Letters from Mrs. Palmerstone to Her Daughter: Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives, Volumen3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1810 |
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Abdallah Abenmuley abode Achmet added Allah allegory Amelia Saville amongst amusement angel of Death answered Bagdad Barbadoes beauty became blessing Brecon Caroline cavern cheerfulness child colonel Osmond conduct continued countenance cried curiosity daugh daughter dear death discovered Eliza endeavoured eyes face favour favourite fear followed fortune friends gentle genuity girl Goldby Goldby's grave Hamet hand happiness Hassen heart honour hope hour knew labour laughing letter Lisbon looked madame Granger master ment mind miss Amelia miss Latimar miss Parnell mother Naphor ness never Obadiah observed Palmerstone Parnell's pleasure prudence quitted racter recollect replied repose respect retired Saville's secret Selim sir George Lister sir George's sister slaves smile Sophia sorrow soul spirits stood stranger surprise temper thee ther thou hast thought thy father tion told truth uncle vanity vellum weakness whilst wisdom wish woman young lady youth Zobeide
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Página 95 - Selim, on the outer side of the garden. ' Thou art safe/ said he with joyful emotion : ' thy sanctuary is at hand :' . . . and pressing forward, he led me in a short time to the cavern, in which is still concealed thy father's treasure. Here Selim fell on my neck, and with impassioned grief exclaimed, ' I must leave thee, my beloved son ! I must quit thee, Abdallah : the life of my brother, of all thy friends, hangs on the present moment.
Página 25 - The boat was ready, and Naphor departed. Obadiah, troubled but not convinced, •now listlessly turned his reluctant steps to the .little garden, which languished for its master's wonted care. Discontented and displeased, he found the invigorating beams of .the morning sun oppressive, and with fretful .impatience threw himself under the shade of a spreading palm-tree, and covered his face with his robe. A deep sleep pervaded his senses; and left...
Página 195 - ... odd-look-ing" people whom we did not know; and, to get rid of her importunity to walk out in a burning sun, and without a single object in view, I was on the point of asking her to read to me a few pages of madame Genlis's Veillees du Chateau, which I knew she had with her. To preface a request which I perfectly knew would oppose her restless humou*, I observed how well she spoke French, and that I supposed she had particularly applied herself to the attainment of it. " I have been told," added...
Página 176 - ... little purpose,' added she, her face glowing with a sense of his worth, * and his friends must indeed have little understood the tenor of his life, if the silly mischief of a weak girl could have blasted his character, or disgraced a name honoured by his virtues. The information contained in these letters was of no other importance to me but as it pointed out the danger to which she had heedlessly exposed herself. As the wife of sir George Lister, it was my purpose to have made him the agent...
Página 237 - Assured as I am of this truth, I think with regret of having for an instant listened to your improbable story, and I doubt not but that you will be sorry for having repeated it." " I had," answered she with an air of pique, *' that silly business from a source too ostensible to admit of any doubts relative to the truth of the account. I know from the most undeniable authority, that Oliver Brecon never had a thought of marrying miss Parnell, nor the wish of misleading her or her friends into such...
Página 3 - ... the imperfections of my essays. But I was not discouraged : I preserved my paper ; and some weeks after, without referring to it, I wrote a second on the same subject, which together with the former I again compared with my author. I assure you, my Eliza, that I rarely missed the pleasure arising from this review ; for I found that I had enlarged my ideas, and improved my expressions. One or two of my juvenile exercises fell into my hands the other day, and 1 still think they would not disgrace...
Página 225 - During this interval, his hand turned mechanically the leaves of a book oh the table, in which miss Parnell had been reading, and by which was a Bible still open. He looked at the book of sermons that he held, and, glancing his eye on the Bible, ' What ! ' cried he, laughing heartily, * you are still Piety in pattens, as that madcap Latimar used to call you at school ?' 'I should hope/ replied Caroline with seriousness, ' that Mr. Brecon is one of the last men who would regard this designation of...
Página 247 - Parnell's friends were prepared. to expect, and which all heard of with,satis« faction. "You will rejoice with us," wrote ladyM—-, "inthehappinessof this auspicious day. Your favourites are united. It is more than pro-bable that the delay of their happiness will be the basis of its security ; for it now rests on a sincere return from error on the one part, and the most entire confidence and esteem on the other. Doctor S—, who. joined their hands, has just left me, weeping with joy, and saying,...
Página 157 - Alas!'added she, bursting into tears, * I cannot save her from anguish, though I can sir George from the stigma of dishonour.* She beckoned me to follow her, and instantly quitted the gentlemen. " We repaired to Mrs. Saville's bed-room; she was still greatly agitated, and resentment appeared in her glowing cheek and disturbed air. On our entering, Amelia was on the bed and weeping. She concealed her face in the 158 pillows, and made no reply to our inquiries respecting her health. * I wished...
Página 232 - ... the virtue and good conduct of a woman cannot have too many barriers to secure it. This, I am persuaded, every prudent female will admit with myself, notwithstanding her conviction that, if the citadel is defended by principles of religion and a well-informed reason, it would be safe, although some of the feeble out-works of public opinion were removed and broken down. But I recollect...