A Grape from a Thorn, Volum 2Smith, Elder, 1881 |
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Pàgina 12
... whole Mr. Josceline flattered him- self he had done a good stroke of business . It was true he had found Anastasia very resentful of the attentions he had been paying for the last day or two to her mother . It could not but be to her ...
... whole Mr. Josceline flattered him- self he had done a good stroke of business . It was true he had found Anastasia very resentful of the attentions he had been paying for the last day or two to her mother . It could not but be to her ...
Pàgina 45
... whole story . ' It is most interesting , I am sure , my dear Ella , ' was his remark when she had quite con- cluded - and indeed he had listened to her with a patience and attention which he seldom awarded to long narratives from ...
... whole story . ' It is most interesting , I am sure , my dear Ella , ' was his remark when she had quite con- cluded - and indeed he had listened to her with a patience and attention which he seldom awarded to long narratives from ...
Pàgina 49
... whole story is , in fact , not only , as I have said , most interesting , but also most noteworthy .; and now , dear , that you have had your lunch , and listened so patiently to my sermon , you can run upstairs and take off your bonnet ...
... whole story is , in fact , not only , as I have said , most interesting , but also most noteworthy .; and now , dear , that you have had your lunch , and listened so patiently to my sermon , you can run upstairs and take off your bonnet ...
Pàgina 58
... taken ill , with a fever that might possibly prove infectious , spread , with the swift- ness of contagion itself , over the whole house . Mrs Trant , the landlady , though secretly almost beside 58 A GRAPE FROM A THORN .
... taken ill , with a fever that might possibly prove infectious , spread , with the swift- ness of contagion itself , over the whole house . Mrs Trant , the landlady , though secretly almost beside 58 A GRAPE FROM A THORN .
Pàgina 68
... whole , as he had hinted , they conferred con- siderable satisfaction . ' I am right , I am surely right , ' murmured Mr. Josceline to himself ; such an opportunity as this should not be let slip . My time is short ; the risk is small ...
... whole , as he had hinted , they conferred con- siderable satisfaction . ' I am right , I am surely right , ' murmured Mr. Josceline to himself ; such an opportunity as this should not be let slip . My time is short ; the risk is small ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
Abra afraid Aird Aird's Anastasia answered ANTHONY TROLLOPE Armytage Armytage's Aunt Hester ayah Barton Castle beautiful called certainly child companion Cooper course cried darling daughter Davey's dear Ella dear papa dear young lady Doctor doubt Ella's exclaimed expression eyes face fact father feel Felspar felt fever friends gentle gentleman GEORGE DU MAURIER girl going gracious grave hand heard heart Heyton Highness's hope husband inquired Josceline's kind kiss knew laugh leave little Davey locket looked madam married matter mean mind Miss Burt Miss Jennynge Miss Josceline mother murmured natural never nurse observed offer once Percival Lott perhaps person picture poor present pretty Prior's replied returned seemed smile sorrow speak sure tell tender thank thing thought tion told tone Trant Ultramarine Vernon voice Wallace whispered wife WILKIE COLLINS WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY wish woman words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 91 - Well, I should hope it was because she heard the rumour of your possible departure." " Not she," said Mrs. Jennynge, at which somewhat blunt sally Mr. Josceline smiled as though it had been the subtlest of epigrams. " Mrs. Armytage has found in a book from the circulating library," continued Anastasia, " a passage which has affected her most distressingly." " Dear me ; from one of the poets, no doubt," said Mr. Josceline ; "a delicate nature like hers must be easily unstrung by poetic suggestion."...
Pàgina 104 - And you will keep my little gift too," in Mr. Josceline's ear. " I have given a ring or two away in my time," reflected that gentleman when he found himself in his own apartment, " and in each case with a certain significance attaching to it. But I don't remember any one having given me an ' engaged ring ' before ; and it's not leap year, neither. However, the lady's booked, which is a great relief — my poor dear Ella.