hymn of angels descending through the silence of night ! Now it died away , and fancy almost beheld the holy choir re- ascending towards heaven ; then again it swelled with the breeze , trembled ...
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... sweet music , and offer him from - a shell some of the de- licious fruit that hangs round Neptune's palace . " She was recalled from her reverie to a mere mortal supper , and could not forbear smiling at the fancies she had been indulg ...
... sweet music , and offer him from - a shell some of the de- licious fruit that hangs round Neptune's palace . " She was recalled from her reverie to a mere mortal supper , and could not forbear smiling at the fancies she had been indulg ...
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... sweet , at distance dies ! Then wake the magic of my shell , And choral voices round me rise ! The trembling youth , charm'd by my strain , Calls up the crew , who , silent , bend O'er the high deck , but list in vain ; My song is hush ...
... sweet , at distance dies ! Then wake the magic of my shell , And choral voices round me rise ! The trembling youth , charm'd by my strain , Calls up the crew , who , silent , bend O'er the high deck , but list in vain ; My song is hush ...
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... sweet To some soft shell that warbles near ; Join'd by the murmuring currents , flect , That glide along our halls so clear . There , the pale pearl and sapphire blue , And ruby red , and em'rald green , Dart from the domes a changing ...
... sweet To some soft shell that warbles near ; Join'd by the murmuring currents , flect , That glide along our halls so clear . There , the pale pearl and sapphire blue , And ruby red , and em'rald green , Dart from the domes a changing ...
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Page 52 - Would he were fatter! but I fear him not: Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Page 169 - The sun had just sunk below the top of the mountains she was descending, whose long shadow stretched athwart the valley; but his sloping rays, shooting through an opening of the cliffs, touched with a yellow gleam the summits of the forest that hung upon the opposite steeps, and streamed in full splendour upon the towers and battlements of a castle that spread its extensive ramparts along the brow of a precipice above. The splendour of these illumined objects was heightened by the contrasted shade...
Page 164 - Emily's feelings into awe; she saw only images of gloomy grandeur, or of dreadful sublimity, around her; other images, equally gloomy and equally terrible, gleamed on her imagination. She was going she scarcely knew whither, under the dominion of a person from whose arbitrary disposition she had already suffered so much, to marry, perhaps, a man who possessed neither her affection nor esteem ; or to endure, beyond the hope of succour, whatever punishment revenge, and that Italian revenge, might dictate.
Page 172 - From the parts she saw, she judged of the heavy strength and extent of the whole. The gateway before her, leading into the courts, was of gigantic size, and was defended by two round towers crowned by overhanging turrets embattled, where, instead of banners, now waved long grass and wild plants that had taken root among the mouldering stones, and which seemed to sigh, as the breeze rolled past, over the desolation around them.
Page 294 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Page 169 - To the east, a vista opened, and exhibited the Apennines in their darkest horrors ; and the long perspective of retiring summits rising over each other, their ridges clothed with pines,- exhibited a stronger image of grandeur than any that Emily had yet seen. The sun had just sunk below, the top of the mountains she was descending, whose long shadow stretched athwart the valley, but his sloping rays, shooting through an opening of the cliffs, touched with a yellow gleam the summits of the forest...
Page 172 - ... instead of banners, now waved long grass and wild plants, that had taken root among the mouldering stones, and which seemed to sigh, as the breeze rolled past, over the desolation around them. The towers were united by a curtain, pierced and embattled also, below which appeared the pointed arch of a huge...
Page 170 - From those, too, the rays soon faded, and the whole edifice was invested with the solemn duskiness of evening. Silent, lonely, and sublime, it seemed to stand the sovereign of the scene, and to frown defiance on all, who dared to invade its solitary reign.
Page 171 - Silent, lonely, and sublime, it seemed to stand the sovereign of the scene, and to frown defiance on all who dared to invade its solitary reign. As the twilight deepened, its features became more awful in obscurity, and Emily continued to gaze, till its clustering towers were alone seen rising over the tops of the woods, beneath whose thick shade the carriages soon after began to ascend.
Page 229 - Her imagination was pleased with the view of ancient grandeur, and an emotion of melancholy awe awakened all its powers, as she walked through rooms obscure and desolate, where no footsteps had passed probably for many years, and remembered the strange history of the former possessor of the edifice. This brought to her recollection the veiled picture which had attracted her curiosity on the preceding night, and she resolved to examine it. As she passed through the chambers that led to this, she found...