Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Том 1Macmillan, 1883 |
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... could an if he would His mother , for her part , said a great deal . She ran between them like an excited hen , shaking her tail - feathers and cackling violently . دو What did they mean by it ? What was it B 2 1. ] 3 VERNON'S .
... could an if he would His mother , for her part , said a great deal . She ran between them like an excited hen , shaking her tail - feathers and cackling violently . دو What did they mean by it ? What was it B 2 1. ] 3 VERNON'S .
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A Story of Contemporary Life Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret). What did they mean by it ? What was it for ? She asked her son ... means an ordinary girl , smiled upon her , perhaps a little sadly , and entered into no ex- planations . But her son ...
A Story of Contemporary Life Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret). What did they mean by it ? What was it for ? She asked her son ... means an ordinary girl , smiled upon her , perhaps a little sadly , and entered into no ex- planations . But her son ...
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... means to get a husband . " Mr. Pounce was not a sentimentalist , and no doubt laughed sometimes too at the unfortunate women who had thus failed in the object of their life ; but he respected Miss Vernon , and he was very doubtful of ...
... means to get a husband . " Mr. Pounce was not a sentimentalist , and no doubt laughed sometimes too at the unfortunate women who had thus failed in the object of their life ; but he respected Miss Vernon , and he was very doubtful of ...
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... mean the end of the world in these regions . But a banker in a country town , who has all the money of a district in his hands , should not get into this reckless way . His clients are pleased - up to a certain limit . But when once the ...
... mean the end of the world in these regions . But a banker in a country town , who has all the money of a district in his hands , should not get into this reckless way . His clients are pleased - up to a certain limit . But when once the ...
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... mean that it is me Mr. Rule wants to see ? " she asked of the servant in con- sternation . " He did ask for master , ma'am , " said the man , " but as master's from home he said he must see my lady . He looks very flustered . I'll say ...
... mean that it is me Mr. Rule wants to see ? " she asked of the servant in con- sternation . " He did ask for master , ma'am , " said the man , " but as master's from home he said he must see my lady . He looks very flustered . I'll say ...
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Стр. 58 - ... her. A waking eye, a prying mind, A heart that stirs, is hard to bind, A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind, Ye could not Hester. My sprightly neighbour ! gone before To that unknown and silent shore, Shall we not meet, as heretofore, Some summer morning, When from thy cheerful eyes a ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet fore-warning ? THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES.
Стр. 23 - T is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Стр. 58 - But she was train'd in Nature's school, Nature had blest her. A waking eye, a prying mind, A heart that stirs, is hard to bind, A hawk's keen sight ye cannot blind, Ye could not Hester. My sprightly neighbour, gone before To that unknown and silent shore...
Стр. 23 - The work of a successful man of business increased, yet softened by all the countless nothings that make business for a woman, had filled her days. She was an old maid, to be sure, but an old maid who never was alone.
Стр. 80 - Tweak," said Mr. Prodgers, as his friend returned, " I can see there is a great deal of fun to be got out of this trip. Let the commingled circulate." CHAPTER XLVII. The Caravan of Wonders sets out for Clumpley. VERY early the next morning Mr. Prodgers and his fellow-student sought the bedside of the " Whirlwind of the Wilderness...
Стр. 20 - ... in the hands of Miss Vernon, who, it turned out, had more than her grandfather's steady power of holding on, and was, indeed, the heir of her great-grandfather's genius for business. The bank throve in her hands as it had done in his days, and everything it touched prospered.
Стр. 219 - They would not let you work, and if you could work, nothing but, daily bread would come of it. And, my dear Hester, you want a great deal more than daily bread. You want triumph, power ; you want to be as you are by nature, somebody.
Стр. 205 - I've been in love with you ever since I first saw you — when you were only a child.
Стр. 123 - It is such souls as these that keep the world steady. We should all tumble to pieces if the race was made up of people like Catherine Vernon and you.