Augusta Fitzherbert; or, Anecdotes of real characters, letters, by the author of The castle of Mowbray, &c, Volume 2 |
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Page 74 - But, o'er the twilight groves and dufey caves, Long-founding ifles, and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy fits, and round her throws A death-like filence, and a dread repofe; Her gloomy prefence faddens all the fcene, Shades ev'ry flow'r, and darkens ev'ry green, Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 96 - Though plung'd in ills, and exercis'd in care, Yet never let the noble mind despair: When press'd by dangers, and beset with foes, The gods their timely succour interpose ; And when our virtue sinks, o'erwhelm'd with grief, By unforeseen expedients, bring relief.
Page 73 - How agreeable is it to me to know that you thus wiJfh for my company, and fupport yourfelf under the want of it by thefe tender amufements! In return, I entertain myfelf with reading over your letters again and again, and am continually...
Page 93 - To wine I flew to ease the pain Her beauteous charms created, But wine more firmly bound the chain, And love would not be cheated.
Page 173 - Ought, and really intended, to have made ufe of the permiffion you gave me, to trouble you with a letter before this time ; but...