“And what seem’d corporal meltedAs breath into the wind.”
“And what seem’d corporal meltedAs breath into the wind.”
“And what seem’d corporal meltedAs breath into the wind.”
“And what seem’d corporal melted
As breath into the wind.”
The courage of Isabella was destined to sustain another trial, for scarcely had the vision disappeared than she distinctly heard her own name pronounced; and since, from the direction of the sound, she well knew that the spot from which it issued was inaccessible, we ought not to feel surprised at her having at the instant referred it to a supernatural origin--it was, however, but the illusion of the moment, and she determined to return to the house and submit the events of the evening to the judgment of Mr. Seymour.
We shall not trespass any longer upon the patience of the reader, than to state that Miss Villers arrived safely at the lodge, and very shortly afterwards retired to rest. With your permission, gentle reader, we will follow her example; for, to say the truth, our lamp--that midnight sun which illumines the path of the author, is dimmed by the dark clouds that lower at its setting; our Pegasus, the pen, which has raced for so many hours over the snowy plains of foolscap, is fairly “done up,” and refuses any longer to sip of that spring which can alone sustain its powers, and impart utility to its movements.
Ecce!
Ecce!
Ecce!
A feather.
53.See p.35.
53.See p.35.
54.See page163, et seq.
54.See page163, et seq.
55.The number of vibrations made by the wings of insects, as before stated, has been ingeniously deduced from the tone which they produce.
55.The number of vibrations made by the wings of insects, as before stated, has been ingeniously deduced from the tone which they produce.
56.Horat. Sat. lib. i. sat. 3.
56.Horat. Sat. lib. i. sat. 3.