The Burgomaster's Family: Or, Weal and Woe in a Little WorldScribner, Armstrong & Company, 1873 - 195 Seiten |
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... calm woman's heart , and which ex- They were obliged to be content with over him . ercised a refreshing , hallowing influence his answer . This had happened a few months ago ; so from that day Otto came every evening to spend a few ...
... calm woman's heart , and which ex- They were obliged to be content with over him . ercised a refreshing , hallowing influence his answer . This had happened a few months ago ; so from that day Otto came every evening to spend a few ...
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... calm , serious face , and a smile upon his lips which gave something half- sarcastic , half - melancholy to the expression of his countenance . But , whatever might be Otto's medita- tions on this subject , they were broken off by the ...
... calm , serious face , and a smile upon his lips which gave something half- sarcastic , half - melancholy to the expression of his countenance . But , whatever might be Otto's medita- tions on this subject , they were broken off by the ...
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... calm tone of his voice whilst Bruno were already sitting quite prepared he slowly pronounced each word , as if he for the arrival of their company . The had first carefully thought it over before it mother and son were together in the ...
... calm tone of his voice whilst Bruno were already sitting quite prepared he slowly pronounced each word , as if he for the arrival of their company . The had first carefully thought it over before it mother and son were together in the ...
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... would have fresh air could step out on to a balcony thought impossible in a face generally so which was concealed behind the curtain . calm . A shiver passed through his limbs , and whilst he covered his face with his hands a THE BALL . 47.
... would have fresh air could step out on to a balcony thought impossible in a face generally so which was concealed behind the curtain . calm . A shiver passed through his limbs , and whilst he covered his face with his hands a THE BALL . 47.
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... calm and rigid as ever ; no one could have remarked anything unusual in it . An hour afterwards the ball was in full ladies were among the most in request as swing . partners , and they were obliged more than once to split their dances ...
... calm and rigid as ever ; no one could have remarked anything unusual in it . An hour afterwards the ball was in full ladies were among the most in request as swing . partners , and they were obliged more than once to split their dances ...
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The Burgomaster's Family: Or Weal and Woe in a Little World (Classic Reprint) Christine Muller Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance Amsterdam answer Arnheim Arnold asked aunt Beckley Brummen Bruno Eversberg Burgomaster Welters calm Celine Celine's chair cheeks child cold countenance counting-house Cousin Emmy dark daughter dear death Dilburg door dress Elizabeth Emmy Emmy's emotion entered expression eyes face father fear feeling felt foundry Friesland gave Geele give hand happy head heart hope hour husband Javanese kiss knew lady laugh letter lingen lips look mamma marriage married Mary matter mind Miss Potter Montpellier morning mother Muller never once Otto Welters Otto's painful pale papa passed passion recollection round seemed Seyna silence sitting Siword Hiddema smile Sollingen sorrow speak spoke Stein Stellenburg stood strange tears tell things thought tion tone took town turbed up-stairs uttered voice walked whilst whole wife William de Graaff wish words young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 4 - L'homme est un apprenti, la douleur est son maître, Et nul ne se connaît tant qu'il n'a pas souffert. C'est une dure loi, mais une loi suprême, Vieille comme le monde et la fatalité, Qu'il nous faut du malheur recevoir le baptême, Et qu'à ce triste prix tout doit être acheté.
Seite 179 - Bruno's marriage, and of the finding of the letters on her wedding-day. . . . He did not interrupt her. He let her tell him all, but his countenance was pale and rigid, and he held his teeth fast set, as if a struggle was going on within him, to which he did not venture to give the smallest expression. When Emmy had finished, he gently released her from his arms and made her sit by him. He then got up and walked up and down the room two or three times in silence, till he came and stood before her,...
Seite 179 - It was one of those warm, sunny September days with the fresh bracing air which distinguish autumn. The height of the season was over for Sollingen. Most of the visitors of the hotel had gone to their homes, and the few families still remaining there were on the point of leaving, and were enjoying the autumn afternoon, drinking their coffee in the broad verandah which extended along the front of the house. Siword walked slowly along the verandah, and as he bowed to the visitors he cast a long, searching...