Hester: A Story of Contemporary Life, Том 1Macmillan, 1883 |
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... stood to his own credit , that balance of which two or three days before he had been so proud , to see it standing in his name on those well - kept beautiful books ! All this hanging upon the chance that Mr. Vernon might have gone to ...
... stood to his own credit , that balance of which two or three days before he had been so proud , to see it standing in his name on those well - kept beautiful books ! All this hanging upon the chance that Mr. Vernon might have gone to ...
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... stood in his eyes . " C Good God ! " she said again : but her face was not awe - stricken ; it was that of a soldier springing instantly to the alert , rallying all his resources at the first word of danger ; " but you don't mean II ...
... stood in his eyes . " C Good God ! " she said again : but her face was not awe - stricken ; it was that of a soldier springing instantly to the alert , rallying all his resources at the first word of danger ; " but you don't mean II ...
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... stood . Rule saw Mr. Sellon to the door , by Miss Vernon's request , with great pride , and went back to her afterwards , " as if he were one of the family , ” he described to his wife afterwards . " Well , " she said , " are you ...
... stood . Rule saw Mr. Sellon to the door , by Miss Vernon's request , with great pride , and went back to her afterwards , " as if he were one of the family , ” he described to his wife afterwards . " Well , " she said , " are you ...
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... stood up black and wild against the clear , pale sky . This pool was about as far from the Grange as Miss Vernon could walk with comfort , and it was a walk . she was very fond of taking on summer nights . The Common lay between the ...
... stood up black and wild against the clear , pale sky . This pool was about as far from the Grange as Miss Vernon could walk with comfort , and it was a walk . she was very fond of taking on summer nights . The Common lay between the ...
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... stood still , resisting the action of the helm unconsciously , and all at once began to cry . " That is where we used to live , " she said , with little sobs breaking in , " that — that is where III . ] 45 THE VERNONRY .
... stood still , resisting the action of the helm unconsciously , and all at once began to cry . " That is where we used to live , " she said , with little sobs breaking in , " that — that is where III . ] 45 THE VERNONRY .
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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.