 I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her ; but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they became livid with the hue of death ; her features appeared to change,...  The Quarterly Review - Page 3791818Full view - About this book
 | Mary Poovey - 1985 - 309 pages
...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. [P. 53]... | |
 | Paul A. Cantor - 1984 - 252 pages
...saw Elizabeth in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. (57) In... | |
 | Michael Slade - 1984 - 474 pages
...him. Then from the bed, ever so faintly, Katherine Spann smiled. 447 EPILOGUE Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms,- a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the graveworms crawling in the folds of the flannel. I started... | |
 | Meena Alexander - 1989 - 240 pages
...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave- worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. (F.58)... | |
 | George E. Haggerty - 2010 - 216 pages
...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the street of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. I started... | |
 | Ronald R. Thomas - 1990 - 324 pages
...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...they became livid with the hue of death; her features apppeared to change, and I thought that I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped... | |
 | Elisabeth Bronfen - 1992 - 484 pages
...procreation, not to accept the gift of the bride? Victor narrates his dream in the following way: 1 thought f saw Elizabeth in the bloom of health, walking in the...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel. I started... | |
 | Susan Wolstenholme - 1993 - 234 pages
...saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms crawling in the folds of the flannel, (p. 58)... | |
 | Lloyd Davis - 1993 - 272 pages
...brideto-be], in the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. Delighted and surprised, I embraced her; but as I imprinted the first kiss...death; her features appeared to change, and I thought I held the corpse of my dead mother in my arms; a shroud enveloped her form, and I saw the grave-worms... | |
 | Allan Lloyd Smith, Victor Sage - 1994 - 256 pages
...spurned the monster in their first encounter: I thought I saw Elizabeth, in the bloom of health... I embraced her, but as I imprinted the first kiss on her lips, they become livid with the hue of death; her features appeared to change, and I thought that I held the... | |
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