The moft enthufiaftick imagination ' could hardly afibciate paftoral ideas with the neglected wildnefs of Seatondell, could fuppofe it peopled by Naids and Dryads, or fancy that Pan ever awoke its echoes with his tabor and pipe, while Cynthia and her... A Gossip's Story: And a Legendary Tale - Page 48by Jane West - 1797Full view - About this book
| Jane West, Mrs. West (Jane) - 1796 - 244 pages
...well-regulated art had embellifhed Stannadine. The moft enthufiaftick imagination could hardly aflbciate paftoral ideas with the neglected wildnefs of Seatondell,...this eftate to his grand- daughter, as a fupply for pih money, that it would foon become her only permanent poffeffion. Much more improbable would it have... | |
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