Ann Radcliffe Quotes - Page 2

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• To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Disappointment, Discovery, Mind

  Ann Radcliffe (1820). “The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.”, p.187

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• When justice happens to oppose prejudice, we are apt to believe it virtuous to disobey her.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Believe, Justice, Prejudice

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1335, Delphi Classics

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• And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Evil, Feelings, Degrees

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance”, p.80, 谷月社

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• At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all of his glory, unveiling the whole face of nature, vivifying every colour of the landscape, and sprinkling the dewy earth with glittering light.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Adventure, Light, Unveiling

  Ann Radcliffe (1820). “The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.”, p.27

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• It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!

  Ann Radcliffe

  Home, Welcome, Coming Home

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1092, Delphi Classics

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• Ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation to that which is false, leads to vice.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Ignorance, Temptation, Vices

  Ann Radcliffe (1820). “The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.”, p.93

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• Fate sits on these dark battlements and frowns, And as the portal opens to receive me, A voice in hollow murmurs through the courts Tells of a nameless deed.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Fate, Dark, Voice

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• Do you believe your heart to be, indeed, so hardened, that you can look without emotion on the suffering, to which you would condemn me?

  Ann Radcliffe

  Believe, Heart, Suffering

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.802, Delphi Classics

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• There is something in the ardour and ingenousness of youth, which is particularly pleasing to the contemplation of an old man, if his feelings have not been entirely corroded by the world.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Men, Feelings, World

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.630, Delphi Classics

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• The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Pain, Health, Views

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.586, Delphi Classics

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• What are riches - grandeur - health itself, to the luxury of a pure conscience, the health of the soul; - and what the sufferings of poverty, disappointment, despair - to the anguish of an afflicted one!

  Ann Radcliffe

  Disappointment, Integrity, Luxury

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1145, Delphi Classics

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• There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Death, Children, Dying

  Ann Radcliffe (1963). “The Mysteries of Udolpho”, p.67, Lulu.com

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• There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Magic, Doe, Benefits

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.1096, Delphi Classics

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• O! useful may it be to have shewn, that, though the vicious can sometimes pour affliction upon the good, their power is transient and their punishment certain; and that innocence, though oppressed by injustice, shall, supported by patience, finally triumph over misfortune!And, if the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it—the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Humble, Hands, Punishment

  Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe, J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Arthur Machen (2017). “Five Gothic Masterpieces: The Mysteries of Udolpho, The Great God Pan, Frankenstein, Carmilla, and Dracula”, p.622, Open Road Media

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• If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Humble, Hands, Effort

  Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance”, p.665, 谷月社

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• But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Too Much, Virtue, Charm

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.584, Delphi Classics

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• But no matter for that, you can be tolerably happy, perhaps, notwithstanding; but as for guessing how happy I am, or knowing anything about the matter,--- O! its quite beyond what you can understand.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Knowing, Guessing, Matter

  Ann Radcliffe (1811). “The Italian or the Confessional of the Black Penitents”, p.265, Lulu.com

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• Happiness has this essential difference from what is commonly called pleasure, that virtue forms its basis, and virtue being the offspring of reason, may be expected to produce uniformity of effect.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Differences, Essentials, May

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.124, Delphi Classics

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• I wish that all those, who on this night are not merry enough to speak before they think, may ever after be grave enough to think before they speak!

  Ann Radcliffe

  Night, Thinking, Wish

  Ann Radcliffe (1811). “The Italian or the Confessional of the Black Penitents”, p.265, Lulu.com

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• I ought not to doubt the steadiness of your affection. Yet such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest, and thus it is, that i always feel revived, as by a new convinction, when your words tell me I am dear to you; and wanting these, I relapse into doubt and often into despondency.

  Ann Radcliffe

  Real, Doubt, Affection

  Ann Radcliffe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ann Radcliffe (Illustrated)”, p.716, Delphi Classics

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