Date: 1797

"'It should seem, Ellena, by these boding fears,' said he, imprudently, 'that I am parting with you for ever; I feel a weight upon my heart, which I cannot throw off."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"They regarded Ellena with only a feeble curiosity, though the affliction in her looks might have interested almost any heart that was not corroded by its own sufferings; nor did the masked faces of her companions excite a much stronger attention."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"But soon after, the idea of Vivaldi glancing athwart her memory, she melted into tears; the weakness however was momentary, and during the rest of the journey she preserved a strenuous equality of mind."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"The silence and deep repose of the landscape served to impress this character more awfully on the heart, and while Ellena sat wrapt in the thoughtfulness it promoted, the vesper-service of the monks, breathing softly from the cathedral above, came to her ear; it was a music which might be said t...

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"Ellena, as she surveyed her melancholy habitation, suppressed a rising sigh, but she could not remain unaffected by recollections, which, on this view of her altered state, crowded to her mind; nor think of Vivaldi far away, perhaps for ever, and, probably, even ignorant of her destination, with...

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"'If you are under any promise of secresy,' interrupted Vivaldi, 'I forbid you to tell this wonderful tale, which, however, seems somewhat too big to rest within your brain.'"

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"Having said this, I am prepared to meet whatever suffering you shall inflict upon me; but be assured, that my own voice never shall sanction the evils to which I may be subjected, and that the immortal love of justice, which fills all my heart, will sustain my courage no less powerfully than the...

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"Thus man, the giant who now held her in captivity, would shrink to the diminutiveness of a fairy; and she would experience, that his utmost force was unable to enchain her soul, or compel her to fear him, while he was destitute of virtue."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"Having arranged her books, and set her little room in order, she seated herself at a window, and, with a volume of Tasso, endeavoured to banish every painful remembrance from her mind."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)

Date: 1797

"She continued wandering in the imaginary scenes of the poet, till the fading light recalled her to those of reality."

— Radcliffe [née Ward], Ann (1764-1823)