 | Women - 1834 - 604 pages
...valueless to Susan Morris. She threw her books on the grass, sat down at the foot of the great oak tree, buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. We all gathered round and tried for some time to console her, but vainly. A blight was on her fair... | |
 | William Cross (of Paisley.) - 1846 - 460 pages
...feel compelled to renounce the bright hopes 1 once indulged in, in connection with you." Again Agues buried her face in her hands and sobbed as if her...thought that four months' separation could so far turn your mind from me as to make you wish our engagement at an end. James! James ! you could not propose... | |
 | Mrs. G. M. Flanders - Abolitionists - 1860 - 300 pages
...success, but from that restless desire we all have* to keep doing.- My poor, poor boy ! " and the widow buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The sufferer, aroused from his partial slumber by the sobs of his mother, extended his hand feebly... | |
 | Ballyblunder - 1860 - 312 pages
...the sweet yet sorrowful remembrances, which were so forcibly awakened, completely overcame her; she buried her face in her hands and sobbed as if her heart would break. Archie's face was pale, and his lips firmly compressed; but he could not, strive as he would, keep... | |
 | Mrs. G. M. Flanders - Abolitionists - 1860 - 310 pages
...success, but from that restless desire we all have to keep doing. My poor, poor boy ! " and the widow buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The sufferer, aroused from his partial slumber by the sobs of his mother, extended his hand feebly... | |
 | English periodicals - 1873 - 590 pages
...gone. As the door closed behind him, and the last echo of Willie Hume's step died away, Blanche Stanton buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. Three minutes later the great doors of Brassil Court closed behind Captain Hume for ever. Two years... | |
 | Sarah Sharp Hamer - 1883 - 196 pages
...found that Tom was too strong for her, she suddenly left off pulling, threw herself on the ground, hid her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The moment Emily began to cry, Tom felt sorry, as sorry as possible for what he had done. As I have... | |
 | Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler - Manners and customs - 1901 - 456 pages
...happy if it hadn't been for you. Oh ! George, how could you — how could you ? " And then poor Connie buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. Major Glyn stood looking at his wife for a moment as if stupefied; and then — feeling that he had... | |
 | Charles Hanford Henderson - American fiction - 1908 - 442 pages
...knelt at Robert's side, her heart full of mother grief at the passing of this, her almost son. Then she buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. When Mrs. Costello once more regained her composure, she arose and lightly touched Robert's forehead... | |
 | Horace Wykeham Can Newte - English fiction - 1909 - 390 pages
...My love ! My love ! My love ! " As he was about to approach her, she threw herself on the bed, hid her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. Her extremity induced some return to sanity. "Jill! Jill! "he exclaimed. She sobbed the louder. " What... | |
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and the widow buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The sufferer, aroused from his partial slumber by the sobs of his mother, extended his hand feebly toward her. 
