“It was one of Emily's earliest pleasures to ramble among the scenes of nature; nor was it in the soft and glowing landscape that she most delighted; she loved more the wild wood-walks, that skirted the mountain; and still more… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share
“Whither have you been rambling so early?" said Madame Cheron, as her niece entered the breakfast-room. "I don't approve of these solitary walks;" and Emily was surprised, when, having informed her aunt, that she had been no further than the gardens, she understood these to be included in the reproof. "I desire you will not walk there again at so… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share
“pleased to observe, that you submit to reason and necessity without indulging useless complaint. I applaud this conduct exceedingly, the more, perhaps, since it… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share Image
“After travelling a few miles, he fell asleep; and Emily, who had put two or three books into the carriage, on leaving La Vallee, had now the leisure for looking into them. She sought for one, in which Valancourt had been reading the day before, and hoped for the pleasure of re-tracing a page, over which the eyes of a… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share
“It was one of Emily's earliest pleasures to ramble among the scenes of nature; nor was it in the soft and glowing landscape that she most delighted; she loved more the wild wood-walks, that skirted the mountain; and still more the mountain's stupendous recesses, where the silence and grandeur of solitude impressed a sacred awe upon her heart, and lifted… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share
“Emily," said the Count, "why will you reduce me to adopt this conduct? How much more willingly would I persuade, than compel you to become my wife! but, by Heaven! I will not leave you to be sold by Montoni. Yet a thought glances across my mind, that brings madness with it. I know not how to name it. It… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share
The truly beneficent mind looks upon every child of sorrow as their relation, and entitled to their assistance. — Eliza Parsons Copy Share Image
The unfortunate have claims upon the hearts of those whom God has blessed with affluence. — Eliza Parsons Copy Share Image
“Madame Montoni's sufferings, at length, rose above her pride, and, when Emily had before entered the room, she would have told them all, had… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share Image
“Meanwhile, the travellers pursued their journey; Emily making frequent efforts to appear cheerful, and too often relapsing into silence and dejection. Madame Cheron, attributing… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share Image
“But, however," added he, "when this Venetian Count (I have forgot his name) marries you, your present disagreeable state of dependence will cease. As… — Eliza Parsons Copy Share Image
