 I fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and lofty, and highminded person. A great and holy reverence of right and truth seemed to be with...  London Society - Page 1491888Full view - About this book
 | William Shepard Walsh - Authors, American - 1884 - 306 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...truth — of those nights and nights of eager study, swarming fancies, invention, depression, elation, prayer ; as one reads the necessarily incomplete,... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - Authors, English - 1884 - 362 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...Such, in our brief interview, she appeared to me. — WILLIAM M. THACKERAY ("Roundabout Papers"). 256 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY. 1811-1863. HE was... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1885 - 446 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...truth — of those nights and nights of eager study, swarming fancies, invention, depression, elation, prayer ; as one reads the necessarily incomplete,... | |
 | Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Hooley, George Henry Payne, Henry Goddard Leach - History - 1895 - 818 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...truth— of those nights and nights of eager study, swarming fancies, invention, depression, elation, prayer ; as one reads the necessarily incomplete,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 876 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...for truth — of those nights and nights of eager stud}', swarming fancies, invention, depression, elation, prayer ; as one reads the necessarily incomplete,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1887 - 376 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...truth — of those nights and nights of eager study, swarming fancies, invention, depression, elation, prayer ; as one reads the necessarily incomplete,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...appeared to me. As one thinks of that life so noble, BO lonely — of that passion for truth — of those nights and nights of eager study, swarming fancies,... | |
 | Helen Gray Cone, Jeannette Leonard Gilder - Authors, English - 1887 - 310 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure and...Such, in our brief interview, she appeared to me. . . . WM. M. THACKERAY : ' Roundabout Papers.' London : Smith & Elder, 1863. She was . . . very small... | |
 | Mabel E. Wotton - Authors, English - 1887 - 376 pages
...little hand, the great honest eyes. An impetuous honesty seemed to me to characterise the woman. . . . She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...Such, in our brief interview, she appeared to me." — .1851. HENRY, LORD BROUGHAM 1778-1868 " BROUGHAM, whom I knew in society, and from seeing him both... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 534 pages
...fancied an austere little Joan of Arc marching in upon us, and rebuking our easy lives, our easy morals. She gave me the impression of being a very pure, and...truth — of those nights and nights of eager study, swarming fancies, invention, depression, elation, prayer ; as one reads the necessarily incomplete... | |
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