A great sensation, Volum 2Hurst&Blackett, 1862 |
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Pàgina 23
... walked in silence into the old gallery , when the following conver- sation took place : Edgar . " I thought you were to be at Perringston ? " Rupert . " So I was ; but I sent an excuse -of course I did . I sent it this morning -I only ...
... walked in silence into the old gallery , when the following conver- sation took place : Edgar . " I thought you were to be at Perringston ? " Rupert . " So I was ; but I sent an excuse -of course I did . I sent it this morning -I only ...
Pàgina 53
... had ever moved him he gave in with an ill grace . Mr. Grahame walked briskly home , solilo- quising the while in curt sentences , like the following E 3 A GREAT SENSATION . 53 but ourselves; we're not going out until ...
... had ever moved him he gave in with an ill grace . Mr. Grahame walked briskly home , solilo- quising the while in curt sentences , like the following E 3 A GREAT SENSATION . 53 but ourselves; we're not going out until ...
Pàgina 67
... walked softly to the inner door , and placed himself so that he could watch the singer unobserved : he was fairly taken by surprise when he saw that it was Con stance . This discovery made him more intent on observing her closely , or ...
... walked softly to the inner door , and placed himself so that he could watch the singer unobserved : he was fairly taken by surprise when he saw that it was Con stance . This discovery made him more intent on observing her closely , or ...
Pàgina 73
... walked towards the piano in search of a courteous excuse for leaving the house . As he crossed the room , certain nervous gestures of Mrs. Grahame increased his desire to be on the other side of the front door . " I think I must be ...
... walked towards the piano in search of a courteous excuse for leaving the house . As he crossed the room , certain nervous gestures of Mrs. Grahame increased his desire to be on the other side of the front door . " I think I must be ...
Pàgina 75
... walked Lady Ravensdale . The incident may seem stage - like , as the common incidents of every - day life often do ; but it was a terrible reality to the two principal actors . Lord Elfintower had known that the trial must come at last ...
... walked Lady Ravensdale . The incident may seem stage - like , as the common incidents of every - day life often do ; but it was a terrible reality to the two principal actors . Lord Elfintower had known that the trial must come at last ...
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acute Dowager answered Rupert beauty beg your pardon better brother Cadogan Place Carlsbad carriage cat's-paw Caterina CHAPTER cheek Constance countenance course daresay daugh door drawing-room Edgar Edith Ernsford Court eyes fact feel Francesca da Rimini gallery gone Grahame Grahame's Grosvenor Square half hand hear heard heart hobbledehoy hope horse hour idle pairs instant Jemima Kensington Gardens Lady Goodwin Lady Ravensdale less London look Lord Elfin Lord Elfintower Lord Elfintower's Lord Ravensdale Lord Sevenoaks mean mind minutes Molini Moorfield morning mysterious lady never o'clock passed pause Perringston position Pre-Raphaelite Ravensdale's recognised replied rose round Schönbeck seen Sir John Campion slapping fine woman slowly soon sorrow sort South Eastern Railway Spuckers stance stood suppose sure talk tell there's thing thought tion told tone turned Twinbriggles voice walked watching week whilst wish words
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.