Crossword-Solution: MARIONETTA 10 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 12

Scythrop's romantic dreams had indeed given him many _pure anticipated cognitions_ of combinations of beauty and intelligence, which, he had some misgivings, were not exactly realised in his cousin Marionetta; but, in spite of these misgivings, he soon became distractedly in love; which, when the young lady clearly perceived, she altered her tactics, and assumed as much coldness and reserve as she had before shown ardent and ingenuous attachment.

Scythrop was confounded at the sudden change; but, instead of falling at her feet and requesting an explanation, he retreated to his tower, muffled himself in his nightcap, seated himself in the president's chair of his imaginary secret tribunal, summoned Marionetta with all terrible formalities, frightened her out of her wits, disclosed himself, and clasped the beautiful penitent to his bosom.

While he was acting this reverie--in the moment in which the awful president of the secret tribunal was throwing back his cowl and his mantle, and discovering himself to the lovely culprit as her adoring and magnanimous lover, the door of the study opened, and the real Marionetta appeared.

Marionetta listened a long time in silence, till her lover had exhausted his eloquence and paused for a reply.

Then we shall see visions of transcendental illumination, and soar on the wings of ideas into the space of pure intelligence.' Marionetta could not reply; she had not so strong a stomach as Rosalia, and turned sick at the proposition.