The Great English Novelists, Volum 2William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson Harper & brothers, 1911 |
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Pàgina 30
... better ; partly by her love for this , partly by her fear of that ; partly by her religion ; partly by the respect he paid himself , and partly by that which he received from the parish . She had , in short , absolutely submitted , and ...
... better ; partly by her love for this , partly by her fear of that ; partly by her religion ; partly by the respect he paid himself , and partly by that which he received from the parish . She had , in short , absolutely submitted , and ...
Pàgina 31
... better man than to suffer the best he in the kingdom to drink before me in my own house , when I caale vurst . " As soon as their breakfast was ended , Adams began in the following manner : " I think , sir , it is high time to in- form ...
... better man than to suffer the best he in the kingdom to drink before me in my own house , when I caale vurst . " As soon as their breakfast was ended , Adams began in the following manner : " I think , sir , it is high time to in- form ...
Pàgina 33
... better than to give to vagabonds . " " Besides , if we were inclined , the poor's rate obliges us to give so much charity , " cries the wife . " Pugh ! thou art a fool . Poor's rate ! Hold thy nonsense , " answered Trulliber ; and then ...
... better than to give to vagabonds . " " Besides , if we were inclined , the poor's rate obliges us to give so much charity , " cries the wife . " Pugh ! thou art a fool . Poor's rate ! Hold thy nonsense , " answered Trulliber ; and then ...
Pàgina 48
... better for it this day three months ! " This was one of those observations I usually made to impress my wife with an opinion of my sagacity ; for if the girls succeeded , then it was a pious 1 From The Vicar of Wakefield . wish ...
... better for it this day three months ! " This was one of those observations I usually made to impress my wife with an opinion of my sagacity ; for if the girls succeeded , then it was a pious 1 From The Vicar of Wakefield . wish ...
Pàgina 52
... better than nothing . " By this time the unfortunate Moses was undeceived . He now saw that he had been imposed upon by a prowling sharper , who , observing his figure , had marked him for an easy prey . I therefore asked the ...
... better than nothing . " By this time the unfortunate Moses was undeceived . He now saw that he had been imposed upon by a prowling sharper , who , observing his figure , had marked him for an easy prey . I therefore asked the ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
Adams ain't answered asked Becky began Berry Brick Lane Brocklehurst brother brought Charles Dickens Charlotte Brontë child Clare Colonel cried dead dear death Dendermond Denner Dickens Doctor door Effie Elfride eyes face father gentleman George Eliot George Meredith girl Haley hand head hear heard heart Helstone honour Humm Jane Eyre Jeanie knew lady laughed Leeby Little Billee look Lord Lord Steyne Maggie Mas'r master mind Miss Ophelia Miss Temple Monsieur mother never Newcome night novel poor Poyser Rawdon replied Richard round seemed Slogger Smike smile speak Squeers Stiggins stood stopped Svengali Taffy talk tell Thackeray there's thing Thomas Hardy thou thought tion Tobias Smollett took Topsy Trim Trulliber turned uncle Toby voice walked whispered wife William Makepeace Thackeray woman wonder words young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 149 - Tis finished already, said the Corporal, — for I could stay no longer; — so wished his Honour a good night. Young Le Fevre rose from off the bed, and saw me to the bottom of the stairs; and as we went down together, told me they had come from Ireland, and were on their route to join the regiment in Flanders. — But, alas ! said the Corporal, — the Lieutenant's last day's march is over ! Then what is to become of his poor boy ? cried my uncle Toby.
Pàgina 149 - said he, a second time, musing. ' Possibly he may my story,' added he. ' Pray, tell the captain, I was the ensign at Breda whose wife was most unfortunately killed with a musket-shot as she lay in my arms in my tent.
Pàgina 156 - He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
Pàgina 191 - ... deadly. At length he neared the wreck. He was so near, that with one more of his vigorous strokes he would be clinging to it, when a high, green, vast hillside of water, moving on shoreward, from beyond the ship, he seemed to leap up into it with a mighty bound, and the ship was gone...
Pàgina 135 - Call upon Me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify Me.
Pàgina 152 - Fever, said my uncle Toby, to my house, — and we'll send for a doctor to see what's the matter, — and we'll have an apothecary, — and the corporal shall be your nurse ; and I'll be your servant, Le Fever.
Pàgina 276 - My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have been gained on a memorable raw afternoon toward evening. At such a time I found out for certain that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip, late of this parish and also Georgiana wife of the above...
Pàgina 132 - I went on, but terrified to the last degree : looking behind me at every two or three steps, mistaking every bush and tree, and fancying every stump at a distance to be a man. Nor is it possible to describe how many various shapes...
Pàgina 143 - Tis for a poor gentleman, I think, of the army, said the landlord, who has been taken ill at my house four days ago, and has never held up his head since, or had a desire to taste any thing, till just now, that he has a fancy for a glass of sack and a thin toast.
Pàgina 52 - You need be under no uneasiness," cried I, "about selling the rims, for they are not worth sixpence; for I perceive they are only copper varnished over.