Below the surface [by sir A.H. Elton]. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 1
... once upon a time ebbed and flowed along that valley , now rich with green pastures and waving corn and stately rows of elms ; and had washed the base of those hills jutting out into rocky promontories , sparely interspersed with ancient ...
... once upon a time ebbed and flowed along that valley , now rich with green pastures and waving corn and stately rows of elms ; and had washed the base of those hills jutting out into rocky promontories , sparely interspersed with ancient ...
Page 4
... once , and for ever . " I shall not go near the house again , unless invited . " At that moment the loud baying of dogs from the adjacent stables and farmyard , rising above the milder uproar usual in those quarters , showed that ...
... once , and for ever . " I shall not go near the house again , unless invited . " At that moment the loud baying of dogs from the adjacent stables and farmyard , rising above the milder uproar usual in those quarters , showed that ...
Page 5
... once evi- dently been a very pretty creature , and , though now rather large and matronly , presented , of an evening especially , a decidedly winning appearance . She was fair , with clear - cut , regular features ; a dimpled chin ...
... once evi- dently been a very pretty creature , and , though now rather large and matronly , presented , of an evening especially , a decidedly winning appearance . She was fair , with clear - cut , regular features ; a dimpled chin ...
Page 11
... once upon a time . The very estate we have lately purchased belonged to him . The Nugents of Fitznugent are nearly con- nected with him . The Clintons of Llanellesmere are his cousins . A Herbert Nugent was hanged , drawn , and quar ...
... once upon a time . The very estate we have lately purchased belonged to him . The Nugents of Fitznugent are nearly con- nected with him . The Clintons of Llanellesmere are his cousins . A Herbert Nugent was hanged , drawn , and quar ...
Page 13
... once more drop a line to your faithful Emily . " Tis ages since you last wrote - I think full three years ; but the delay only adds to the zest . You ask after me and mine , what I am doing , saying , thinking . ' Tis so kind of you to ...
... once more drop a line to your faithful Emily . " Tis ages since you last wrote - I think full three years ; but the delay only adds to the zest . You ask after me and mine , what I am doing , saying , thinking . ' Tis so kind of you to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Agatha answered anxiety Beaumont House began boudoir carriage chair CHARLOTTE BRONTE church Clawthorp countenance Crayfoot dark darling David Price dear dearest Delafield dinner doctor door drawing-room Edward excitement exclaimed Nugent eyes face Fazackerley feel felt Finchley Flintwood followed gentleman Gertrude Gertrude's going Grierson hand Harrill hastened hastily head heard heart horse husband Jessie La Fronde Lady Maud letter light looked Lovell Lovell's Lucy mamma Manor Farm Manor House marriage matter Maud's mind Miss Beverley Miss Seton mother never Nutt Okenham once parcel passed poor pretty rejoined Rentworth replied road round Rubbley seemed servants Sharker side Sir Eliot Prichard Sir Reginald Clinton Sludge smile soon Spottle suddenly Swampshire tears tell thing thought took turned Usherwood voice Weston whilst wife window Winthrop wish words workhouse yeomanry young
Popular passages
Page 324 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off : it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched...
Page 249 - DIM as the borrow'd beams of moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is Reason to the soul : and as on high. Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day.
Page 356 - He was a man, take him for all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again ! He was emphatically a man ! Ay, sir, a man.
Page 356 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Page 67 - Not a whit disturbed, John smiled, as if at some mighty pleasant fancy of his own, as he replied,— "Thank you, Di; and as a further proof of the utter depravity of my nature, let me tell you that I have the greatest possible respect for those articles of ironmongery. Some of the happiest hours of my life have been spent in their society; some of my...
Page 401 - Extremes. By Miss EW Atkinson, Author of " Memoirs of the Queens of Prussia." Two volumes. "A nervous and vigorous style, an elaborate delineation of character under many varieties, spirited and...