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 103
... turn assassin even to him . Happy at the same moment in saving this lady , endeavour to interest her for those misfortunes in which she already seems interwoven . " - " Can Lord Leicester ever know a misfortune in which I am not ...
... turn assassin even to him . Happy at the same moment in saving this lady , endeavour to interest her for those misfortunes in which she already seems interwoven . " - " Can Lord Leicester ever know a misfortune in which I am not ...
Page 175
... turns surrounding me , till fatigue threw me into a deep sleep . It was at length interrupted by a maid who brought ... turn to my spirits , which now gathered courage to retrace the past , and look into the future . Although unable to ...
... turns surrounding me , till fatigue threw me into a deep sleep . It was at length interrupted by a maid who brought ... turn to my spirits , which now gathered courage to retrace the past , and look into the future . Although unable to ...
Page 272
... turn my eyes on the fair daughter of Lord Leicester without coveting for her every human advantage.- Unwilling to be swayed by prejudice , I sepa- rately consulted with the few friends fortune had left me ; who all concurred in giving ...
... turn my eyes on the fair daughter of Lord Leicester without coveting for her every human advantage.- Unwilling to be swayed by prejudice , I sepa- rately consulted with the few friends fortune had left me ; who all concurred in giving ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Notes to the Introduction | xxxviii |
Chronology of Events in Sophia Lees Life | xlv |
Copyright | |
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