A great sensation, Volum 2Hurst&Blackett, 1862 |
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Pàgina 57
... strong compo nent parts had given way : the soul had been trained into greater excellence , but the body had , in a certain sense , broken down . Its exterior strength was not appa- rently diminished , nor its interior power of ...
... strong compo nent parts had given way : the soul had been trained into greater excellence , but the body had , in a certain sense , broken down . Its exterior strength was not appa- rently diminished , nor its interior power of ...
Pàgina 65
... strong , but the subject of them was exceptional . The drawing - rooms were three in num- ber , and that by which they entered was on one side of , and a little behind the one commonly used , the respective doors being at right angles ...
... strong , but the subject of them was exceptional . The drawing - rooms were three in num- ber , and that by which they entered was on one side of , and a little behind the one commonly used , the respective doors being at right angles ...
Pàgina 71
... strong impulse to say something in praise of her singing , and a strong conviction that , if he attempted to do so , he would do it awk- wardly . It is needless to add that he finally stumbled upon the latter alternative , which he did ...
... strong impulse to say something in praise of her singing , and a strong conviction that , if he attempted to do so , he would do it awk- wardly . It is needless to add that he finally stumbled upon the latter alternative , which he did ...
Pàgina 73
... strong nature untrained , unsatisfied , began to disappear , and his real nature to disclose itself , manifesting , among other variations from previous appearances , instead of awk- wardness , grace - instead of self - conceit ...
... strong nature untrained , unsatisfied , began to disappear , and his real nature to disclose itself , manifesting , among other variations from previous appearances , instead of awk- wardness , grace - instead of self - conceit ...
Pàgina 77
... strong common- place faculties , enclosed within a definite line of limitation , and are very positive in the exercise of them , generally show them- selves bewildered , more than other people when they chance to be carried beyond the ...
... strong common- place faculties , enclosed within a definite line of limitation , and are very positive in the exercise of them , generally show them- selves bewildered , more than other people when they chance to be carried beyond the ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 51 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o...
Pàgina 6 - ... accent of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Pàgina 5 - tis not to come ; if it be not to come, it will be now ; if it be not now, yet it will come : the readiness is all...
Pàgina 209 - Amor, ma tu allor più m'informe A seguir d'una fera che mi strugge La voce ei passi e l'orme, E lei non stringi, che s'appiatta e fugge.
Pàgina 41 - Sunt quibus in satira videar nimis acer et ultra legem tendere opus; sine nervis altera quidquid composui pars esse putat, similisque meorum mille die versus deduci posse. Trebati, quid faciam praescribe. 'quiescas.
Pàgina 193 - I can't think who can have put such an idea into your head.
Pàgina 261 - You are like a young bear : you have all your troubles before you.
Pàgina 14 - I have no more to do with her than the man in the moon; but I know all about her, and I wish to be of use to her if I can.