Diana Wentworth: A Novel

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Harper, 1889 - 251 стор.

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Сторінка 2 - And not in paths of high morality, And not among the half-distinguished faces, The clouded forms of long-past history. I'll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide: Where the grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding; Where the wild wind blows on the mountain-side.
Сторінка 159 - ... what is bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
Сторінка 15 - It is better to dwell in a forest haunted by tigers and lions, the trees our habitation, flowers, fruits and water for food, the grass for a bed, and the bark of the trees for garments, than to live amongst relations, after the loss of wealth.
Сторінка 155 - A few steps further on I met a friend whom I had not seen for a long time, and who lived in a house nearby.
Сторінка 203 - Ivanitch ; and there he sat, book in hand, as though he had not noticed anything. In the middle of the room stood a table, covered with a ragged black oil-cloth, beneath which the edge, hacked in places with penknives, was visible in many places. Around the table stood several unpainted stools, polished with long use.
Сторінка 121 - He waited a moment for her to speak, but she said nothing. She was so surprised and all he said was so unexpected that she could only look at him as though she scarcely understood. He went on, talking with a slight drawl, as though what he was saying were rather funny and he expected her to be amused by it. "You know, you were quite right in saying that at...
Сторінка 122 - She had more conflicting feelings to contend with than he, for it was the first time she had been brought face to face with any one from the outside world, and compelled to realize her own very doubtful position in Thornicroft...
Сторінка 71 - That is the end of it. That is the end of it until another commission is appointed and the same procedure is gone through.
Сторінка 196 - It was the first time he had spoken since they had left the dogcart.
Сторінка 80 - It'was most foolhardy; and if I had not seen it, I would not have believed that even you could have been so reckless.

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