Miserably disturbed!' that is not strong enough. He was haunted by the remembrance of the handsome young man, with whom she stood in an attitude of such familiar confidence; and the remembrance shot t...
Ay! Thornton o' Marlborough Mill, as we call him.- He is one of the masters you are striving with, is he not? what sort of master is he? - Did yo' ever see a bulldog? Set a bulldog on hindlegs, and dr...
Real meekness of character is called out by experience of kindness.
Looking back upon the year's accumulated heap of troubles, Margaret wondered how they had been borne. If she could have anticipated them, how she would have shrunk away and hid herself from the coming...
Abstemiousness in her daily habits, it was part of her pride
But the whispered tone had latterly become more drowsy; and Margaret, after a pause of a few minutes, found, as she fancied, that in spite of the buzz in the next room, Edith had rolled herself up int...
Even before he left the room,—and certainly, not five minutes after, the clear conviction dawned upon her, shined bright upon her, that he did love her; that he had loved her; that he would love her.
¿Por que le preocupaba lo que él pensara, a pesar de su orgullo, a pesar de sí misma?
¡No quiero dinero, niña! ¡Maldigo su caridad y su dinero! Quiero trabajo, es mi derecho. Quiero trabajo
He had never known her value, he thought, till now.
What does it matter whether her husband dines in a dress–coat, or a market–coat, provided there be worth, and honesty, and a clean shirt underneath?
No, pussy!’ said I, ‘if you have any conscience you ought not to expect that!
Sometimes when I've thought o' my life, and the little pleasure I've had in it, I've believed that, maybe, I was one of those doomed to die by the falling of a star from heaven.
It was one of Mrs. Hale's fitful days, when everything was a difficulty and a hardship; and Mr Lennox's appearance took this shape, although secretly she felt complimented by his thinking it worthwhil...
It’s the only way working men can get their rights, by all joining together. More the members, more chance for each one separate man having justice done him.
It was a stinging pleasure to be in the room with her, and feel her presence.
The fever was (as it usually is in Manchester) of a low, putrid, typhoid kind; brought on by miserable living, filthy neighbourhood, and great depression of mind and body. It is virulent, malignant, a...
Love me as I am, sweet one, for I shall never be better.
They did not speak much more, but thridded their way through many a bosky dell, whose soft green influence could not charm away the shock and the pain in Margaret's heart, caused by the recital of suc...
Should you have liked your sister to have been noticed by a grocer's assistant for doing so?In the first place, as it is not many years since I myself was a draper's assistant, the mere circumstance o...
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