 The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is...  The Casket - Page 1571828Full view - About this book
 | John J. Reynolds - Ireland - 1903 - 140 pages
...a masquerade at the Rotunda, her friends brought her to it. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful, than to meet...where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in 120 the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woe-begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat... | |
 | John J. Reynolds - Ireland - 1903 - 140 pages
...a masquerade at the Rotunda, her friends brought her to it. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful, than to meet...where all around is gay — to see it dressed out ir\ I2O FOOTPRINTS OF EMMET. the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woe-begone, as if it had... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 138 pages
...The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet...tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetf ulness of sorrow. After strolling through the splendid rooms and giddy crowd with an air of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1905 - 460 pages
...The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet...in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and wobegone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.... | |
 | 1902 - 438 pages
...The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet...a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay—to see it dressed out in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woe-begone, as if it... | |
 | Delphian Society - Civilization - 1911 - 578 pages
...The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet...tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forget fulness of sorrow. After strolling through the splendid rooms and giddy crowd with an air of... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1911 - 470 pages
...The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene. To find it wandering like a specter, 30 lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in the trappings... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1916 - 422 pages
...person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade., There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet it in such a scene — to find it waHdering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where all around is gay — to see it dressed out in... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1861 - 794 pages
...at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far-gone wretchedness .more striking and painful thau to meet it in such a scene; to find it wandering like a spectre, lonely and joyless, where sll around is gay ; to see it dressed out in trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woebegone,... | |
 | Washington Irving - Fiction - 1983 - 1198 pages
...The person who told me her story had seen her at a masquerade. There can be no exhibition of far gone wretchedness more striking and painful than to meet...in the trappings of mirth, and looking so wan and woe begone, as if it had tried in vain to cheat the poor heart into a momentary forgetfulness of sorrow.... | |
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