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Página 41
... less unkindly of them when he came to talk of them later on . Often did the child glance searchingly at his face , but there she read nothing . It was set in that quiet , kindly calm so habitual to it . Where the roads converged , and ...
... less unkindly of them when he came to talk of them later on . Often did the child glance searchingly at his face , but there she read nothing . It was set in that quiet , kindly calm so habitual to it . Where the roads converged , and ...
Página 42
... less favoured as regards wealth and position than their noontide brethren . Hence the dresses of the women children saw on the paths or in the carriages were , for the most part , not so gorgeous in texture or colour , or if they were ...
... less favoured as regards wealth and position than their noontide brethren . Hence the dresses of the women children saw on the paths or in the carriages were , for the most part , not so gorgeous in texture or colour , or if they were ...
Página 47
... less there , for all that ? Ponder well over this . It is not enough that many of those you see should give of their riches , then go forth as now , their consciences quieted ( vain delusion ! ) by having given THE FIRST STUDY ...
... less there , for all that ? Ponder well over this . It is not enough that many of those you see should give of their riches , then go forth as now , their consciences quieted ( vain delusion ! ) by having given THE FIRST STUDY ...
Página 54
... less good or worth the looking at , believe me . Perhaps some of the very poorest , too , whose lives are of the saddest , one ceaseless struggle for bread , of whose very existence , I grieve to tell it you , many of those gaudy ...
... less good or worth the looking at , believe me . Perhaps some of the very poorest , too , whose lives are of the saddest , one ceaseless struggle for bread , of whose very existence , I grieve to tell it you , many of those gaudy ...
Página 57
... less of pleasure , more of earnest , hurried work visible on things and people . At length , after having passed over a long viaduct ( which the little ones were told was a great improve- ment on the existing state of affairs previously ...
... less of pleasure , more of earnest , hurried work visible on things and people . At length , after having passed over a long viaduct ( which the little ones were told was a great improve- ment on the existing state of affairs previously ...
Términos y frases comunes
answered arms asked beautiful busy carriages certainly church CITY OF PLEASURE close cloth course cried Croaker crowd Crown 8vo darlings delighted door Dot's doubt dressed excitement exclaimed eyes face fancy fashion Fcap fear flowers front garden gaze glanced Great-heart told hands happy hatchment head heart Hebrew Bible high bailiff hope hour hurry inquired knew lady little Dot Lollards looked Lowther Street luggage maiden mind morning morocco murmured nearly never night nymphets once party passed pleasure plenty poor portmanteaus Presently Punch and Judy quiet rooks round seemed Shetland ponies side sight sister smile soon sorrow sort stood sure talk tell things thought took travellers trees Trixie and Dot Trixie's truly turned waiting walk watched whispered window wonderful words
Pasajes populares
Página 368 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Página 248 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. "A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...