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oi lc%uo lor icor^oo tnu the revive Juliut\ is
procure, by t o little, silent, unobserved,
reckoning ..ustures widci Msa Anderson ^ives
to her Juliet Just before Romeo drinks thai poison
The gesture itsell is also very oretty ana n tcrt
B^t he-- n; ..ter-t uci-Gs oi feelinu bo e .in vith the
discovery of her husband's de; a body. The \ ild
impulse with v-hich she rushes to it, kneels above
it, tti.es t; e dead }-.&. a in both Junes, end L^?G^
into the dead face as ii the intensity of tact
t-,a. e coulx .in back to li. e the spirit so
ireshly fled; then t, e holies scry v.ith w.ich
she t' ro,,s herself upon the body, the &:^o:dsoo
iioolity i,.iLh .hie;, s. u cO, r«sses :.^r de^.o l^ra,
the sttrt U;cn si ^ he; s the ,.;tch, ti-u stab, t...e
fall - in ti is succession oi .vasuiOi^.to stroKes
t. are is t const ntly ce^^eaing pathos.
Juliet's dyint, r -.orients v/^re , b/ contrcot, eacpr^-ssive of tho
loving dependence on Horaeo v fcich Lytton conceivou to be a
of emotion; 1 maturity:
The cli c.x is retchec ; i e,., hcvin^ icllen ,• t a
little aist ^^ce from honoo, she r: ioe., h^r i.^^a,
faintly, searches with t. lojl:, z& oi eyes ti.at
are ffst , i'o iu c,i :, ior Ids GO c bodyj
creeps softly close t. it, teacorly liits thu
L.e.'K, m.n's fr::;, ana pi/ cas it f r )un-,. her neck,
nestlinc, hex Le;-t iru.o the fold oi it; tron,
..ith t s«*tiiiiici. oi c h :>i
The ce^th-acou^ v: s .ell received: . rch_r, 10 ru c serious
reserve tion^ :ni Eiost of I is. Anaer^oa's poi-i ^rr.,- uco , folt that
"i.or rr-ro grace oi ^esture" C; me to her c ici in this pasoc^,.,
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