The young prima donnaStewart and Murray, 1854 - 252 pages |
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... excited . دو " And where did you learn this ? " I asked , after she had finished . " Oh ! " she replied , " I have sung ever since I was born . " She added , with a deep sigh , " My poor father doated upon music - he was an ex- cellent ...
... excited . دو " And where did you learn this ? " I asked , after she had finished . " Oh ! " she replied , " I have sung ever since I was born . " She added , with a deep sigh , " My poor father doated upon music - he was an ex- cellent ...
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... excitement during this period , and I did not think that she was in good spirits . She appeared overworked and worried . She came to me as usual at the rectory , but our lessons did not proceed as calmly as they were wont to do . " I ...
... excitement during this period , and I did not think that she was in good spirits . She appeared overworked and worried . She came to me as usual at the rectory , but our lessons did not proceed as calmly as they were wont to do . " I ...
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... excitement and preparation . Unfortunately , for her future prospects , our little heroine was the Prima Donna on every occasion , for she had an extraordinary talent for acting . The piece they selected , gave her an opportunity of ...
... excitement and preparation . Unfortunately , for her future prospects , our little heroine was the Prima Donna on every occasion , for she had an extraordinary talent for acting . The piece they selected , gave her an opportunity of ...
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... excited by the success she had attained , was in the highest spirits - exerting her- self to the very utmost to please . I never before felt so little inclined to encourage her . I turned away from the scene , filled with feelings of ...
... excited by the success she had attained , was in the highest spirits - exerting her- self to the very utmost to please . I never before felt so little inclined to encourage her . I turned away from the scene , filled with feelings of ...
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... excitement of the moment , and endeavoured to soothe and comfort her to the best of my ability ; but this was not to be accomplished , she could not be consoled . It was so painful a period of my life , that , even now , I hate to dwell ...
... excitement of the moment , and endeavoured to soothe and comfort her to the best of my ability ; but this was not to be accomplished , she could not be consoled . It was so painful a period of my life , that , even now , I hate to dwell ...
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admiration affection agita agitation anxiety anxious appeared Arturo baronet beautiful Belmont family Belmont House bosom calm CHAPTER charming child comfort continued countenance dark dear death degree delight door dreadful dress Edward Bulwer Lytton Elton endeavoured excited exclaimed expression eyes Fairbourne favoured fear feelings felt Gabrielli gazed hand happiness heard heart Heaven heroine hope hour idea imagine Italian Italy Johnson kind knew Lady Belmont Lady Constance Lady Gertrude Leslie lips looked Lord Fitz-Ernest Lord Henry manner marchioness marriage Medea mind misery morning mother Myrtilla never once Opera painful pale passed passion poor girl poor Rosalie present PRIMA DONNA remember Rosalie's scarcely scene seemed sight Signor Sir Francis Somerville smile soon soothing sorrow soul speak spirit stood suffering sweet tears Templeton tender thought tion told tone truly turned voice whilst wish woman words wretched young young lord youth
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Page 2 - Let Fate do her worst ; there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories filled ! Like...
Page 160 - Death is the crown of life : Were death denied, poor man would live in vain : Were death denied, to live would not be life: Were death denied, e'en fools would wish to die. Death wounds to cure; we fall, we rise, we reign! Spring from our fetters, fasten in the skies, Where blooming Eden withers in our sight. Death gives us more than was in Eden lost! This king of terrors is the prince of peace.
Page 205 - When I remember all The friends, so link'd together, I've seen around me fall, Like leaves in wintry weather; I feel like one, Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed!
Page 43 - Pausilippo ; and as, on their return, they glided along the moonlight bay, the melodies of Italian strains seemed to give enchantment to the scenery of its shore. At this cool hour the voices of the vine-dressers were frequently heard in trio, as they reposed, after the labour of the day, on some pleasant promontory, under the shade of poplars ; or the brisk music of the dance from fishermen, on the margin of the waves below. The boatmen rested on their oars, while their company listened to voices...
Page 2 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 245 - ... lavished upon us, almost unheeded in the daily intercourse of intimacy; there it is that we dwell upon the tenderness, the solemn, awful tenderness of the parting scene; the bed of death, with all its stifled griefs, its noiseless attendance, its mute, watchful assiduities! the last testimonies of expiring love! the feeble, fluttering, thrilling, — oh! how thrilling! — pressure of the hand ! the last fond look of the glazing eye turning upon us, even from the threshold of existence!
Page 40 - But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world; it is there her ambition strives for empire; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures; she sends forth her sympathies on adventure; she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection, and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless, for it is a bankruptcy of the heart.
Page 100 - Come on therefore, let us enjoy the good things that are present: and let us speedily use the creatures like as in youth. Let us fill ourselves with costly wine and ointments : and let no flower of the spring pass by us : Let us crown ourselves with rose-buds, before they be withered.
Page 191 - For, get you gone, she doth not mean, away: Flatter, and praise, commend, extol their graces; Though ne'er so black, say, they have angels
Page 164 - Thus, it is true, from the sad years of life We sometimes do short hours, yea minutes strike, Keen, blissful, bright, never to be forgotten ; Which, through the dreary gloom of time o'erpast, Shine like fair sunny spots on a wild waste.