 | Charles George Harper - 1904 - 380 pàgines
...distinction. In the romantic mind of the novelist the district is " pre-eminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision." But it is not always like that at Boscastle. There are days of bright sunshine, when the sea is in... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1904 - 382 pàgines
...distinction. In the romantic mind of the novelist the district is " pre-eminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision." But it is not always like that at Boscastle. There are days of bright sunshine, when the sea is in... | |
 | Charles George Harper - 1904 - 388 pàgines
...ghostly birds, the pall-like sea, the frothy wind, the eternal soliloquy of the waters, the bloon, of dark purple cast, that seems to exhale from the...an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision." But it is not always like that at Boscastle. There are days of bright sunshine, when the sea is in... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 328 pàgines
...uncertain. This, however, is of little importance. The place is preeminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision. . . . The crest of this terrible natural fa?ade passed among the neighbouring inhabitants as being... | |
 | Richard Taufkirch (i.e Alfred Richard) - 1912 - 80 pàgines
...haben. Er beschreibt diesen folgendermaßen: „The place is preeminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...the scene an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision."3) Die Handlung von „A Laodicean" spielt sich hauptsächlich in Somerset ab, in und um Castle... | |
 | Erwin Frink Smith - 1915 - 394 pàgines
...characterizes the lonely grandeur of the Cornish coast. "The place is preeminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision." — (Preface to "A Pair of Blue Eyes.") RICHARD JEFFERIES. (On reading The Story of My Heart.) Peace,... | |
 | Erwin Frink Smith - 1915 - 394 pàgines
...characterizes the lonely grandeur of the Cornish coast. "The place is preeminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...the scene an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision."—(Preface to "A Pair of Blue Eyes.") RICHARD JEFFERIES. (On reading The Story of My Heart.)... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1995 - 324 pàgines
...importance. The place is pre-eminendy (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghosdy birds, the pall-like sea, the frothy wind, the eternal...an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision. One enormous seaboard cliff in particular figures in the narrative; and for some forgotten reason or... | |
 | J. Gibson - 1996 - 226 pàgines
.... .'. Not that it matters. He goes on to say: The place is pre-eminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision. The magic in his eyes which he brought back from Lyonesse was to last a life-time and something of... | |
 | Gillian Mary Hanson - 2005 - 189 pàgines
...Hardy writes in the preface to the first edition: "The place is preeminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds,...the scene an atmosphere like the twilight of a night vision."3 The story of the tragic romance opens on a note of possibility that is reflected in nature... | |
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The place is pre-eminently (for one person at least) the region of dream and mystery. The ghostly birds, the pall-like sea, the frothy wind, the eternal soliloquy of the waters, the bloom of dark purple cast that seems to exhale from the shoreward precipices,... 
