 Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes, sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens...  The Mechanism of English Style - Pagina 176door Lewis Worthington Smith - 1916 - 291 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1822 - 734 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...courted the fair Alice W— n ; and, as much as children coidd understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial incunt in maidens —... | |
 | 1822 - 496 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle,but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how, for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W — a ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty,... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...the fair Alice W n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens — when... | |
 | 1835 - 356 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how, for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...fair Alice W — n; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial, meant in maidens ; when suddenly,... | |
 | 1835 - 432 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...the fair Alice W n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens — when... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pagina’s
...not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then f told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes, sometimes in despair, yet persisting -ever, 1 courted the fair Alice W — n; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1836 - 362 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...fair Alice W — n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens — when... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pagina’s
...stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes, and sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted...the fair Alice W n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens — when... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...fair Alice W — n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial, meant in maidens — when... | |
 | Story-teller - 1843 - 324 pagina’s
...prayed me not to go on about their uncle, but to tell them some stories about their pretty dead mother. Then I told how, for seven long years, in hope sometimes,...fair Alice W — n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them vvhat coyness, and difficulty, and denial, meant in maidens ; when... | |
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