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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... object , must prey upon the heart that conceals them ; till envying the glorious end , as she ever did the distinguished bloom of Mary Stuart , her fate is wound up in fears of her offspring . In vain her cruel care would extirpate them ...
... object , must prey upon the heart that conceals them ; till envying the glorious end , as she ever did the distinguished bloom of Mary Stuart , her fate is wound up in fears of her offspring . In vain her cruel care would extirpate them ...
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... object , and resigns me as the more ignoble prey to his more worthless companion : the little de- cency Mortimer has hitherto preserved towards you , this miserable meeting will finally put an end to . He now knows you are infallibly ...
... object , and resigns me as the more ignoble prey to his more worthless companion : the little de- cency Mortimer has hitherto preserved towards you , this miserable meeting will finally put an end to . He now knows you are infallibly ...
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... object he could not govern , never long attached him . Ambition , pride , and vanity , those leading traits in almost every character , were in his so exquisitely blended , and corrected by the frost of his nature , that they might ...
... object he could not govern , never long attached him . Ambition , pride , and vanity , those leading traits in almost every character , were in his so exquisitely blended , and corrected by the frost of his nature , that they might ...
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