Every SaturdayHoughton, 1872 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page 19
... turned pale again . " I did not come here to make you weep , " he said , sadly . " The pain of my disappointment is not worth one of your tears . " He turned to go away ; but my father seized him by the " Wait , my dear friend ! " he ...
... turned pale again . " I did not come here to make you weep , " he said , sadly . " The pain of my disappointment is not worth one of your tears . " He turned to go away ; but my father seized him by the " Wait , my dear friend ! " he ...
Page 21
... turned away his face . " Wicked tongues can break the purest heart , " he said , softly . I looked at him in great amazement , and then I blushed ; my face blushed , and my ears , my throat , and my naked arms ; and then the blood ...
... turned away his face . " Wicked tongues can break the purest heart , " he said , softly . I looked at him in great amazement , and then I blushed ; my face blushed , and my ears , my throat , and my naked arms ; and then the blood ...
Page 22
... turned them upon John . It seems to me that a man never learns till he is well on in life how he should behave towards the lady of his choice , and how much better it would be if he would go and , in a straightforward , manly fashion ...
... turned them upon John . It seems to me that a man never learns till he is well on in life how he should behave towards the lady of his choice , and how much better it would be if he would go and , in a straightforward , manly fashion ...
Page 24
... turned them upon John . It seems to me that a man never learns till he is well on in life how he should behave towards the lady of his choice , and how much better it would be if he would go and , in a straightforward , manly fashion ...
... turned them upon John . It seems to me that a man never learns till he is well on in life how he should behave towards the lady of his choice , and how much better it would be if he would go and , in a straightforward , manly fashion ...
Page 25
... turned to the men . " Now , then , who's going down ? " I shouted . " You can't go down , " shouted half - a - dozen ... turning to me with a red glow upon her face , " John Kelsey is down there dying and asking for help . Will not you ...
... turned to the men . " Now , then , who's going down ? " I shouted . " You can't go down , " shouted half - a - dozen ... turning to me with a red glow upon her face , " John Kelsey is down there dying and asking for help . Will not you ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aldersgate Street Asheton asked Bazeilles beautiful believe better Bishop Bréauté Briey brother called cats church dear dress England English eyes face fact fancy father feeling followed France French friends George Hudson German girl give hand Harold head heard heart Herr Pemsel honor hundred husband Hussein Jickling John Kelsey Judas Iscariot Kamakura Kerbela Khiva king knew Kufa lady laugh Laura lived London look Lord Barnstaple Louis Madame marriage married Mary matter ment Metz Milverton mind Mordaunt morning nature never night once Paris passed perhaps person play poet poor pretty round seemed seen Shogun side Sir Henry Holland speak stood strange Street Tartine tell thing Thionville thought tion Titine told took truth turned voice walk whole wife woman women words write young
Popular passages
Page 281 - From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
Page 125 - The fair round face, the snowy beard, The velvet of her paws, Her coat that with the tortoise vies, Her ears of jet, and emerald eyes — She saw ; and purr'd applause.
Page 11 - But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
Page 223 - I can give not what men call love ; But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not : The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow?
Page 291 - L , because he was so handsome and spirited a youth, and a king to the rest of us; and, instead of moping about in solitary corners, like some of us, he would mount the most mettlesome horse he could get, when but an imp no bigger than themselves, and make it carry him half over the...
Page 291 - And then I told how, when she came to die, her funeral was attended by a concourse of all the poor, and some of the gentry too, of the...
Page 235 - MOST sweet it is with unuplifted eyes To pace the ground, if path be there or none. While a fair region round the traveller lies Which he forbears again to look upon ; Pleased rather with some soft ideal scene, The work of Fancy, or some happy tone Of meditation, slipping in between The beauty coming and the beauty gone.
Page 290 - ... watching the dace that darted to and fro in the fish pond at the bottom of the garden, with here and there a great sulky pike hanging midway down the water in silent state, as if it mocked at their impertinent friskings.
Page 221 - Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid, Some banished lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires...
Page 232 - Many a green-gown has been given, Many a kiss, both odd and even: Many a glance, too, has been sent From out the eye, love's firmament: Many a jest told of the keys...