 And she covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out some unpleasant object. " Poor predestined child of sin, branded by nature from her birth, and charged with wicked passions, as the snake with venom, I cannot but pity her!  How to Manage It; a Novel - Sida 263efter Iltudus Thomas Prichard - 1864Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1896 - 680 sidor
...entreatingly ; " it was a horrid dream, a terrible dream, and it was all so real. I can see it even now," and she covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the ghostly vision. " Here, dear, take some coffee and an egg. Don't let her tell it now, John ; wait till... | |
 | Alien - 1897 - 344 sidor
...better." " In those words you admit your fear for him," replied Bell piteously. Then, with a low moan, she covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out some invading dread. Presently she looked into Ralph's face again with a rekindling of courage, and... | |
 | Eliza Orne White - 1898 - 338 sidor
...Elsie at church with that new touch of gravity, Elsie at home, Elsie as she had looked last summer ; she covered her face with her hands as if to shut out these recollections of a bygone time. It could not be that she who was so fitted for happiness in this... | |
 | Elizabeth Phipps Train - 1898 - 288 sidor
...Here recollection became too strong for 196 even her self-mastery, and she stopped her recital and covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out the painful scene which memory vividly reproduced before her mental vision. I dared not speak. It seemed... | |
 | Mary Devereux - 1899 - 416 sidor
...Mary ; you must do that. I do not wish to have him speak to me of the matter; I could not bear it." And she covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out the very prospect of such a thing. Mary's white forehead wrinkled as though from perplexity, while her... | |
 | George Moore - 1899 - 528 sidor
...sin and sorrow; you are not the first victim. Ah, what ruin, what misery, what death!" Mrs. Barfield covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out the memories that crowded upon her. "I think, ma'am, if you will excuse my saying so, that a great deal... | |
 | George Moore - 1899 - 528 sidor
...sin and sorrow ; you are not the first victim. Ah, what ruin, what misery, what death!" Mrs. Barfield covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out the memories that crowded upon her. "I think, ma'am, if you will excuse my saying so, that a great deal... | |
 | Elizabeth Vigoureux Imhaus - 1901 - 444 sidor
...terrible disclosure ? Gonzago, my husband, is the accomplice, and Chopard, the murderer, is my father." She covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out the terrible picture of the murdered Captain, in his once happy home ; the innocent young girl Julie Marteau... | |
 | Arthur Paterson - 1902 - 376 sidor
...kill ourselves with shame, when we —O God! Karl, why did I ever let you come within this house ? " She covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the smile with which he was regarding her. Karl comfortably crossed his legs. " Because I gave you what... | |
 | Adolphe d' Ennery - 1904 - 220 sidor
...pity was, her grief broke out anew. " Oh, Louise ! my sister, my poor darling ! " she wailed, while she covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the sight of those who were to force her to leave France and her sister, branded as a fallen " I telJ you... | |
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