A Modern Mephistopheles;: And, A Whisper in the Dark,Little, Brown,, 1905 - 350 oldal |
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11. oldal
... father was a Greek , your mother English , both dead , and you an accomplished , ambitious young man who thinks himself a genius , and will not forgive the world for doubt- ing what he has failed to prove . Am I right ? " “ Quite right ...
... father was a Greek , your mother English , both dead , and you an accomplished , ambitious young man who thinks himself a genius , and will not forgive the world for doubt- ing what he has failed to prove . Am I right ? " “ Quite right ...
12. oldal
... father's race . " When can you come to me ? " briefly deman- ded Helwyze , gathering his cloak about him as he rose , warned by the waning light . " At once , to - night , if you will ! I possess nothing in the world but the poor ...
... father's race . " When can you come to me ? " briefly deman- ded Helwyze , gathering his cloak about him as he rose , warned by the waning light . " At once , to - night , if you will ! I possess nothing in the world but the poor ...
38. oldal
... father was a Greek adventurer , you know ( ended tragically , I suspect ) , and but for the English mother's legacy of a trifle of moral sense , Felix would be as satisfactory a young heathen as if brought straight from an- cient Athens ...
... father was a Greek adventurer , you know ( ended tragically , I suspect ) , and but for the English mother's legacy of a trifle of moral sense , Felix would be as satisfactory a young heathen as if brought straight from an- cient Athens ...
40. oldal
... father and daughter , and they left me to myself . The man died suddenly , and no one mourned , for he was a selfish tyrant . The girl was left quite alone , and nearly penniless , but so happy in her freedom that she had no fears . I ...
... father and daughter , and they left me to myself . The man died suddenly , and no one mourned , for he was a selfish tyrant . The girl was left quite alone , and nearly penniless , but so happy in her freedom that she had no fears . I ...
68. oldal
... father was an invalid , and I his only nurse for years . " " Fortunate for me in all ways , " thought Hel- wyze , finding another reason for his purpose ; while Gladys , bee - like , getting sweetness out of bitter - herbs , said to ...
... father was an invalid , and I his only nurse for years . " " Fortunate for me in all ways , " thought Hel- wyze , finding another reason for his purpose ; while Gladys , bee - like , getting sweetness out of bitter - herbs , said to ...
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Alcibiades amuse answered asked atone beautiful betrayed better Canaris charm cousin creature cried dare dark door dreams ejaculated enjoy excitement eyes face fancy father Faust fear feel Felix felt forget gave girl give glad Gladys glance Guinevere hair hand Hannah happy heard heart heliotrope Helwyze Helwyze saw hope hour human voice Jasper Karnac keep knew late laugh leaned leave lips listened looked madame marriage MEPHISTOPHELES never night nosegay Olivia pain pale passion paused pity pleasant pleasure poor Pretty thing quiet remember rose satis Scarlet Letter seemed silent sing sleep smile soon soul spirit spoke stood sudden sweet Sybil tell tender thing thought tone took touched turned uncle uncle's uncon unmis uttered voice voice broke waiting watch weary whispered wild wheel woman wonder words wyze young youth
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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