 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
 | Sir Andrew Macphail - 1906 - 474 sidor
...the contrary; it was better than a solitary exile. My brother was lost. My father was dead." Beatrix covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out the horror of that night in Lombard Street. I took them both in mine and she sheltered her head upon my... | |
 | William Hamilton Osborne - 1909 - 354 sidor
...Shirley. "When he faced Laurie and told him what he thought of him — it was simply awful !" and the girl covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the sight of it all. "Why, Shirley," said Miriam quietly, "it's a prosecutor's business to say these things... | |
 | David Belasco - 1911 - 368 sidor
...quittin', quittin', right there on the clay, an' quittin' hard. Oh, so hard ! " Once more she stopped and covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the horror of it all. Presently she had herself under control and resumed: " Yes, he died — died jest... | |
 | David Belasco - 1911 - 376 sidor
...quittin', quittin', right there on the clay, an' quittin' hard. Oh, so hard! " Once more she stopped and covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the horror of it all. Presently she had herself under control and resumed : " Yes, he died — died jest... | |
 | John Cowper Powys - 1915 - 750 sidor
...it is as Mr. Andersen says, something ought to be done! It is a horrible, perfectly horrible idea!" She covered her face with her hands as if to shut out some unbearable vision. James Andersen watched them both intently, leaning against the wood-work of... | |
 | J. E. Buckrose - 1915 - 332 sidor
...the terrace " " Don't ! " cried Ann. " I can't bear it ! " She sat down again on the stone bench and covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the whole picture of grey, wind-swept Wodenscar and their future life there. " Stephen ! I feel I can't... | |
 | Marion McClelland - 1921 - 310 sidor
...his eyes ; then her lips went very white and she stopped suddenly. " What do you mean ? " he asked. She covered her face with her hands as if to shut out the self-inflicted inquisition. Something reminded her that happiness was here, and she was stopping on... | |
 | Elaine Frantz Parsons - 2003 - 268 sidor
...have been so intoxicated that I was hardly conscious of what passed around me. Never but once." . . . She covered her face with her hands, as if to shut out some fearful sight. Yet still it rose before her. Brilliantly-lighted rooms; the flashing of jewels,... | |
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