Category: Historical Novels
Therefore whenever that thou dost behold A comely corse with beauty fair endewed, Know this for certain, that the same doth hold A beauteous soul, with fair conditions thewed; Fit to receive the seed of vertue strewed, For all that fair is, is by nature good; That is a sign to...
But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart, My will to her consent is but a part; An she agree, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice.
14. CHAPTER XIII.It was the last day of Margaret's stay. Harriet was also to leave Chirke Weston the next morning. She was standing with Margaret in one of the drawing-room windows after breakfa...
4. CHAPTER IV.Margaret felt terribly shy as the carriage stopped at the Gages' door. Not all the beautiful basket-work of her elaborate plaits of hair; not even the long coveted black velvet...
9. CHAPTER IX.A few minutes before Margaret was setting out for Chirke Weston, Mr. Grey called her into the library, where he was standing at one of the windows, with a letter in his hand.
10. CHAPTER X._Ray_.--Ay, 'tis an old saide saying, I have redde In certaine bokes that love is like to smoke; But I say rather it is liker fire, Which kindleth after men have put it out; Oft...
7. CHAPTER VII.Now Mr. Haveloc was at this time enjoying the delightful consciousness that he had been making a great simpleton of himself; but this is a state of feeling which indicates some...
2. CHAPTER II.Ma chi conosce amor, e sua possanza Farà la scusa dì quel cavaliero Ch' amor il senno, el' intelletto avanza, Ne giova al provveder arte, o pensiero; Giovanni e vecchi vanno a l...
6. CHAPTER VI.It was a very eventful day for Margaret on which Miss Gage and her brother were to dine at Ashdale, for it might actually be termed a party, and she was to preside at the head o...
13. CHAPTER XII.Her whyles Sir Calidore there vowed well, And markt her rare demeanure, which him seemed So farre the meane of shepheards to excell, As that he in his mind her worthy deemed To...
5. CHAPTER V.Oh! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem, By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live.
15. CHAPTER XIV.Her words were like a stream of honey fleeting, The which doth softly trickle from the hive, Able to melt the hearer's heart unweeting And eke to make the dead again alive.
3. CHAPTER III.Mr. Grey did not go to church on the Sunday after Margaret's arrival. He very seldom ventured during the winter to encounter the cold and damp common to most village churches at...
1. CHAPTER I.Therefore whenever that thou dost behold A comely corse with beauty fair endewed, Know this for certain, that the same doth hold A beauteous soul, with fair conditions thewed; F...
16. CHAPTER XV.But who can tell what cause had that fair maid To use him so that loved her so well? Or who with blame can justly her upbraid For loving not? For who can love compel?
8. CHAPTER VIII._Fol._ Yes faith, so, so; I laugh not at those whom I fear; I fear not those whom I love; and I love not any whom I laugh not at. Pretty strange humour, is't not?
12. did. My uncle was contented; Captain Gage was pleased; we were said tobe too young, and the affair was put off for a year or two. Never do that, by the way, if you care about the man. I like to mix a little useful advice with my tale, you observe."
11. CHAPTER XI."I don't know when I have been so vexed," said Harriet, who was sitting with Margaret, while the ladies went up to dress. "I'm sure you will never be friends with me after this...