The Recess, Or, A Tale of Other TimesFirst 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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Page 32
... never see you ? Were we never to be held in your arms but while insensible of that blessing ? and you , my dear mother , who brought us forth in bitterness and pain , shall we not spend our lives in softening yours , and shed our ...
... never see you ? Were we never to be held in your arms but while insensible of that blessing ? and you , my dear mother , who brought us forth in bitterness and pain , shall we not spend our lives in softening yours , and shed our ...
Page 114
... never hope sufficiently to reward ; and winged alike with hope and fear , pursued your route with inde- fatigable diligence ; having left a letter which spoke of London as my asylum . " To this generous recital , my Lord , and self ...
... never hope sufficiently to reward ; and winged alike with hope and fear , pursued your route with inde- fatigable diligence ; having left a letter which spoke of London as my asylum . " To this generous recital , my Lord , and self ...
Page 312
... Never , though I had led her myself through an admiring nation to the altar , and joined her hand with that of the incomparable Henry , never could even that advantage have compensated to my yearning heart for the loss of her society ...
... Never , though I had led her myself through an admiring nation to the altar , and joined her hand with that of the incomparable Henry , never could even that advantage have compensated to my yearning heart for the loss of her society ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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