The Mysteries of Udolpho: A Romance; Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry, Volumen2Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1806 |
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... scenes of sublimity opened upon them , as no colours of language must dare to paint ! Emily's mind was even so much engaged with new and wonderful images , that they sometimes banished the idea of Valancourt , though they more ...
... scenes of sublimity opened upon them , as no colours of language must dare to paint ! Emily's mind was even so much engaged with new and wonderful images , that they sometimes banished the idea of Valancourt , though they more ...
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... the Alps , she watched the glorious orb sink amid their summits , his last tints die away on their snowy points , and a solemn obscurity steal over the scene ! And when the last gleam had faded , she turned her eyes from the.
... the Alps , she watched the glorious orb sink amid their summits , his last tints die away on their snowy points , and a solemn obscurity steal over the scene ! And when the last gleam had faded , she turned her eyes from the.
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... scene , they appeared like a world of chaos ; and , at others , spreading thinly , they opened and admitted partial catches of the landscape - the torrent , whose astounding roar had never failed , tumbling down the rocky chasm , huge ...
... scene , they appeared like a world of chaos ; and , at others , spreading thinly , they opened and admitted partial catches of the landscape - the torrent , whose astounding roar had never failed , tumbling down the rocky chasm , huge ...
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... scenes her fancy often gave her the figure of Valancourt , whom she saw on a point of the cliffs , gazing with awe and admiration at the imagery around him ; or wandering pensively along the vale below , frequently pausing to look back ...
... scenes her fancy often gave her the figure of Valancourt , whom she saw on a point of the cliffs , gazing with awe and admiration at the imagery around him ; or wandering pensively along the vale below , frequently pausing to look back ...
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... for the worse ; and could not for- bear silently lamenting , that he should be drawn from the innocence and beauty of these scenes , to the corrupt ones of that voluptuous city . When she was alone , unable to sleep , the 22.
... for the worse ; and could not for- bear silently lamenting , that he should be drawn from the innocence and beauty of these scenes , to the corrupt ones of that voluptuous city . When she was alone , unable to sleep , the 22.
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æther alarm Annette apartment Apennines appeared aunt Barnardine beauty believe Brenta casement castle Cavigni cerning chamber choly circumstances conversation corridor count Morano countenance dark dark summits distance door Emily Emily's endeavoured entreat eyes faint fancy fear gazed gloomy gondola hall hear heard heart hour inquire knew lady lamp Languedoc late leave length light listened looked Ludovico ma'am ma'amselle madame Montoni Mark's Place marriage melan melancholy ment mind moon-light morning mountains MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO never niece observed old Carlo opened Orsino passed passion paused perceived person portico preceding night present Quesnel racter rampart recollected replied retired round scarcely scene seemed seen servants signor Montoni silence smile soon sooth sound spirits staircase steps suffer sure surprise sweet tell terrace terror thought tion told toni trembling Turin turret Valancourt Vallée veil Venetian Venice Verezzi voice watch waves wish woods
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...