 | Joseph Blanco White - 1822 - 502 Seiten
...the awful ceremony which cuts off an innocent girl from the sweetest hopes of nature, with the pomp and gaiety which mankind have unanimously bestowed...for some time previous to her taking the veil, the queen — nay, the idol of the whole community which has obtained her preference. She is constantly... | |
 | 1822 - 496 Seiten
...the awful ceremony which cuts off an innocent girl from the sweetest hopes of nature, with the pomp and gaiety which mankind have unanimously bestowed...for some time previous to her taking the veil, the queen of the wholly, community which has obtained her preference. She is constantly addressed by the... | |
 | 1822 - 592 Seiten
...the awful ceremony which cuts off an innocent girl from the sweetest hopes of nature, with the pomp and gaiety which mankind have unanimously bestowed...for some time previous to her taking the veil, the queen — nay, the idol of the whole community which has obtained her preference. She is constantly... | |
 | 1822 - 600 Seiten
...the awful ceremony which' cuts off an innocent girl from the sweetest hopes of nature, with the pomp and gaiety which mankind have unanimously bestowed...represent a wedding. The unconscious victim, generally m her fifteenth year, finds herself, for some time previous to her taking the veil, the queennay, the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 594 Seiten
...the awful ceremony which cuts off an innocent girl from the sweetest hopes of nature, with the pomp and gaiety which mankind have unanimously bestowed...condemns a female " to wither on the virgin thorn," and " lire a barren sister all her life," is studiously made to represent a wedding. The unconscious victim,... | |
 | 1824 - 436 Seiten
...unanimously bettowrd on the triumph of legitimate love. The whole process which condemrrs a ten-rile ' to wither on the virgin thorn,' and ' live a barren sister all her life,' is stndionsly made to represent a wedding. — The unconcious victim, generally in her fifteenth year,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1845 - 364 Seiten
...disguised the awful ceremony which cuts off an innocent girl from the sweetest hopes of life, with the pomp and gaiety which mankind have unanimously bestowed...for some time previous to her taking the veil, the queen — nay, the idol of the whole monastic community which has obtained her preference, j She is... | |
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The whole process which condemns a female " to wither on the virgin thorn," and " live a barren sister all her life," is studiously made to represent a wedding. The unconscious victim, generally in her fifteenth year, finds herself, for some time previous... 