| Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard - 1802 - 188 páginas
...the hour of my death!" Emily's young heart, struck by these words, seemed to die within her; she hid her face with her hands, and burst into a flood of tears. Mrs. Wyndham and Mrs. Neville looked at each other, but took no notice of her emotion, which she soon... | |
| 1839 - 756 páginas
...happened." " Lord Montgomery !" "Well! what of him?" " He has just proposed to me. Oh, aunt Letty 1" And she covered her face with her hands, and burst...astonished. For a moment or two, all she could utter, was " welll" ia a tone of yoice which com811 pletely baffles description ; but which certainly implied... | |
| sir Arthur Wilmot (fict.name.) - 1835 - 630 páginas
...was a long time before I could obtain any answer. My mother threw herself back in her seat, covering her face with her hands, and burst into a flood of tears. My worst fears were confirmed, but I endeavoured to soothe her, protesting that I would not insist... | |
| Alexandre Dumas - 1847 - 1002 páginas
...then !" " Yes." " To Simon f The somnambulist made a violent effort. " To Simon," said she. Then she covered her face with her hands, and burst into a flood of tears. lialsamo glanced at Marat, -who -with gaping mouth, disordered hair, and dilated eyes, was gazing at... | |
| George William M. Reynolds - 1849 - 824 páginas
...of skeleton keys and a crow-bar ; and when they had quitted the house, she sank down upon a chair— covered her face with her hands— and burst into a flood of convulsive weeping. These tears relieved her; — and hurrying away from the shop, she stole cantiously... | |
| Elizabeth Charles - 1856 - 378 páginas
...silent. Achsah stood some minutes like a statue, and then she sate down on the edge of the vine-terrace, covered her face with her hands, and burst into a flood of bitter tears. She was roused by her father's hand on her head. "What ails you, child?" " Oh, father,... | |
| Sarah Smith Jones - 1860 - 254 páginas
...Jesus is thy, Saviour; wilt thou not receive, the God, that Redeemed thee ?" Hadassah spoke not, but covered her face with her hands, and burst into a flood of tears. " It was because he loved thee as one of his chosen Israel, that he. became man, and suffered, and... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 826 páginas
...dreadful it is ! How could you be so cruel as to tell him there was hope, when you knew there was none 1 " And she covered her face with her hands, and burst into a fit of hysterical sobbing. Hugh dropped on his knees beside her, and began quieting her with loving... | |
| George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1864 - 436 páginas
...thrown forcibly upon the sofa ; and finding herself baffled, defeated, overwhelmed at every point, she covered her face with her hands and burst into a flood of tears. At the same moment the Prince snapped the dagger in twain and dashed the contents of a water-decanter... | |
| George William MacArthur Reynolds - 1864 - 436 páginas
...thrown forcibly upon the sofa ; and finding herself baffled, defeated, overwhelmed at every point, she covered her face with her hands and burst into a flood of tears. At the same moment the Prince snapped the dagger in twain and dashed the contents of a water-decanter... | |
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