English fiction -- 19th century
‘It is the same together or apart, From life’s commencement to its slow decline: We are entwined; let death come slow or fast, The tie which bound the first endures the last.’ _Byron_.
‘It is the same together or apart, From life’s commencement to its slow decline: We are entwined; let death come slow or fast, The tie which bound the first endures the last.’ _...
3. CHAPTER II.Geoffrey Doyne had but spoken the truth when he said that his brother’s letter was a most imperative one. It had contained as sharp a summons as it was possible to send a man:--
4. CHAPTER III.‘Castalio! Oh, how often has he sworn Nature should change--the sun and stars grow dark-- E’er he would falsify his vows to me? Make haste, confusion, then! Sun, lose thy light!...
5. CHAPTER IV.In the heart of the Wallon there lies a little village called Sainte Pauvrette, which is a mass of flowers and sweet-smelling herbs in summer, and a mass of snow and ice in wint...
6. CHAPTER V.A month after this date Fenella and her mother were settled in Paris, and mixing in all the dissipations of the French capital. Mrs Barrington had many acquaintances there, and...
7. CHAPTER VI.Whether from intuition, or the common-sense that characterised most of his actions, Sir Gilbert Conroy went just the right way to win such kindly feeling as it was in the power...
8. CHAPTER VII.It was naturally a great shock to Fenella’s nervous system to hear of her mother’s death. It is a shock to learn (thus unexpectedly) of the death of any one whom we have lately...
9. CHAPTER VIII.‘Child of my love! Essence of all things fair, Sweet outcome of my happy, hopeful youth, Sweet mem’ry of thy father’s passionate truth, Come nearer; let me feel that thou art th...