The female Quixote; or, The adventures of Arabella, Band 2Rivington, 1820 |
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acquainted admirable adventures Æsop Ariamenes Artaban assure beauty behaviour Bellmour blushing bright eyes brother chamber CHAPTER charms command confusion countess cousin cruel Cynecia death desire despair discourse divine endeavoured entreated esteem extremely eyes fair father favour fear FEMALE QUIXOTE gave give Glan Glanville's glory grief haply hear heard heart heroine highwaymen honour hope illustrious imagine interrupted Arabella interrupted Sir Charles kingdom of Kent Lady Bella ladyship letter liberty look lover Lucy Lysimachus madam Mandane Marcomire misfortune Miss Glanville never niece obliged occasion offended Orontes Oroondates pardon passion person Philonice Pisistratus pray present prince princess princess Julia pursued ravisher replied Arabella resolved resumed Arabella ridicule romances Scythia Selvin sight silence Sir George's smiling speak Statira suffer suppose surprised sword Sydimiris tell Thalestris thee thing thou thought Tinsel tion told took Urinoe valour violent words
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Seite 266 - It is impossible to read these tales without lessening part of that humility, which, by preserving in us a sense of our alliance with all human nature, keeps us awake to tenderness and sympathy, or without impairing that compassion which is implanted in us as an incentive to acts of kindness.
Seite 116 - Ara- bella, at her entrance into the room, had pulled the gauze quite over her face, following therein the custom of the ladies in Clelia, and the Grand Cyrus, who, in mixed companies, always hid their faces with great care.
Seite 29 - wiping some Tears from her fine Eyes; go, and endeavour by Reason and Absence to recover thy Repose; and be assured, whenever you can convince me you have triumphed over these Sentiments which now cause both our Unhappiness, you shall have no Cause to complain of my Conduct towards you." Finishing these Words, she left him with so much Speed, that it would have been impossible for him to have stopped her, though he had intended it: But indeed, he was so lost in Wonder and Confusion at a Behaviour...
Seite 115 - Who can she be ? Strange creature ! Ridiculous ! and other exclamations of the same kind, were whispered very intelligibly. The men were struck with her figure, veiled as she was. Her fine stature, the beautiful turn of her person, the grace and elegance of her motion, attracted all their notice.
Seite 199 - The Word Adventures carries in it so free and licentious a Sound in the Apprehensions of People at this Period of Time, that it can hardly with Propriety be apply'd to those few and natural Incidents which compose the History of a Woman of Honour.
Seite 264 - It is the Fault of the best Fictions, that they teach young Minds to expect strange Adventures and sudden Vicissitudes, and therefore encourage them often to trust to Chance. A long Life may be passed without a single Occurrence that can cause much Surprize, or produce any unexpected Consequence of great Importance; the Order of the World is so established, that all human Affairs proceed in a regular Method, and very little Opportunity is left for Sallies or Hazards, for Assault or Rescue; but the...
Seite 126 - Recourse to her usual Expedient, which was, to make one of her Women, who understood a little of the Mantua-making Business, make a Robe for her, after her own Directions. Miss Glanville, who imagin'd she had sent for Workwomen, in order to have Cloaths made in the modern Taste, was surpriz'd at her Entrance into her Chamber, to see her dressing for the Ball, in a Habit singular to the last Degree. She wore no Hoop, and the Blue and Silver Stuff of her Robe, was only kept by its own Richness, from...
Seite 88 - ... new-fallen Snow", pursued Sir George, "was tanned, in Comparison of the refined Purity of that White which made up the Ground of her Complexion; and, though Fear had a little gathered the Carnations of her Cheeks, yet her Joy at being delivered seemed to plant them there with such fresh Advantages, that...
Seite 102 - Nay, then, interrupted Mr. Glanville, you are qualified for a critic at the Bedford Coffee-house ; where, with the rest of your brothers, demi-wits, you may sit in judgment upon the productions of a Young, a Richardson, or a Johnson ; rail with premeditated malice at the Rambler ; and, for the want of faults, turn even its inimitable beauties into ridicule. The language, because it reaches to perfection, may be called stiff, laboured, and pedantic; the criticisms, when they let in more light than...
Seite 258 - ... senseless fictions ; which at once vitiate the mind and pervert the understanding, and which, if they are at any time read with safety, owe their innocence only to their absurdity. — From these books, sir, said Arabella, which you condemn with so much ardour, though you acknowledge yourself little acquainted with them, I have learnt not to recede from the conditions...