This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 Excerpt: ...The hall was speedily deserted, and the glitter of lights along another wing in the castle, indicated the passage of the revllers to the more joyous scene of the dance, whose brief intervals were lightly filled up by the whispered flattery of gallants, in the ears of those fair dames, whom desire to do honour to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 Excerpt: ...The hall was speedily deserted, and the glitter of lights along another wing in the castle, indicated the passage of the revllers to the more joyous scene of the dance, whose brief intervals were lightly filled up by the whispered flattery of gallants, in the ears of those fair dames, whom desire to do honour to the birthday of the heir, had drawn from the neighbouring domains. But where was he? For a few moments only he had appeared upon the scene, yet there was one who had marked him enter, and now, with quickened pulse, awaited his approach to claim her hand. How beautiful she was--Hilda Rosenberg! What sunny youth was hers in form and in face, yet those dove-like eyes were deepened now with a shade of disappointment, foreign to their dazzling life; and spiritless and cold she is listening to the admiration of her companion, H 5 the handsome soldier, expressed in no measured terms. On the terrace, buried in thought, stands Ernest, but he is not alone. By his side an old woman, whose tall figure, slightly bowed by age, and whitened hair, proclaim her the nurse and foster-mother of his infancy, is watching with tender, yet respectful solicitude, as he leans over the balustrade, his eyes fixed on the sand beneath; and old Ursula's hand rests caressingly on the head of him whom she thinks more her child, than the offspring of the stately lady of the mansion, who has invested her with the office of its housekeeper. On a high, massive rock was perched the castle; it had been built many years ago, by an ancestor of its present possessor, who had received it unimpaired by ruin; the hope of a similar transmission of so fair a heritage to a long line of descendants, worthy the noble title it bestowed, constituting the idol wish of his heart. Far below, the waves b...
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Add this copy of 'Snowed Up' to cart. $61.07, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2016 by Palala Press.
