The novels of Frederika Bremer. 11 vols. [in 12 pt.].1844 |
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Page 214 - I with a new one : it is so well worth taking a journey for, that if the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
Page 8 - Lower down the river rise hills, covered with wood ; and little hxits, surrounded by low hedges and beautiful grass paths, lie scattered here and there, at the foot of the mountains. On the other side of the river, a quarter of a mile from the manor, a little chapel lifts its peaceful spires. Behind this chapel the valley gradually contracts itself. On a cool September evening guests arrived at the long deserted house. These were an elderly lady, in deep mourning, of noble but sorrowful aspect, and...
Page 188 - O God, I could be bounded in a nut shell, and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams.
Page 93 - ... with the greenness of hope, — of this every human heart knows. But the machinery (without whose well-accompanied movements V opera della vita is entirely unsupported) many consider as unimportant, and neglect it. And still this part of the plan of domestic life is not the least essential for its harmonious operation. It is with this machinery, as with that of a clock. If the wheels, springs, etc., are in good order, the pendulum needs but a touch, and everything begins its proper motion. Everything...
Page 197 - Une croix de pierre est placée au lieu où ils ont péri. Il existe sur cet événement une ballade devenue populaire ; nous nous la fîmes chanter par un paysan pour en connaître l'air. On ne se serait pas douté qu'il eût été fait pour un chant de triomphe, tant il était languissant et triste. Il en est de même de tous les chants populaires du Nord; bien que souvent les paroles expriment la...
Page 36 - Mary's tears and prayers prevailed upon her lover to fly, to escape the plot formed by a treacherous rival against his life. Years passed, and Mary was firm in her constancy. Her father died,* Ejstein had, by his valour and nobleness, made his former enemy his friend ; and after their long separation the lovers were to meet again never to be separated.
Page 83 - In the same manner crimes and weaknesses are also represented in all their deformity, and the young learn to despise them even when they are surrounded...
Page 243 - A dish of honey-comb, from which dropped a fragrant juice, or a plum tart, (in the preparation of which she had busied herself,) lighter and more delicate than — the Colonel, indeed, asserted, that after he had eaten a piece, it oppressed him a little. " You never know what oppresses people. Men have curious notions.