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Article ELIBANK; OR, THE NOBLE BASKET-MAKER. ← Page 3 of 8 →
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Elibank; Or, The Noble Basket-Maker.
with permission to call on the morrow , and the door closed between Elibank and the star of bis existence . It were in vain to attempt any thing like a description of the feelings to which they were subjected during the few short hours which necessarily intervened ere they again could meet . The heart of the young nobleman was bursting to give vent to a passion hitherto wholly unknown to him j his brain was already on fire , his temples throbbed audibly , his
lips quivered , and his knees smote one against another , as if he had been under the influence of some strong and irresistible spell , from the trammels of which he sought in vain to be free . Far different , but not less painful , -were the feelings of her for whom he suffered ; his image had taken too deep possession of her young and gentle heart to vent itself in passion unrestrained , and burying it in the deepest recesses of her bosomshe uttered a short but earnest for him she alread
, prayer y loved , and retired to rest—to rest , but not to sleep . Hour after hour passed heavily away , until the moment arrived which prudence sanctioned for Elibank to visit the idol of his heart , whom he found ready to welcome him in sincerity and truth ; with a sweet smile she extended her fair and delicate hand , on which he rapturously imprinted the first fond kiss of pure and unsophisticated love ; but each was instinctively and forciblstruck with the altered of the other . The
y appearance troubled mien , the blood-shot eye , and the evident restless anxiety of Elibank , at first struck Miss Moleskin with apprehension ; whilst the pallid cheek and the downcast eye , which but yesterday shone like the rays of a meteor—so sad so altered , alarmed the young gallant for the health and safety of his fair mistress—who to his most anxious inquiries
could only make answer , that she felt languid and feverish from the excitement of the previous evening ' s amusements , but that a few hours ' quiet repose would doubtless restore her to her wonted spirits and natural cheerfulness ; and that for the future she was determined no longer to mingle in the gay and festive scenes of voluptuous and heartless opulence . A sudden change had come over the spirit of her dream ; she knew not how or why , but so it was ; and yet in the delusion of that wild and wayward dreamshe felt that there was a greater and surer
, prospect of lasting happiness than in all the giddy round into which she had insensibly been dragged upon her first entering on the stage of life . The earnestness of her manner , the pure simplicity of her unaffected language , aided by the light of a countenance so truly interesting and beautiful , was quite irresistible to the enraptured youth , and thrown off his guard by intensity of feeling , he burst the bonds of restraint , and , in the enthusiasm of the moment , poured out his heart in the fulness of
its love . " Not now , my lord ! not now I" she exclaimed , "I cannot hear you now ! " and , bursting into tears of mingled love and gladness , she sunk upon a couch , and sobbed aloud in the fulness of her heart . Like a marble statue fixed upon its base , pale and motionless , stood the bewildered yet enraptured noble ; never before had he conceived or witnessed a scene so truly interesting ; never had he dreamt , even in his boyhoodof a being so lovelnor so letelformed to do him
, y , comp y honour , to render him happy here , and to fit him for hereafter . No sooner had the first hurst of his wonder and amazement partially subsided , than , taking her gently by the hand , he would have whispered comfort and consolation into her ear ; but she instantly cut him short by the strongly emphatic words—'' not now , my lord , not now ; in pity
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Elibank; Or, The Noble Basket-Maker.
with permission to call on the morrow , and the door closed between Elibank and the star of bis existence . It were in vain to attempt any thing like a description of the feelings to which they were subjected during the few short hours which necessarily intervened ere they again could meet . The heart of the young nobleman was bursting to give vent to a passion hitherto wholly unknown to him j his brain was already on fire , his temples throbbed audibly , his
lips quivered , and his knees smote one against another , as if he had been under the influence of some strong and irresistible spell , from the trammels of which he sought in vain to be free . Far different , but not less painful , -were the feelings of her for whom he suffered ; his image had taken too deep possession of her young and gentle heart to vent itself in passion unrestrained , and burying it in the deepest recesses of her bosomshe uttered a short but earnest for him she alread
, prayer y loved , and retired to rest—to rest , but not to sleep . Hour after hour passed heavily away , until the moment arrived which prudence sanctioned for Elibank to visit the idol of his heart , whom he found ready to welcome him in sincerity and truth ; with a sweet smile she extended her fair and delicate hand , on which he rapturously imprinted the first fond kiss of pure and unsophisticated love ; but each was instinctively and forciblstruck with the altered of the other . The
y appearance troubled mien , the blood-shot eye , and the evident restless anxiety of Elibank , at first struck Miss Moleskin with apprehension ; whilst the pallid cheek and the downcast eye , which but yesterday shone like the rays of a meteor—so sad so altered , alarmed the young gallant for the health and safety of his fair mistress—who to his most anxious inquiries
could only make answer , that she felt languid and feverish from the excitement of the previous evening ' s amusements , but that a few hours ' quiet repose would doubtless restore her to her wonted spirits and natural cheerfulness ; and that for the future she was determined no longer to mingle in the gay and festive scenes of voluptuous and heartless opulence . A sudden change had come over the spirit of her dream ; she knew not how or why , but so it was ; and yet in the delusion of that wild and wayward dreamshe felt that there was a greater and surer
, prospect of lasting happiness than in all the giddy round into which she had insensibly been dragged upon her first entering on the stage of life . The earnestness of her manner , the pure simplicity of her unaffected language , aided by the light of a countenance so truly interesting and beautiful , was quite irresistible to the enraptured youth , and thrown off his guard by intensity of feeling , he burst the bonds of restraint , and , in the enthusiasm of the moment , poured out his heart in the fulness of
its love . " Not now , my lord ! not now I" she exclaimed , "I cannot hear you now ! " and , bursting into tears of mingled love and gladness , she sunk upon a couch , and sobbed aloud in the fulness of her heart . Like a marble statue fixed upon its base , pale and motionless , stood the bewildered yet enraptured noble ; never before had he conceived or witnessed a scene so truly interesting ; never had he dreamt , even in his boyhoodof a being so lovelnor so letelformed to do him
, y , comp y honour , to render him happy here , and to fit him for hereafter . No sooner had the first hurst of his wonder and amazement partially subsided , than , taking her gently by the hand , he would have whispered comfort and consolation into her ear ; but she instantly cut him short by the strongly emphatic words—'' not now , my lord , not now ; in pity