The Century: A Popular QuarterlyCentury Company, 1896 |
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Page 36
... heart , a little tenderness and delicacy of soul ! Nothing else . He had once taken it for granted that every woman possessed them in some degree ; or was it only since he had found them in this unexampled fullness and wealth that he ...
... heart , a little tenderness and delicacy of soul ! Nothing else . He had once taken it for granted that every woman possessed them in some degree ; or was it only since he had found them in this unexampled fullness and wealth that he ...
Page 37
... had much of it by heart , although he never knew , until he became a haunter of Lady Maxwell's circle , that Naseby had played any part in the gath- ering of it . At the same time , as George had soon ob- SIR GEORGE TRESSADY . 37.
... had much of it by heart , although he never knew , until he became a haunter of Lady Maxwell's circle , that Naseby had played any part in the gath- ering of it . At the same time , as George had soon ob- SIR GEORGE TRESSADY . 37.
Page 42
... heart and imagination as he strained forward , waiting for her voice . Then he settled himself to listen - only to thought of her success in this inferno , grew hot with wrath and irritation . His own vanity suffered in her lack of ...
... heart and imagination as he strained forward , waiting for her voice . Then he settled himself to listen - only to thought of her success in this inferno , grew hot with wrath and irritation . His own vanity suffered in her lack of ...
Page 43
... heart , oppressed with a pity too great for it ; the delicate , trembling conscious- ness , like a point in space , weighed on by the burden of the world ; he stood , as it were , be- side her , hearing with her ears , seeing the earth ...
... heart , oppressed with a pity too great for it ; the delicate , trembling conscious- ness , like a point in space , weighed on by the burden of the world ; he stood , as it were , be- side her , hearing with her ears , seeing the earth ...
Page 44
... heart was all sore , her moral being shaken and vibrating . After these long months of labor and sympathy and emotion , the sudden touch of personal brutality had unnerved her . Mere longing to comfort , to « make up , » overcame him ...
... heart was all sore , her moral being shaken and vibrating . After these long months of labor and sympathy and emotion , the sudden touch of personal brutality had unnerved her . Mere longing to comfort , to « make up , » overcame him ...
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