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 92
... present fear , and with unwearied kindness conjured me to rely upon her conduct - in her house she assured me of an asylum , and in herself of another mother for the unfortunate infant . I felt all the indulgence of heaven in providing ...
... present fear , and with unwearied kindness conjured me to rely upon her conduct - in her house she assured me of an asylum , and in herself of another mother for the unfortunate infant . I felt all the indulgence of heaven in providing ...
Page 112
... present , nor could my fa- ther resist hastening , as fast as his infirmities permitted ; hoping , as I had rea- son to imagine , he there should find that enemy , who more engrossed his thoughts than the preservation of his own life ...
... present , nor could my fa- ther resist hastening , as fast as his infirmities permitted ; hoping , as I had rea- son to imagine , he there should find that enemy , who more engrossed his thoughts than the preservation of his own life ...
Page 323
... present to the pure source of good , your great , your glorious Creator , a soul yet sullied with voluntary frailties and human imperfection ? Are you not on the point of ceasing to suffer , wherefore then should you not cease to resent ...
... present to the pure source of good , your great , your glorious Creator , a soul yet sullied with voluntary frailties and human imperfection ? Are you not on the point of ceasing to suffer , wherefore then should you not cease to resent ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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