A Modern Mephistopheles;: And, A Whisper in the Dark,Little, Brown,, 1905 - 350 oldal |
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12. oldal
... rose , warned by the waning light . " At once , to - night , if you will ! I possess nothing in the world but the poor clothes that were to have been my shroud , and the relics of the book with which I kindled my last fire , " answered ...
... rose , warned by the waning light . " At once , to - night , if you will ! I possess nothing in the world but the poor clothes that were to have been my shroud , and the relics of the book with which I kindled my last fire , " answered ...
16. oldal
... rose , looking half - bewildered as his brilliant castles in the air dissolved like mist before a sudden gust . 66 Stay , if you will ; but it is a quiet life for such as you , and I am a dull companion . Could you bear it for a year ...
... rose , looking half - bewildered as his brilliant castles in the air dissolved like mist before a sudden gust . 66 Stay , if you will ; but it is a quiet life for such as you , and I am a dull companion . Could you bear it for a year ...
19. oldal
... roses pouring out their passionate perfume , as if in rivalry of the purple heliotrope , which overflowed great urns on either side of the stone steps . Nothing broke the silence but the breezy rustle , the murmurous lapse of waters ...
... roses pouring out their passionate perfume , as if in rivalry of the purple heliotrope , which overflowed great urns on either side of the stone steps . Nothing broke the silence but the breezy rustle , the murmurous lapse of waters ...
33. oldal
... rose , like a bird startled from its nest , he rose also , and , taking the hand put out as if involuntarily asking help , he said with regretful gentleness , " Do not be afraid , we will befriend you . Hel- wyze shall counsel and I ...
... rose , like a bird startled from its nest , he rose also , and , taking the hand put out as if involuntarily asking help , he said with regretful gentleness , " Do not be afraid , we will befriend you . Hel- wyze shall counsel and I ...
43. oldal
... rose from the trellis nearest her , and , bending towards him , laid it in his hand , with a look and gesture of one glad to give all she possessed , if that were possible . " Your love of beauty still survives , and is a solace to you ...
... rose from the trellis nearest her , and , bending towards him , laid it in his hand , with a look and gesture of one glad to give all she possessed , if that were possible . " Your love of beauty still survives , and is a solace to you ...
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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