The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other TimesUniversity Press of Kentucky, 2000 - 364 Seiten First published in an era when most novels about young women concentrated on courtship and marriage, this novel portrays women involved in political intrigues and overseas journeys. It is set during the reign of Elizabeth I, and features as narrators, fictional daughters of Mary, Queen of Scots. |
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... give instruction themselves . They em- ployed two governesses and three female teachers in residence , in addition to masters of both sexes who regularly visited the school to give more specialized lessons in writing , arithmetic ...
... give instruction themselves . They em- ployed two governesses and three female teachers in residence , in addition to masters of both sexes who regularly visited the school to give more specialized lessons in writing , arithmetic ...
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... give ; the obscurity of my birth , I found too sensibly a misfortune , and withdrawing my compassion for the first time from my parents , bestowed it on myself . Yet again would I say , can he despise the daughter of his friend ? Will ...
... give ; the obscurity of my birth , I found too sensibly a misfortune , and withdrawing my compassion for the first time from my parents , bestowed it on myself . Yet again would I say , can he despise the daughter of his friend ? Will ...
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... give them the reasons I have laid before you for this secrecy ; it must be sufficient honor and pleasure for them to find themselves daughters of the house of Dudley , and objects of their Sovereign's gracious patronage . " Seeing him ...
... give them the reasons I have laid before you for this secrecy ; it must be sufficient honor and pleasure for them to find themselves daughters of the house of Dudley , and objects of their Sovereign's gracious patronage . " Seeing him ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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affection alike Ann Radcliffe appeared arms behold bosom Cecil charm conduct Court cried danger dared daughter dear death Dornock dreadful Duke duke of Norfolk Earl Elizabeth Ellinor England eyes fancy fatal fate favorite fear fortune Frances Burney gave Goldsmith Gothic Gothic fiction Gothic novel grief hand happy heart Heaven Hester Piozzi hope Hume idea indulgence Kenilworth Kenilworth Castle King knew Lady Arundel Lady Pembroke Lady Southampton Lee's letter London Lord Arlington Lord Burghley Lord Essex Lord Leicester lover Madam marriage Mary Matilda mind misfortune Mortimer mother nature never noble Norfolk novel once passion perhaps Piozzi pleasure Prince prison Queen of Scots Recess resolved retired Robertson safety secret seemed sense sensible servants shewed sighed silence sister Sophia Lee soul suffer sunk surprize sweet tears tender thee thou thought tion Tracey voice wish wretch youth