Tales of a traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, gent, Volumen 1L. Baudry, 1824 |
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Página 249 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 80 - For ever ?" said the stranger, solemnly. " For ever !" repeated Wolfgang. The stranger clasped the hand extended to her : " Then I am yours," murmured she, and sunk upon his bosom. The next morning the student left his bride sleeping, and sallied forth at an early hour to seek more spacious apartments, suitable to the change in his situation. When he returned, he found the stranger lying with her head hanging over the bed, and one arm thrown over it. He spoke to her, but received no reply. He advanced...
Página 75 - The female had the appearance of being above the common order. He knew the times to be full of vicissitude, and that many a fair head, which had once been pillowed on down, now wandered houseless. Perhaps this was some poor mourner whom the dreadful axe had rendered desolate, and who sat here heartbroken on the strand of existence, from which all that was dear to her had been launched into eternity.
Página 76 - If a stranger dare make an offer," said he, " without danger of being misunderstood, I would offer my humble dwelling as a shelter ; myself as a devoted friend. I am friendless myself in Paris, and a stranger in the land ; but if my life could be of service, it is at your diposal, and should be sacrificed before harm or indignity should come to you.
Página 73 - ... admirer of female beauty, and in his lonely chamber would often lose himself in reveries on forms and faces which he had seen, and his fancy would deck out images of loveliness far surpassing the reality. While his mind was in this excited and sublimated state, a dream produced an extraordinary effect upon him.
Página 73 - Marais, the ancient part of Paris. The loud claps of thunder rattled among the high houses of the narrow streets. He came to the Place de Greve, the square where public executions are performed. The lightning quivered about the pinnacles of the ancient Hotel de Ville, and shed flickering gleams over the open space in front.