 | Alfred Leigh - 1879 - 350 pages
...tremulous vibration of musical harmonies that are loth to die, she and Arthur parted. CHAPTER XV. .... "Turning to Alice, the soul of the first Alice looked...stood there before me or whose that bright hair was." Essays of Elia. (The Dream Children.) A WEEK afterwards Maud left Elverley. The Reverend Ezekiel Hallet... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pages
...sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W— n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens; when snddenly turning to Alice, the soul of the first Alice looked out at her eyes with such a reality of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 826 pages
...Alice, thesonl of the first Alice looked ont at her eyes with such a reality of re-presentment, that 1 became in doubt which of them •stood there before...whose that bright hair was ; and while I stood gazing, could get, when but an imp no bigger lhan themselves, and make It ci:rry him half over the county in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 824 pages
...sometimes in dtfpmr, yet jM^rsieting ever, I courted the fair Alice W— n ; and. BB much as children could understand. I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens; wncji suddenly turning to Alice, the soul of I hi: first Alice looked out at her erea with such a reality... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1881 - 472 pages
...ever, I courted the fair Alice W — n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to hem what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in...which of them stood there before me, or whose that brio-lit ' O hair was ; and while I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view,... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1882 - 212 pages
...sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W n; and as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness and difficulty...with such a reality of representment, that I became iu doubt which of them stood there before me, or whose that bright hair was; and while I stood gazing,... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1883 - 210 pages
...sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W n ; and as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness and difficulty...in maidens — when suddenly, turning to Alice, the sonl of the first Alice looked out at her eyes with such a reality of representment, that I became... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1884 - 248 pages
...yet persisting ever, ' I courted the fair Alice W n ; ' and as much as children could under' stand, I explained to them what ' coyness and difficulty...representment that ' I became in doubt which of them ' stood before me, or whose that ' bright hair was ; and while I stood ' gazing, both the children .gradually... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1885 - 252 pages
...' in despair, yet persisting ever, I ' courted the fair Alice W n ; and 'as much as children could under'stand, I explained to them what ' coyness and...representment that ' I became in doubt which of them ' stood before me, or whose that '' bright hair was ; and while I stood ' gazing, both the children gradually... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1885 - 248 pages
...yet persisting ever, ' I courted the fair Alice W n ; ' and as much as children could under' stand, I explained to them what ' coyness and difficulty and denial ' meant in maidens—when, suddenly ' turning to Alice, the soul of the first ' Alice looked out at her eyes with... | |
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Then I told how for seven long years, in hope sometimes, sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W n ; and, as much as children could understand, I explained to them what coyness, and difficulty, and denial meant in maidens... 
