Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Том 1Macmillan, 1883 |
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... perhaps a little sadly , and entered into no ex- planations . But her son , as was natural , scoffed at his mother . " What should you know about the business ? " he said . Poor Mrs. Vernon thought she had heard enough of it to ...
... perhaps a little sadly , and entered into no ex- planations . But her son , as was natural , scoffed at his mother . " What should you know about the business ? " he said . Poor Mrs. Vernon thought she had heard enough of it to ...
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... perhaps she was not clever either at managing her children or her money . The partisans of the Vernons said so at least ; they said so of all the wives that were not Vernons , but interlopers , always working harm . They said so also of ...
... perhaps she was not clever either at managing her children or her money . The partisans of the Vernons said so at least ; they said so of all the wives that were not Vernons , but interlopers , always working harm . They said so also of ...
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... perhaps this large habit of sowing money about does not matter . People there are accustomed to going up and down . Bankruptcy , even , does not mean the end of the world in these regions . But a banker in a country town , who has all ...
... perhaps this large habit of sowing money about does not matter . People there are accustomed to going up and down . Bankruptcy , even , does not mean the end of the world in these regions . But a banker in a country town , who has all ...
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... perhaps they were not sorry that the farmer , who grew fat ( they thought ) on their toil , should feel that he was also human . The farmers had something of the same feeling in respect to their landlords , but could not indulge it for ...
... perhaps they were not sorry that the farmer , who grew fat ( they thought ) on their toil , should feel that he was also human . The farmers had something of the same feeling in respect to their landlords , but could not indulge it for ...
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... what do I know about business ? However , " she added , " if he is so desirous , perhaps you had better show him up . Your master is always pleased when I pay a little attention to the clerks . good . " " 10 [ CHAP . HESTER .
... what do I know about business ? However , " she added , " if he is so desirous , perhaps you had better show him up . Your master is always pleased when I pay a little attention to the clerks . good . " " 10 [ CHAP . HESTER .
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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.