 ... and, throwing himself backward with a jerk, tore her out of the water by an effort almost superhuman. Such was the force exerted by the torrent on one side, and the desperate lover on the other, that not her shoes only, but her stockings, though gartered,...  PUT YOURSELF IN HIS PLACE - Seite 197von CHARLES READE - 1870Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1870 - 802 Seiten
...not her shoes only, but her stockings, though gartered, were torn off her in that fierce struggle. He had her in his arms, and cried aloud, and sobbed over...shrieked : " don't take advantage of her condition, villain." " Your wife, you scoundrel ! You stole her from me once ; now come and take her from me again.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1870 - 834 Seiten
...not her shoes only, but her stockings, though gartered, were torn off her in that fierce struggle. He had her in his arms, and cried aloud, and sobbed over...lank hair, and her wet clothes, in a wild rapture. Ho went on kissing her and sobbing over her so wildly and so long, that Coventry, who had at first... | |
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