Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1Garland Pub., 1970 - English literature |
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Page 138
... horrors of witchcraft , to all the solemn and terrible graces of the appalling spectre . The most enlightened mind , the ... horror , yet does it also delight in the most sportive and elegant imagery . The traditionary tales of elves and ...
... horrors of witchcraft , to all the solemn and terrible graces of the appalling spectre . The most enlightened mind , the ... horror , yet does it also delight in the most sportive and elegant imagery . The traditionary tales of elves and ...
Page 192
... horrors of the room behind , and of the vault below , were still present to his eyes , and , as a man whom hellish fiends ... horror and apprehension , a feeble light streaming from behind accompanied with a soft , quick and hollow tread ...
... horrors of the room behind , and of the vault below , were still present to his eyes , and , as a man whom hellish fiends ... horror and apprehension , a feeble light streaming from behind accompanied with a soft , quick and hollow tread ...
Page 356
... horror and aversion , and for which the many well - written scencs introductory to this monstrous event cannot atone . No efforts of genius on the other hand are so truly great as those which approaching the brink of horror , have yet ...
... horror and aversion , and for which the many well - written scencs introductory to this monstrous event cannot atone . No efforts of genius on the other hand are so truly great as those which approaching the brink of horror , have yet ...
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