'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. |
من داخل الكتاب
الصفحة 129
Alice is by her side , and is supporting her feeble footsteps with an arm that
seems scarcely strong enough for the task . It was the first time that they had left
the house since the news came that one they loved was dead ; and the fresh air ...
Alice is by her side , and is supporting her feeble footsteps with an arm that
seems scarcely strong enough for the task . It was the first time that they had left
the house since the news came that one they loved was dead ; and the fresh air ...
الصفحة 130
It seems to me but yesterday that we were together , loitering - do you remember
it , Alice ? in the wood where the children loved to playit was so dark and thick .
And he was with us , and Edgar and Marie threw the gathered fir - cones at him in
...
It seems to me but yesterday that we were together , loitering - do you remember
it , Alice ? in the wood where the children loved to playit was so dark and thick .
And he was with us , and Edgar and Marie threw the gathered fir - cones at him in
...
الصفحة 131
Alice sighed heavily . She found it very hard to deal with her sister ' s grief ,
embittered as she feared it was by her remorse ; for Lady Thornleigh had never
trusted the girl with her dark secret ; and there were moments when that confiding
heart ...
Alice sighed heavily . She found it very hard to deal with her sister ' s grief ,
embittered as she feared it was by her remorse ; for Lady Thornleigh had never
trusted the girl with her dark secret ; and there were moments when that confiding
heart ...
الصفحة 132
The sisters sat down on a fallen tree , and Alice threw back her veil that the wind
might blow over her flushed and tear - stained cheeks . She , too , was altered ,
but in some respects the change was for the better . The fresh beauty of early ...
The sisters sat down on a fallen tree , and Alice threw back her veil that the wind
might blow over her flushed and tear - stained cheeks . She , too , was altered ,
but in some respects the change was for the better . The fresh beauty of early ...
الصفحة 133
To little Marie Thornleigh , Alice had ever been dearer than ought else on earth ;
for from her earliest infancy the child could not remember either the hour or the
day when the girl - aunt was not ready to be happy with her , or to sympathize in ...
To little Marie Thornleigh , Alice had ever been dearer than ought else on earth ;
for from her earliest infancy the child could not remember either the hour or the
day when the girl - aunt was not ready to be happy with her , or to sympathize in ...
ما يقوله الناس - كتابة مراجعة
لم نعثر على أي مراجعات في الأماكن المعتادة.
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
acquaintance affection Alice answer appearance Arthur asked beauty believe better Brandreth brought called cause child Considine continued course dark dear death deep duty early eyes face father fear feeling felt follow Gertrude girl give gone hand happy hard head heard heart Helen hope husband interest Juan Katie kind knew known Lady Thornleigh least leave less light listen lived look means ment mind mother nature never night object once passed perhaps Peters Philip poor present received remained rest Rhoda rich seemed seen side sight sister soon sorrow speak spirits stood strong sure talk tell thing thought tion told true truth turned Vaughan voice weak weary wife wish woman women young
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 220 - Meantime I seek no sympathies, nor need ; The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted, — they have torn me — and I bleed : I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.
الصفحة 246 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
الصفحة 86 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain.
الصفحة 204 - Steadfast, serene, immovable, the same Year after year, through all the silent night Burns on for evermore that quenchless flame, Shines on that inextinguishable light...
الصفحة 178 - And the Poet, faithful and far-seeing, Sees, alike in stars and flowers, a part Of the self-same, universal being, Which is throbbing in his brain and heart. Gorgeous flowerets in the sunlight shining, Blossoms flaunting in the eye of day, Tremulous leaves, with soft and silver lining, Buds that open only to decay...
الصفحة 220 - The tree will wither long before it fall; The hull drives on, though mast and sail be torn; The roof-tree sinks, but moulders on the hall In massy hoariness; the...
الصفحة 202 - In some fair body thus th' informing soul With spirits feeds, with vigour fills the whole ; Each motion guides, and every nerve sustains, Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heaven in wit has been profuse, Want as much more to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Though meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
الصفحة 152 - Heaven's Sovereign saves all beings, but himself, That hideous sight, a naked human heart.
الصفحة 178 - Flaunting gaily in the golden light ; Large desires, with most uncertain issues, Tender wishes, blossoming at night ! These in flowers and men are more than seeming Workings are they of the self-same powers, Which the Poet, in no idle dreaming, Seeth in himself, and in the flowers.
معلومات المراجع
| العنوان | 'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun]. المجلد 2 من 'Recommended to mercy' [by M.C. Houstoun], Matilda Charlotte Houstoun |
| المؤلف | Matilda Charlotte Houstoun |
| منشور | 1862 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 13 تموز (يوليو) 2006 |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |