Excerpt from Euphronia, or the Captive, Vol. 1 of 3: A Romance Intercourse with the world had stamped on his manners an impression never to be ef faced; and in the very bosom of seclusion there was to be found the polished-suavny of a court. The eye of discernment could however easily penetrate through an external sorefined, to the original nobility of the soul within. When' In passive occupation, the countenance of the Abbe betrayed the eleva tion of sentiment which none but the noble mind can know; but when his feelings were awakened to action, a spark of the'divty Ir radiated his eyes, and the animation of youth beamed for a moment through the sombre veil of years.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.