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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... safety , I need not solicit you to remember ours . " " When I forget it , may I be condemned to see you perish ! ” cried she . Then turning to me , with that innocent candor which eminently distinguished her , sought a pardon in my eyes ...
... safety , I need not solicit you to remember ours . " " When I forget it , may I be condemned to see you perish ! ” cried she . Then turning to me , with that innocent candor which eminently distinguished her , sought a pardon in my eyes ...
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... safety is the hope of being overtaken , though that to me is inevitable ruin . The fatal fire , therefore , which now these entan- gling woods almost hide from us , is of all the wonders of the late evening , the most visible ...
... safety is the hope of being overtaken , though that to me is inevitable ruin . The fatal fire , therefore , which now these entan- gling woods almost hide from us , is of all the wonders of the late evening , the most visible ...
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... safety of the weaker . When I turned my anxious soul toward England , it brought me no relief . As far from the reach of intelligence as if in the wilds of Arabia , I in vain sought to discover the reception Essex had met with at Court ...
... safety of the weaker . When I turned my anxious soul toward England , it brought me no relief . As far from the reach of intelligence as if in the wilds of Arabia , I in vain sought to discover the reception Essex had met with at Court ...
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