Emmeline, the Orphan of the Castle

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1789 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xii. when Emmeline met Lady Adelina at dinner, she had the satisfaction to find her quite tranquil and easy. As the afternoon proved uncommonly fine, and Emmeline was never weary of contemplating the scenery which surrounded them, she willingly consented to Lady Adeline's proposal cf another ramble; that she might see some beautiful cliffs, a little farther from the house than she had yet been. There, she was pleased to find, that her fair friend seemed to call off her mind from it's usual painful occupations to admire the charms, which on one fide a very lovely country, and on the other an extensive lea view, offered to their sight. "You cannot imagine, my Emmeline," said she, '( how exquisitely beautiful the.pros"pect is from the point of these rocks where i' we stand, in the midst of summer; now the "fun, more distant, gives it a less glowing "and 'rich lustre, and refects not his warm "rays on the sea, snd 0:1 the white cliffs that "hang ' hangover it. Here it was, tharindulging ' that melancholy for which I have too much ' reason, I made, while my brother was absent "last summer, some lines, which, if it w..s "pleasant to repeat one's own poetry, I would read to you, as descriptive at once of the fcene and the state of mind in which I sur"veyed it." Emmeline now earnestly pressing her to gratify the curiosity she had thus raised, at length prevailed upon her to repeat the following sonnet. Far on the sands, the low, retiring tide, In distant murmurs hardly seems to flow, And o'er the world of waters, blue and wide The sighing summer wind, forgets to blow. As sinks the day star in the rosy West, The silent wave, with rich reflection glows; Alas! can tranquil nature give me rest, Or scenes of beauty, soothe me to reposes Can...