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... Princess Stolberg , her principal lady of the key . " I think your Imperial Majesty is right the Baroness of Marchfeldt will never endure the monotonous stillness of her old towers , when she has drank of the enchanted cup which ...
... Princess Stolberg , her principal lady of the key . " I think your Imperial Majesty is right the Baroness of Marchfeldt will never endure the monotonous stillness of her old towers , when she has drank of the enchanted cup which ...
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... lady is altogether more like an empress than any of the others . " " You little wretch , " said Princess Stolberg , " you have all the fickleness of your sex , it seems : but , do pray tell us , wherein is the new lady so like an em ...
... lady is altogether more like an empress than any of the others . " " You little wretch , " said Princess Stolberg , " you have all the fickleness of your sex , it seems : but , do pray tell us , wherein is the new lady so like an em ...
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... Princess Stolberg withheld its evidence ; but there was not a lady in the circle who did not find herself ag- grieved by the odious comparison , and the Empress was too well read in the tempers of those around her , not to de- precate ...
... Princess Stolberg withheld its evidence ; but there was not a lady in the circle who did not find herself ag- grieved by the odious comparison , and the Empress was too well read in the tempers of those around her , not to de- precate ...
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... Princess Stolberg , who had beheld him from his first entrance with admiring curiosity , drew Count Harrach to her side by a glance of invitation . " Count ! " exclaimed she , " what an Apollo is your nephew ! We have seen nothing like ...
... Princess Stolberg , who had beheld him from his first entrance with admiring curiosity , drew Count Harrach to her side by a glance of invitation . " Count ! " exclaimed she , " what an Apollo is your nephew ! We have seen nothing like ...
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... Princess Stolberg , " I would rather see that fine expressive countenance , which betrays so powerfully the irritated feelings of a manly mind , expand into a smile , than receive a dozen nods from that black - browed Bavaria ; but ...
... Princess Stolberg , " I would rather see that fine expressive countenance , which betrays so powerfully the irritated feelings of a manly mind , expand into a smile , than receive a dozen nods from that black - browed Bavaria ; but ...
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Page 20 - O God ! I could be bounded in a nutshell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
Page 141 - ... see the ambassadors of France disavowed, to witness the public breach of those engagements on which he had placed his principal reliance ; and he had even reason to suspect that the same hand which had signed the treaty with him, had at the same moment signed a convention with Gustavus Adolphus. He equally felt for the deception, and for the manner in which it was effected, under the guise of religious faith and private friendship ; and was frequently heard to exclaim, " A Capuchin friar has...
Page 197 - Cousin is indeed a French word, but from our national love of punning, it is not unlikely that it has in English been commonly pronounced like the verb to cozen ; — so, at least, it was in Shakspeare's time ; Hotspur exclaims, — " Why, what a deal of candied courtesy This fawning greyhound then did proffer me ! Look — ' When his infant fortune came to age' — And ' Gentle Harry Percy,' — and 'kind cousin' — The devil take such COZENERS !
Page 44 - Desmond." 45 beseech your Excellency. On my soul you shall not repent it!" He had risen as he spoke : his fine form was thus rendered conspicuous to the multitude, and his noble countenance, animated by the best feelings of man's nature, as he pleaded for a fellow-creature's life, attracted the love and admiration of all who looked upon him : — even the duke gazed on him with ill-concealed pride. " Be content, sir. — I grant you the life of Lieutenant Desmond ! The warrant for his release from...
Page 45 - An accla46 mation of thankfulness echoed through the apartment ; — the duke waved his hand, and all was again silence. The sister of Desmond, who had fainted on the stern reply her application encountered, had been borne from the room, and the subject of Desmond's danger laid at rest amongst the guests, who secretly rejoiced, while they marvelled, at the result of the young Count's interposition.
Page 27 - Lest the reader should be disposed to suspect the Romanciere of having drawn somewhat extravagantly on the sources of her imagination, she refers him to the authority of that excellent and indefatigable writer, Archdeacon Coxe, for a description of the almost incredible magnificence of this extraordinary man's retirement.
Page 48 - Be absolute for death ; or death or life Shall thereby be the sweeter !
Page 312 - ... man. — My father, is it too late? Will you not pause one moment ere you leap the gulf? — What is the stake for which you are about to sacrifice all that is precious to a noble spirit? The very utmost you can obtain, is a few short years of remorseful splendour — the very utmost, for I will...
Page 312 - ... assertions; but if he tells me I shall become a perfidious traitor, that I shall abuse the confidence of my sovereign, that I shall renounce all the principles which connect man with the Deity, and lend him courage to face all fortunes with an equal temper, I will never believe him...
Page 312 - According to the creed set forth in your epistle, vice and virtue, good and evil, are mere nominal existences, and the good and the wise of all times have. been wasting their breath in prating of chimeras. The astrologer may promise me success, or threaten me with ruin, and I cannot disprove...