A Modern Mephistopheles;: And, A Whisper in the Dark,Little, Brown,, 1905 - 350 oldal |
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... Jasper Helwyze , at your service , " he added aloud , stepping in , and accepting courteously the only hospitality his poor young host could offer . The dim light and shrouding cloak showed nothing but a pale , keer . face , with dark ...
... Jasper Helwyze , at your service , " he added aloud , stepping in , and accepting courteously the only hospitality his poor young host could offer . The dim light and shrouding cloak showed nothing but a pale , keer . face , with dark ...
36. oldal
... Jasper . ” " The danger is the charm . I crave excite ment , occupation ; and what but something of this sort is left me ? Much saving grace in charity , we are told ; and who needs it more than I ? Surely I have been kinder to Felix ...
... Jasper . ” " The danger is the charm . I crave excite ment , occupation ; and what but something of this sort is left me ? Much saving grace in charity , we are told ; and who needs it more than I ? Surely I have been kinder to Felix ...
44. oldal
... Jasper ? " " Not of Gladys ; she is so young , I can mould her as I please , and that suits me . She will become my house well , this tender , transparent little creature , with her tranquil eyes , and the sin- cere voice which makes ...
... Jasper ? " " Not of Gladys ; she is so young , I can mould her as I please , and that suits me . She will become my house well , this tender , transparent little creature , with her tranquil eyes , and the sin- cere voice which makes ...
47. oldal
... , that they may watch a living nerve , count the throbbing of an artery , or see how long the poor things will live bereft of some vital part . Let the child alone , Jasper , or you will repent A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 47.
... , that they may watch a living nerve , count the throbbing of an artery , or see how long the poor things will live bereft of some vital part . Let the child alone , Jasper , or you will repent A MODERN MEPHISTOPHELES . 47.
48. oldal
... Jasper , or you will repent of it . " " Upon my word , Olivia , you are in an omi- nously prophetic mood . I hear a carriage ; and , as I am invisible to all eyes but your gifted ones , pardon me if I unceremoniously leave the priestess ...
... Jasper , or you will repent of it . " " Upon my word , Olivia , you are in an omi- nously prophetic mood . I hear a carriage ; and , as I am invisible to all eyes but your gifted ones , pardon me if I unceremoniously leave the priestess ...
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194. oldal - Late, late, so late ! but we can enter still. Too late ! too late I ye cannot enter now. No light had we : for that we do repent, And, learning this, the bridegroom will relent. Too late ! too late ! ye cannot enter now. No light, so late
189. oldal - gray and silver damask, singing, in " the sweet voice of a bird," — ''Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud; Turn thy wild wheel through sunshine, storm, and cloud ; Thy wheel and thee we neither love nor hate. * Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel with smile
194. oldal - Too late ! too late 1 ye cannot enter now. Have we not heard the bridegroom is so sweet ? O let us in, tho' late, to kiss his feet ! ^ No, no, too late 1 ye cannot enter now.
190. oldal - A twist of gold was round her hair ; A robe of samite without price, that more exprest Than hid her, clung about her lissome limbs, In color like the satin-shining palm On sallows in the windy gleams of March.
197. oldal - to make us loveless clay 1 know not which is sweeter, no, not I. I fain would follow love, if that could be ; I needs must follow death, who calls for me : Call and I follow, I follow ! let me die
194. oldal - Gladys, in white wimple and close-folded gown of gray, sat on a stool beside the " one low light/' humming softly, her rosary fallen at her feet,— "the Queen looked up, and said, ' O maiden, if indeed you list to sing Sing, and unbind my heart, that I may weep. Whereat full willingly sang the little maid, Late, late, so late ! and dark the night and chill I Late, late, so late
194. oldal - dark and chill the night ! O let us in, that we may find the light
133. oldal - so, say that no faith —not even the Christian — has exercised so powerful an influence on the diminution of crime as the old, simple doctrine of.
307. oldal - a shy caress, feeling both penitent and pitiful. "Dear Guy, forgive me if I pained you. I'ma thoughtless creature, but I'm not malicious, and a word will restrain me if kindly spoken. My home is always yours, and when my fortune is mine you shall never want, if you are not too proud to accept
329. oldal - I sprang up, took one step and remained transfixed with dismay, for the room was not my own ! Utterly unfamiliar was every object on which my eyes fell. The place was small, plainly furnished, and close, as if long unused. My trunks stood against the wall, my clothes lay on a chair, and on the