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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... silence the poor fellow , who went on with an honest eagerness— " Of all the servants long retained by your Lordship , two only remain , and the rest are a set of ungoverned Irish , attached by country to both brother and sister . The ...
... silence the poor fellow , who went on with an honest eagerness— " Of all the servants long retained by your Lordship , two only remain , and the rest are a set of ungoverned Irish , attached by country to both brother and sister . The ...
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... silence on my bosom.23 But who shall speak the misery of my mind ? Precipitated , like the of- fending angels , at once from heaven to hell , an awful silence took place of lamentation . Oh it was a woe too mighty for complaint ...
... silence on my bosom.23 But who shall speak the misery of my mind ? Precipitated , like the of- fending angels , at once from heaven to hell , an awful silence took place of lamentation . Oh it was a woe too mighty for complaint ...
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... silence I have so long preserved ; the sacrifices I have made , sacrifices so much the more meritorious , as my soul ever revolted against the mean imposer , and submitted but to you . I knew the delicacy of your mind , and would not ...
... silence I have so long preserved ; the sacrifices I have made , sacrifices so much the more meritorious , as my soul ever revolted against the mean imposer , and submitted but to you . I knew the delicacy of your mind , and would not ...
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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