| George Payne R. James - 1846 - 1166 Seiten
...see, am unhurt." " I can scarcely think it possible even yet, Edmond," she replied. " When I think on that awful fall it makes my heart still beat," and she closed her eyes for a moment, with a shudder. Morton gazed at her as she sat with the long black lashes resting on the soft pale... | |
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1846 - 286 Seiten
...can . scarcely think it possible, even yet, Edmond," she replied, leaving him the fair «mall hand in his. "When I think of that awful fall, it makes...black lashes resting on the soft pale cheek ; for she had not yet recovered her color ; but when she opened her eyes again, and they met that warm yet tender... | |
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1846 - 372 Seiten
...see, am unhurt." " I can scarcely think it possible even yet, Edmond," she replied. " When I think on that awful fall it makes my heart still beat," and she closed her eyes for a moment, with a shudder. Morton gazed at her as she sat with the long black lashes resting on the soft pale... | |
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1869 - 490 Seiten
...Bernard ? Where are its temples ? Where are its worshippers ? Who is its Hierophant ? " "Jesus Christ." She closed her eyes for a moment, as if to shut out some painful vision evoked by his words. " Sir, do you recollect the reply of Laplace, when Napoleon... | |
| Augusta Jane Wilson - 1883 - 380 Seiten
...Bernard ? Where are its temples ? Where are its worshippers ? Who is its Hierophant ?" " Jesus Christ." She closed her eyes for a moment, as if to shut out some painful vision evoked by his words. " Sir, do you recollect the reply of Laplace, when Napoleon... | |
| Jessie Fothergill - 1892 - 332 Seiten
...severe pain. " I will go to him," she said, in a perfectly unmoved voice, and when the servant had gone, she closed her eyes for a moment, as if to shut out what was immediately around her. In truth, she needed all the strength that lay in her nature, to give... | |
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1897 - 490 Seiten
...Bernard? Where are its temples? Where are its worshippers? Who is its Hiero« phant?" "Jesus Christ." She closed her eyes for a moment, as if to shut out some painful vision evoked by his words. " Sir, do you recollect the reply of Laplace, when Napoleon... | |
| Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards - 1918 - 350 Seiten
...pronounced finally. "The method by which the information was obtained — but we will not speak of that !" she closed her eyes for a moment, as if to shut out an unlovely vision. "Miss Ross is peculiar: there is no gainsaying that. She has always gone her own... | |
| Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy - 1926 - 330 Seiten
...Litta shook her head. The tears were trickling down her cheeks. "It isn't only that," she murmured, and she closed her eyes for a moment, as if to shut out the brief vision her father's words had evoked of Gabrielle faced with that disappointment, her nerves... | |
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