The mistakes of a life, 1. kötet |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 32 találatból.
37. oldal
... gave up that idea . All the next morning Mr. Suffield , papa , and the steward , were busy together , and it was not till luncheon time that we met ; for the gentlemen were out before I came down to breakfast , as very often happened ...
... gave up that idea . All the next morning Mr. Suffield , papa , and the steward , were busy together , and it was not till luncheon time that we met ; for the gentlemen were out before I came down to breakfast , as very often happened ...
38. oldal
... gave me one of those thoughtful looks which provoked me So. Grace went with my father and our visitor , and came back more pleased with him than I ever remember to have seen her about any body . Her girlish raptures amused me ; I set ...
... gave me one of those thoughtful looks which provoked me So. Grace went with my father and our visitor , and came back more pleased with him than I ever remember to have seen her about any body . Her girlish raptures amused me ; I set ...
41. oldal
... gave him less credit for sincerity than I did . But two years abroad quite wore out the patience of my father , and nothing would pre- vent his coming home . Perhaps if Stuart had been more with us , he might have been better satisfied ...
... gave him less credit for sincerity than I did . But two years abroad quite wore out the patience of my father , and nothing would pre- vent his coming home . Perhaps if Stuart had been more with us , he might have been better satisfied ...
47. oldal
... gave vent to my choking emotions in tears , sobs , even screams of grief . What , Grace , my sister , my sweet , sweet sister , condemned to this horrible fate ! She so young , so innocent , so good ; what had she done to deserve it ...
... gave vent to my choking emotions in tears , sobs , even screams of grief . What , Grace , my sister , my sweet , sweet sister , condemned to this horrible fate ! She so young , so innocent , so good ; what had she done to deserve it ...
48. oldal
... gave a little turn to my thoughts ; I tried to check my bursting sobs , and to subdue my passionate emotion . Before , however , I had gained much self - com- mand , I heard a lighter , quicker step , and a lady of middle age , but with ...
... gave a little turn to my thoughts ; I tried to check my bursting sobs , and to subdue my passionate emotion . Before , however , I had gained much self - com- mand , I heard a lighter , quicker step , and a lady of middle age , but with ...
Más kiadások - Összes megtekintése
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
acquaintance admiration amusement answer asked beauty believe better brother Captain Ormond Catana Caterina certainly charm Cheslyn conversation daresay daugh daughter dear Miss Moore degra delighted Edward Emily Dering English exclaimed expressed eyes face Fairy Hill fancy father fear feelings felt fortune friends gave girl give GOLDEN LEGEND Grace Grange hand hear heard heart Henrietta hope idea Italian Italy John Suffield knew Lady Suffield laughing Laurel Cottage leave look luncheon mamma manner Marianne Elson marry ment mind Miss Dering morning mother muslin never papa party passed perhaps pleasant pleasure pretty replied seemed Signora sister smiling sorry sort speak Stuart suppose sure surprised talk tell thing thought tion told tone took Trevennen trying turned visitors voice wait walk WELBECK STREET whilst wish woman wonder words young
Népszerű szakaszok
197. oldal - Our faces faded from the sight, Our voices only broke the gloom. We spake of many a vanished scene, Of what we once had thought and said, Of what had been, and might have been, And who was changed, and who was dead; And all that fills the hearts of friends, When first they feel, with secret pain, Their lives thenceforth have separate ends, And never can be one again...
107. oldal - Why should I live ? Do I not know The life of woman is full of woe ? Toiling on and on and on, With breaking heart, and tearful eyes, And silent lips, and in the soul The secret longings that arise, Which this world never satisfies M-' Some more, some less, but of the whole Not one quite happy, no, not one ! URSULA.
133. oldal - Poor soul," whispered Lady Penelope to Tyrrel ; " we know what we are, we know not what we may be. — And now, Mr. Tyrrel, I have been your sibyl to guide you through this Elysium of ours, I think, in reward, I deserve a little confidence in return.
272. oldal - ... be also a duty to study to the best of our ability to understand in what their good consists, and how it is to be promoted. To represent therefore any branch of such study as inconsistent with Christianity is to make Christianity inconsistent with itself. He who should acknowledge himself bound to feed the hungry and clothe the naked, and visit the sick and prisoners, would not be acting consistently with his profession, if he should through inattention or prejudice, or any other cause, sanction...
141. oldal - I fear they will continue to prefer respectable slavery, to despised independence ; and attribute these wise books to the pens of disappointed old maids, whose conduct would contradict their theories if the power were given them. I never hear women talk of their independence, without suspecting that they have escaped all temptation to surrender it.
140. oldal - I believe all the books now written to persuade women of their innate dignity, their mission, their rights, and their powers, will have but little influence on them. I fear they will continue to prefer respectable slavery, to despised independence ; and attribute these...