 You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break your teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrized : do not doubt that your mental stomach — if you have such a thing — is strong as an ostrich's — the stone will digest.  Hours at Home - Página 1851870Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1849 - 422 páginas
...secret. Take the matter as you find it: ask no questions; utter no remonstrances: it is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone; break...scorpion. Show no consternation: close your fingers flrmly upon the gift; let it sting through your palm. Never mind: in time, after your hand and arm... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1859 - 582 páginas
...your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have_got a stone ; break your teeth ou it, and dou't shriek because the nerves are martyrized : do not doubt that your mental stomach—if you have such a thing—is strong as an ostrich's—the stone will digest. You held out... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1872 - 608 páginas
...Take the matter as you find it : ask no questions ; utter no remonstrances : it is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break...it a scorpion. Show no consternation : close your gers firmly upon the gift ; let it sting through your palm. Never mind : in time, after your hand and... | |
 | Peter Bayne - 1881 - 428 páginas
...Take the matter as you find it. Ask no questions ; utter no remonstrances. It is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break...teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrised. You held out your hand for an egg, and fate put into it a scorpion. Show no consternation... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë, Laura Carter Holloway - 1883 - 168 páginas
...Take the matter as you find it : ask no questions, utter no remonstrances. It is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break...as an ostrich's — the stone will digest. You held it your hand for an egg, and fate put into it a scorpion. Show no consternation. Close your fingers... | |
 | AUGUSTINE BIRREL - 1887 - 204 páginas
...Take the matter as you find it: ask no questions ; utter no remonstrances : it is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone; break...nerves are martyrized; do not doubt that your mental stomach—if you have such a thing—is strong as an ostrich's—the stone will digest. You held out... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1888 - 560 páginas
...Take the matter as you find it: ask no questions; utter no remonstrances : it is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone; break...teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrised : do not doubt that your mental stomach—if you have such a thing—is strong as an ostrich's:... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1893 - 396 páginas
...Take the matter as you find it : ask no questions ; utter no remonstrances : it is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break...teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrised : do not doubt that your mental stomach — if you have such a thing — is strong as an... | |
 | William James Dawson - 1905 - 332 páginas
...you have got a stone; break your teeth on it, and don't shriek because your nerves are martyrised; do not doubt that your mental stomach — if you have...fingers firmly upon the gift; let it sting through the palm. Never mind : in time, after your hand and arm have swelled and quivered long with torture,... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1905 - 400 páginas
...Take the matter as you find it : ask no questions ; utter no remonstrances : it is your best wisdom. You expected bread, and you have got a stone ; break...teeth on it, and don't shriek because the nerves are martyrised ; do not doubt that your mental stomach — if you have such a thing — is strong as an... | |
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