The Life of Charlotte BrontëSmith, Elder, 1889 - 448 страници |
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admiration Agnes Grey Ambleside Anne ANNE BRONTË Anne's appearance believe Branwell Brussels character Charlotte Brontë Charlotte's cheer church cold Cowan Bridge Currer Bell daughter dear death duty Emily Emily Brontë Emily's excitement expression eyes father fear feel felt G. H. LEWES girls give glad happy Haworth hear heard heart Heckmondwike Héger hope impression interest Jane Eyre Keighley kind kindly knew lady Lewes living London look Luddites Martha Messrs mind Miss Brontë Miss Martineau moors morning nature never night once pain Papa pleasant pleasure poems present publishers pupils quiet received Roe Head seems sent Shirley sisters Smith solitude speak spirits stay strong suffering Tabby talk tell Thackeray thank things thought tion told took truth walk week wish woman words write written wrote Wuthering Heights Yorkshire
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Страница 37 - I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay, So thou wilt woo; but else, not for the world. In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond, And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light: But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true Than those that have more cunning to be strange.
Страница 205 - ... that he is losing his sight. I have felt for some months that I ought not to be away from him; and I feel now that it would be too selfish to leave him (at least, as long as Branwell and Anne are absent), in order to pursue selfish interests of my own. With the help of God, I will try to deny myself in this matter, and to wait. "I suffered much before I left Brussels. I think, however long I live, I shall not forget what the parting with M. Heger cost me. It grieved me so much to grieve him who...
Страница 256 - mild eyes", "to finish more and be more subdued" ; but neither am I sure of that.
Страница 125 - ... God's mercy, in our power to attain a degree of self-government, which is essential to our own happiness, and contributes greatly to that of those around us. Take care of over-excitement, and endeavour to keep a quiet mind (even for your health it is the best advice that can be given you): your moral and spiritual improvement will then keep pace with the culture of your intellectual powers. 'And now, Madam, God bless you! 'Farewell, and believe me to be your sincere friend, 'ROBERT SOUTHEY.
Страница 256 - ... which becomes their master — which will have its own way — putting out of view all behests but its own, dictating certain words, and insisting on their being used, whether vehement or measured in their nature ; new-moulding characters, giving unthought-of turns to incidents, rejecting carefully-elaborated old ideas, and suddenly creating and adopting new ones. " Is it not so ? And should we try to counteract this influence ? Can we indeed counteract it...
Страница 433 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust ; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life...
Страница 106 - I had hoped to have had the extreme pleasure of seeing you at Haworth this summer, but human affairs are mutable, and human resolutions must bend to the course of events. We are all about to divide, break up, separate. Emily is going to school, Branwell is going to London, and I am going to be a governess. This last determination I formed myself, knowing that I should have to take the step sometime, "and better sune as syne...
Страница 48 - I asked Branwell what was the best way of knowing the difference between the intellects of man and woman; he answered, "By considering the difference between them as to their bodies." I then asked Charlotte what was the best book in the world; she answered, "The Bible." And what was the next best; she answered, "The Book of Nature.
Страница 240 - He read it trembling. It declined, indeed, to publish that tale, for business reasons, but it discussed its merits and demerits so courteously, so considerately, in a spirit so rational, with a discrimination so enlightened, that this very refusal cheered the author better than a vulgarly-expressed acceptance would have done. It was added, that a work in three volumes would meet with careful attention.
Страница 48 - Charlotte what was the best book in the world ; she answered, ' The Bible.' And what was the next best ; she answered, ' The Book of Nature.' I then asked the next what was the best mode of education for a woman ; she answered, ' That which would make her rule her house well.' Lastly, I asked the oldest what was the best mode of spending time ; she answered, ' By laying it out in preparation for a happy eternity.