Mae Madden [A Novel] by Mary Murdoch Mason; With An Introductory Poem, by Joaquin Miller.Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1875 - Всего страниц: 196 |
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Ash Wednesday asked Mae asked Norman balcony bay of Naples beautiful bouquet boys brown Carnival carriage caught cheeks child church clasped color confetti Corso cried Mae crowd day of Heaven dear dreadful dress Edith and Albert Eric eyes face fell flash flowers friends gazing Giovanni girl glory hair half hand happy head heart Heaven Italian Italy Jerrold knew laughed leaned Lillia lips Lisetta live Madre Mae looked Mae Madden Mae's mamma Miss Hopkins Miss Mae montese morning mother Naples never night Norman Mann officer Othello padrona party paused peasant picture Pincian hill prayers pretty quietly replied Mae Rome rowlock shook side Signorina smiled soft Sorrento sort soul stood strange suppose Talila talk thing thought Tiber to-night turned vestal virgin walked window woman wonderful words young
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Стр. 58 - ... clock,— Just the hour of the Earthquake shock! —What do you think the parson found, When he got up and stared around? The poor old chaise in a heap or mound, As if it had been to the mill and ground! You see, of course, if you're not a dunce, How it went to pieces all at once,— All at once, and nothing first,— Just as bubbles do when they burst.
Стр. 1 - The faery beam upon you, The stars to glister on you; A moon of light In the noon of night, Till the fire-drake hath o'ergone you! The wheel of fortune guide you, The boy with the bow beside you Run aye in the way Till the bird of day And the luckier lot betide you!
Стр. 19 - ... and the third want your manly prerogatives, your dress-coat, your money, and your vote. Flirt with the giddy butterflies, your first love was one. First loves always are. Marry the busy bee. Your mother was a busy bee. Mothers always are. And keep on the other side of the street from the woman's righter as long as you can. Alas! your daughter will be one.
Стр. 59 - You had better content yourself widi the fact dial you have four proper traveling companions, and bear the disgrace of being shocked as best you may by one wild scrap of femininity who will have her own way in spite of you all
Стр. 33 - There is a combination of half-indolent elegance and sensuous langour, with a fire, a verve, a nobility, that puts him at the very head of masculine beauty. Add to the charms of his physique, the jauntiest, most bewitching of uniforms, the clinking spurs, the shining buttons, the jacket following every line of his figure, and no wonder maidens' hearts seek him out always and young pulses beat quicker at bis approach.
Стр. 167 - and ' my husband ' said themselves to her in her own mother tongue. She gave a long shiver, and pulled her eyes from his. It was like waking from a dream. "No — oh, no; take me home," she gasped, and turned toward the shore, where, erect, with folded arms and head bared, stood Norman Mann.
Стр. 188 - New York, and the hills around it, and the great river before it, and the people in it, all belong together, too. That's where we belong, Norman, in America, our home...
Стр. 19 - there are three classes of women; the giddy butterflies, the busy bees, and the woman's righters. The first are pretty and silly; the second, plain and useful ; the third, mannish and odious. The first wear long trailing dresses and smile at you while waltzing, the second wear aprons and give you apple-dumplings, and the third want your manly prerogatives, your dress-coat, your money, and your vote.
Стр. 32 - The Piedmontese officer is godlike. He must be of a certain imposing height to obtain, his position, and his luxurious yellow moustaches and blue black eyes, enriched and intensified by southern blood, give him a strange fascination. The cold, manly beauty and strength of a northern blonde meet with the heat and lithe grace of the more supple southerner to produce this paragon.