The Life of Charlotte Brontë, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1857 |
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Agnes Grey Anne ANNE BRONTË Anne's appearance believe Branwell Brussels Casterton character Charlotte Brontë Charlotte's cheerful cold Currer Bell daughter dear Sir 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 hope impression interest Jane Eyre Keighley kind knew lady letter Lewes living London look Luddites Madame Héger Messrs mind Miss Brontë Miss Wooler moors morning nature never night once pain Papa pleasure poems publishers pupils quiet racter received reply Roe Head seems sent Shirley sisters Smith sometimes speak spirits stay strength strong suffering Tabby tale tell Thackeray thank things thought told took truth week wish woman words write written wrote Wuthering Heights Yorkshire
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Page 73 - Day by day when I saw with what a front she met suffering, I looked on her with an anguish of wonder and love. I have seen nothing like it; but, indeed, I have never seen her parallel in anything. Stronger than a man, simpler than a child, her nature stood alone.
Page 154 - I have endeavoured not only attentively to observe all the duties a woman ought to fulfil, but to feel deeply interested in them. I don't always succeed, for sometimes when I'm teaching or sewing I would rather be reading or writing ; but I try to deny myself; and my father's approbation amply rewarded me for the privation.
Page 36 - 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.
Page 272 - ... 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...
Page 117 - You are not to suppose any of the characters in ' Shirley ' intended as literal portraits. It would not suit the rules of art, nor of my own feelings, to write in that style. We only suffer reality to suggest, never to dictate.
Page 298 - 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...
Page 244 - ... yet reliant on any who will help her. Jessy, with her little piquant face, engaging prattle, and winning ways, is made to be a pet, and her father's pet she accordingly is.
Page 181 - ... us. Besides, we do not despair of Tabby's return, and she shall not be supplanted by a stranger in her absence. I excited aunt's wrath very much by burning the clothes, the first time I attempted to iron ; but I do better now. Human feelings are queer things ; I am much happier black-leading the stoves, making the beds, and sweeping the floors at home, than I should be living like a fine lady anywhere else.
Page 70 - He was perfectly conscious till the last agony came on. His mind had undergone the peculiar change which frequently precedes death, two days previously ; the calm of better feelings filled it ; a return of natural affection marked his last moments.
Page 35 - It will be almost sure to be a loss, for how can you get a book sold? No one knows you or your name.' 'But, papa, I don't think it will be a loss; no more will you, if you will just let me read you a review or two, and tell you more about it.