It was a stinging pleasure to be in the room with her, and feel her presence.
If we do not reverence the past as you do in Oxford, it is because we want something which can apply to the present more directly. It is fine when the study of the past leads to a prophecy of the futu...
I had such a mother as few are blest with; a woman of strong power, and firm resolve.
I do try to say, God’s will be done, sir, said the Squire, looking up at Mr. Gibson for the first time, and speaking with more life in his voice; but it’s harder to be resigned than happy people think...
Her mouth was wide; no rosebud that could only open just enough to let out a 'yes' and 'no', and 'an't please you, sir'.
Did I ever say an engagement was an elephant, madam?
Both were not mental but physical illnesses. She was well aware of this, and would ask how that mended matters, as the feeling was there all the same, and was not removed by knowing the cause. She had...
The prospect of soon losing her companion seemed to give force to every sweet quality and charm which Edith possessed.
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms a...
…I have never seen mountains before, and they fill me and oppress me so much that I could not sleep; I must keep awake this first night, and see that they don’t fall on the earth and overwhelm it. [-...
¡No quiero dinero, niña! ¡Maldigo su caridad y su dinero! Quiero trabajo, es mi derecho. Quiero trabajo
Where the stars arose, and twinkled and disappeared behind the great umbrageous trees before she went to bed.
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.
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...
But a man mun speak out for the truth, and when I see the world going all wrong at this time o' day, bothering itself wi' things it knows nought about, and leaving undone all the things that lie in di...
When all are admitted, how can there be a Holy of Holies?
We cannot speak loudly or angrily at such times; we are not apt to be eager about mere worldly things, for our very awe at our quickened sense of the nearness of the invisible world, makes us calm and...
Was he bewitched by those beautiful eyes, that soft, half-open, sighing mouth which lay so close upon his shoulder only yesterday? He could not even shake off the recollection that she had been there;...
Though it may take much suffering to kill the able-bodied and effective members of society, it does take much to reduce them to worn, listless, diseased creatures, who thenceforward crawl through lif...
The mourner before him was no longer the employer; a being of another race, eternally placed in antagonistic attitude; going through the world glittering like gold, with a stony heart within, which kn...