It's no wonder to my mind, when I hear ladies talk such a deal about being ladies-- and when they're such fearful, delicate, dainty ladies too-- I say it's no wonder there are no longer any saints on...
It is part of His plan to send suffering to bring out a higher good; but surely it's also part of His plan that as much of the burden of suffering as can be should be lightened by those whom it is His...
Indeed! I am truly glad to hear it. I always always fond of Osborne; and, do you know, I never really took to Roger; I respected him and all that, of course. But to compare him with Mr. Henderson! Mr....
If she could have anticipated them, how she would have shrunk away and hid herself from the coming time! And yet day by day had, of itself, and by itself, been very endurable — small, keen, bright lit...
If a wish could have transported her, she would have gone off; just for one day.
I wish I could love people as you do, Molly!''Don't you?' said the other, in surprise.'No. A good number of people love me, I believe, or at least they think they do; but I never seem to care much for...
I have often thought of the postman’s bringing me a letter as one of the pleasures I shall miss in heaven.
I believe that this suffering, which Miss Hale says is impressed on the countenances of the people of Milton, is but the natural punishment of dishonestly-enjoyed pleasure, at some former period of th...
How little can the rich man know Of what the poor man feels, When Want, like some dark demon foe, Nearer and nearer steals! HE never tramp'd the weary round, A stroke of work to gain, And sicken'd at...
His Scotch blood (for that he was of Scottish descent there could be no manner of doubt) gave him just the kind of thistly dignity which made every one feel that they must treat him with respect; so o...
Come what will, I cannot, when I write, think always of myself and of what is elegant and charming in femininity; it is not on those terms, or with such ideas, I ever took pen in hand: and if it is on...
But you don't think her fit to go to Liverpool? asked Mary, still in the anxious tone of one who wishes earnestly for some particular decision. To Liverpool-yes, replied he. A short journey like that...
But when she got into her own, she locked the door, and sate down to cry unwonted tears.
But how would you have a wedding arranged?’ ‘Oh, I have never thought much about it; only I should like it to be a very fine summer morning; and I should like to walk to church through the shade of tr...
But he could not, you cannot, read the lot of those who daily pass you by in the street. How do you know the wild romances of their lives; the trials, the temptations they are even now enduring, resis...
But I'm tired of this bustle. Everybody rushing over everybody, in their hurry to get rich.
Bessy, don't be impatient with your life, whatever it is—or may have been. Remember who gave it you, and made it what it is!
And again it's no fair play to t' French. Four o' them is rightly matched wi' one o' us; and if we go an' fight 'em four to four it's like as if yo' fell to beatin' Sylvie there, or little Billy Croxt...
Ah! relevons-nous, et quittons-la pour jamais, reclamons la misericorde de Dieu, et esperons en elle qu'elle nous assistera pour desormais estre plus fermes; et remettons-nous au chemin de l'humilite....
Adiós hija. Al fin nos separamos, sí. Has sido una bendición para tu padre desde el mismo día en que naciste. Benditos sean tus labios pálidos que sonríen ahora, y me alegra una vez más tu sonrisa aun...