A changed man, The waiting supper, and other tales. Pocket ed1919 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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Populaire passages
Pagina 75 - When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Pagina 131 - ... once happened there. . . . Once upon a time, very far from England, there lived three men who loved each other so greatly that neither man nor woman could come between them. They were in no sense refined, nor to be admitted to the...
Pagina 279 - They clambered up on some cliffs, and while sitting there, looldng around at St. Michael's Mount and other objects, Charles said to her that he thought he would run down to the beach at their feet, and take just one plunge into the sea. Baptista did not much like the idea of being left alone ; it was gloomy, she said. But he assured her he would not be gone more than a quarter of an hour at the outside, and she passively assented. Down he went, disappeared, appeared again, and k>oked back.
Pagina 85 - Is it worth while, after so many years ? ' she said to him. ' We are fairly happy as we are — perhaps happier than we should be in any other relation, seeing what old people we have grown. The weight is gone from our lives ; the shadow no longer divides us : then let us be joyful together as we are, dearest Nic, in the days of our vanity ; and With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.
Pagina 173 - The profile of the whole stupendous ruin, as seen at a distance of a mile eastward, is clearly cut as that of a marble inlay. It is varied with protuberances, which from hereabouts have the animal aspect of warts, wens, knuckles, and hips. It may indeed be likened to an enormous many-limbed organism of an antediluvian time . . . lying lifeless, and covered with a thin green cloth...
Pagina 408 - At a little sea-side nook, where my yacht lies at anchor,' he said tentatively. ' Now, Margery, in five minutes we can be aboard, and in half an hour we can be sailing away all the world over. Will you come ? ' ' I cannot decide,' she said, in low tones. ' Why not ? ' ' Because ' Then on a sudden, Margery seemed to see all contingencies : she became white as a fleece, and a bewildered look came into her eyes.