Spitfire seemed to be in the main a good-natured little body, although a disciple of that school of trainers of the young idea which holds that childhood, like money, must be shaken and rattled and
With a quick perception that it was intended to relate to what she had asked, little Florence laid aside the bonnet she had held in her hand until now, and sat down on a stool at the Nurse's ...
In which Mr Dombey, as a Man and a Father, is seen at the Head of the Home Department. The funeral of the deceased lady having been 'performed to the entire satisfaction of the undertaker, as...
Though he was soon satisfied that he had dismissed the idea as romantic and unlikely though possible, there was no denying he could not help pursuing it so far as to entertain within himself a pictu
As the husband did nothing but chuckle and grin, and continually draw his right hand across his mouth, moistening the palm, Mrs Toodle, after nudging him twice or thrice in vain, dropped a curtsey a
It then appeared that she had used the word, not in its legal or business acceptation, when it merely expresses an individual, but as a noun of multitude, or signifying many: for Miss Tox escorted a
In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families. 在管理得极好的家庭中有时是会发生这种突然事件的。 'I shall never cease to congratulate m
Mrs Chick took Miss Tox's hand in hers, rested the foot of her wine glass upon it, repressed a tear, and said in a low voice, 'God bless you!''My dear Louisa then,' said M...
Doctor Parker Peps, one of the Court Physicians, and a man of immense reputation for assisting at the increase of great families, was walking up and down the drawing-room with his hands behind him,
名著阅读“Never mix cards and whisky unless you were weaned on Irish poteen,” Gerald told Pork gravely the same evening, as Pork assisted him to bed. And the valet, who had begun to attempt a brogu
名著阅读Mr. Darcy corroborated it with a bow, and was beginning to determine not to fix his eyes on Elizabeth, when they were suddenly arrested by the sight of the stranger, and Elizabeth happening
名著阅读It so happened that Beth's funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once. 贝思想得不错，她借出的小猫咪还真管用，劳里
名著阅读"We must go, " said Sir John. --"It shall not be put off when we are so near it. You cannot go to town till tomorrow, Brandon, that is all. " “我们一定要去，”约翰爵士说，“事到如今，不
名著阅读As the night wore on and the drinks went round, there came a time when all the others in the game laid down their hands and Gerald and the stranger were battling alone. The stranger shoved i
