The Bohemian, continued. Second loveH. Colburn, 1829 |
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... Oberfeldt who , in the first instance , had sought only for something to fill the vacuum in his mind , found his heart warmly touched , and every feeling of intellectual interest called into full play . Their mutual attach- ment seemed ...
... Oberfeldt who , in the first instance , had sought only for something to fill the vacuum in his mind , found his heart warmly touched , and every feeling of intellectual interest called into full play . Their mutual attach- ment seemed ...
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... Oberfeldt gave , more and more , the reins to his incli- nations ; and the loving disposition and ardent mind of Mabel had now an object to cling to , and to love . Besides the advantages which , naturally , would render the Count a ...
... Oberfeldt gave , more and more , the reins to his incli- nations ; and the loving disposition and ardent mind of Mabel had now an object to cling to , and to love . Besides the advantages which , naturally , would render the Count a ...
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... Oberfeldt as so extraordi- nary in a person of her age , and her necessarily limited knowledge of mankind . Her passions , too , had now become fully developed . It is impossible thoroughly to judge of the disposi tion of any woman ...
... Oberfeldt as so extraordi- nary in a person of her age , and her necessarily limited knowledge of mankind . Her passions , too , had now become fully developed . It is impossible thoroughly to judge of the disposi tion of any woman ...
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... Oberfeldt a pleasure of equal strength and novelty . There are few occupations , indeed , more fascinating than that of instructing a scholar concerning whom we feel personal interest , whose quickness of apprehen- sion spares us the ...
... Oberfeldt a pleasure of equal strength and novelty . There are few occupations , indeed , more fascinating than that of instructing a scholar concerning whom we feel personal interest , whose quickness of apprehen- sion spares us the ...
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... Oberfeldt . him increased in similar proportion — and thence the love she bore him , which alas ! was daily be- coming stronger also , was fixed upon a firm and enduring basis as it grew . The admiration that she felt towards Oberfeldt ...
... Oberfeldt . him increased in similar proportion — and thence the love she bore him , which alas ! was daily be- coming stronger also , was fixed upon a firm and enduring basis as it grew . The admiration that she felt towards Oberfeldt ...
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Page 135 - One fatal remembrance, one sorrow that throws Its bleak shade alike o'er our joys and our woes, To which life nothing darker or brighter can bring, For which joy has no balm and affliction no sting...
Page 158 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 156 - For mine is the lay that lightly floats, And mine are the murmuring, dying notes, That fall as soft as snow on the sea, And melt in the heart as instantly...
Page 107 - Ils suivaient sans remords leur penchant amoureux ; Tous les jours se levaient clairs et sereins pour eux : Et moi , triste rebut de la nature entière, Je me cachais au jour , je fuyais la lumière...
Page 315 - And portance in my travel's history; Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven, It was my hint to speak, — such was the process: And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Page 24 - Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons' difference : as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 106 - Les at-on vus souvent se parler, se chercher? Dans le fond des forêts allaient-ils se cacher? Hélas! ils se voyaient avec pleine licence. •Le ciel de leurs soupirs approuvait l'innocence: Ils suivaient sans remords leur penchant amoureux; Tous les jours se levaient clairs et sereins pour eux.
Page 116 - ... exhibited but faint traces in the earliest age of the Church is due, not merely to the small comparative numbers of the disciples, but no less to their expectation of an immediate close to this world's affairs. The only reason why Paul sanctioned contentment with his condition in the converted slave, was that, for so short a time, it was not worth while for any man to change his state ; he that was free, was already the Lord's bondsman; and he that was bound, the Lord's freeman.
Page 14 - Lui laissait le regret de mourir ma victime ! Va le trouver : dis-lui qu'il apprenne à l'ingrat Qu'on l'immole à ma haine, et non pas à l'État. Chère Cléone, cours : ma vengeance est perdue , S'il ignore en mourant que c'est moi qui le tue.
Page 134 - I did so, and they are as follows : — " Cette terre, ou les myrtes fleurissent, Ou les rayons des cieux tombent avec amour, Ou les sons enchanteurs dans les airs retentissent, Ou la plus douce nuit succede au plus beau jour.