Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and Her Sisters: Wuthering heights, by E. Brontë; and A. Grey, by A. BrontëScribner, Welford, & Armstrong, 1873 |
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... troubles too , " she said . " Oh , I'll turn the talk on my landlord's family ! " I thought to myself . " A good subject to start ! And that pretty girl - widow , I should like to know her history : whether she be a native of the ...
... troubles too , " she said . " Oh , I'll turn the talk on my landlord's family ! " I thought to myself . " A good subject to start ! And that pretty girl - widow , I should like to know her history : whether she be a native of the ...
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... trouble . He got through , and the doctor affirmed it was in a great measure owing to me , and praised me for my care . I was vain of his com- mendations , and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them , and thus Hindley ...
... trouble . He got through , and the doctor affirmed it was in a great measure owing to me , and praised me for my care . I was vain of his com- mendations , and softened towards the being by whose means I earned them , and thus Hindley ...
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... troubles on earth . He died quietly in his chair one October evening , seated by the fire - side . A high wind blustered round the house , and roared in the chimney : it sounded wild and stormy , yet it was not cold , and we were all ...
... troubles on earth . He died quietly in his chair one October evening , seated by the fire - side . A high wind blustered round the house , and roared in the chimney : it sounded wild and stormy , yet it was not cold , and we were all ...
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... troubles . I could not have imagined her to be so selfish . " She lifted a mouthful to her lips ; then she set it down again : her cheeks flushed , and the tears gushed over them . She slipped her fork to the floor , and hastily dived ...
... troubles . I could not have imagined her to be so selfish . " She lifted a mouthful to her lips ; then she set it down again : her cheeks flushed , and the tears gushed over them . She slipped her fork to the floor , and hastily dived ...
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... troubles , which she vainly strove to hide from my mockery . That sounds ill - natured : but she was so proud , it became really impossible to pity her distresses , till she should be chastened into more humility . She did bring herself ...
... troubles , which she vainly strove to hide from my mockery . That sounds ill - natured : but she was so proud , it became really impossible to pity her distresses , till she should be chastened into more humility . She did bring herself ...
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Agnes Grey amuse answered asked began better Bloomfield Catherine Earnshaw Catherine's companion countenance cousin cried dear door Earnshaw Edgar Ellen Ellis Bell exclaimed eyes face father fear feel felt fire friends Gimmerton girl hand happy Hareton hate Hatfield head hear heard heart Heathcliff Hindley hope hour Isabella Jane Eyre Joseph keep kitchen knew laugh leave Linton live look mamma master Matilda Meltham mind Miss Catherine Miss Cathy Miss Grey Miss Murray mistress morning mother Nancy Brown Nelly never night once papa Penistone poor replied returned seemed servant sister Skulker smile soon speak stay suppose sure talk tell there's thing Thomas Ashby thought Thrushcross Grange told took trouble turned up-stairs uttered walk Weston window wish wonder words Wuthering Heights young lady Zillah
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Page 389 - God's mercy, and with a quiet conscience ; therefore if there be any of you, who by this means cannot quiet his own conscience herein, but requireth further comfort or counsel ; let him come to me, or to some other discreet and learned Minister of God's Word, and open his grief...
Page 73 - If all else perished, and he remained, / should still continue to be. And if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger — I should not seem a part of it.
Page 146 - What right - answer me - for the poor fancy you felt for Linton? Because misery and degradation, and death, and nothing that God or Satan could inflict would have parted us, you, of your own will, did it . I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. So much the worse for me, that I am strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you oh, God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?
Page 73 - I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for HeathclifF resembles the eternal rocks beneath : a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff — he's always, always in my mind — not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself — but as my own being...
Page 3 - ... a gentleman as many a country squire : rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure ; and rather morose. Possibly, some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort : I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling — to manifestations of mutual kindliness. He'll love and hate equally under cover, and...
Page 303 - I started ; and then he seemed to smile. I could not think him dead : but his face and throat were washed with rain ; the bedclothes dripped, and he was perfectly still. The lattice, flapping to and fro, had grazed one hand that rested on the sill ; no blood trickled from the broken skin, and when I put my fingers to it, I could doubt no more : he was dead and stark...
Page 32 - ... there: because he was determined he would not leave it as he found it. Well, the conclusion was that my mistress grumbled herself calm ; and Mr. Earnshaw told me to wash it, and give it clean things, and let it sleep with the children.
Page 145 - the thing that irks me most is this shattered prison, after all. I'm tired of being enclosed here. I'm wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart; but really with it, and in it.
Page 103 - Oh, heavens! In old days this would win you knighthood!' exclaimed Mrs. Linton. 'We are vanquished! we are vanquished! Heathcliff would as soon lift a finger at you as the king would march his army against a colony of mice. Cheer up! you sha'n't be hurt! Your type is not a lamb, it's a sucking leveret.
Page 46 - The mistress visited her often in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage...