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Seite 157 - Dick's face had grown very thin, which made his eyes look much larger, and a great deal of his brown, ruddy colour was gone, and his expression was much graver, firmer, and older. "I do not think I can be more changed than you are, Nellie," he said. "Am I changed?" she said a little coquettishly, conscious of trained curls on her brow instead of the old natural silky waviness, and of considerable alterations in dress. " Yes, very much ; you look older and more sedate, and you have become quite a...
Seite 322 - You can really have no notion how delightful it will be When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!" But the snail replied, "Too far, too far!" and gave a look askance — Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance, Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance. Would not, could not, would not, could not, could not join the dance. "What matters it how far we go?
Seite 322 - Will you walk a little faster? said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle— will you come and join the dance? Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?
Seite 361 - Fear no more the heat o' the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.
Seite 130 - ... would come bounding in to stand over his cradle and feed him, and he throve well. Now I knew that my bad husband could only be saved by a very great effort on my part, and I vowed that I would make my boy into a priest, and that his first mass should be for his father's soul. I...
Seite 121 - perhaps Monsieur intends to marry her himself ; it is his right, and as her only male relative, his bounden duty ; of course, if he should desire it, I also will do my best." A confused sense came flitting over Dick's bewildered mind that, like Boaz, as nearest of kin, he had a solemn duty to perform in espousing his cousin ; then the absurdity of the notion crossed him, and he could hardly help smiling. " In England, " he said "it is our habit to let young ladies please themselves about marrying.
Seite 142 - but that is a good position ! a first-rate position ! " " It is ! " said Etienne, leaning back and twisting the point of his moustache. " I always said that he would go far !" said Monsieur la Harpe, rubbing his hands with a chuckle. " Merit, skill and perseverance always succeed,
Seite 134 - That is beyond my dreams," said Madame la Harpe. " I wonder how Amelie and my daughter-in-law have fared ? " " No one could refuse Madame Jean," said Nellie. " It would be like refusing St. Catherine herself." " Yes, she is a very saint, my daughter-in-law," said Madame la Harpe with a sigh. " Her vocation was always the cloister." " Indeed ? " said Nellie eagerly. " Then why did she marry ? " " It was the will of her parents. She had a good portion, and was a very suitable parti for our Jean. We...