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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... heart in solitude ; God has placed in that heart an unerring monitor , and if we hear not the small still voice , 19 it is because we drown it in the noise of the world ; then shall we meet again to part no more ; then at the tribunal ...
... heart in solitude ; God has placed in that heart an unerring monitor , and if we hear not the small still voice , 19 it is because we drown it in the noise of the world ; then shall we meet again to part no more ; then at the tribunal ...
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... heart betrayed me into invol- untary exclamations and caresses . She wept , and retreating from my arms , assured me , the only action of her life she repented was that attachment which had sullied her innocence , and which she was ...
... heart betrayed me into invol- untary exclamations and caresses . She wept , and retreating from my arms , assured me , the only action of her life she repented was that attachment which had sullied her innocence , and which she was ...
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... heart , is a circumstance which never reached my knowledge . It is certain the Queen received him graciously , and listened to a very imperfect and incoherent de- fence of his conduct . They parted friends ; and Essex instantly giving ...
... heart , is a circumstance which never reached my knowledge . It is certain the Queen received him graciously , and listened to a very imperfect and incoherent de- fence of his conduct . They parted friends ; and Essex instantly giving ...
Inhalt
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Urheberrecht | |
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