 | Charles H.Sylevester - 1909 - 594 pages
...in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W—n; 18 and, as much as children could understand, 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 16. It is not known positively... | |
 | Laurie Magnus - 1909 - 440 pages
...disagree with those who place such a paper as ' Dream Children ' at the height of imaginative writing : ' I became in doubt which of them stood there before me, or whose that bright hair was ' ; and ' nothing at last but two mournful features were seen in the uttermost distance, which, without speech,... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1910 - 344 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...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 '... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1910 - 352 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 sud25 denly, turning to Alice, the soul of the first Alice looked out at her eyes with such a reality... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1910 - 246 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... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - 1910 - 248 pages
...out at her eyes with 'such a reality of representment that ' I became in doubt which of them ' stood before me, or whose that ' bright hair was ; and while I stood 1 gazing, both the children gradually ' grew fainter to my view, receding ' and still receding, till... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1911 - 348 pages
...sometimes in despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W n; and, as much as children ao could understand, 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... | |
 | Robert Collyer - 1913 - 364 pages
...seven long years, and, as much as they could understand, what coyness and denial meant in maidens, when turning to Alice the soul of the first Alice looked...representment that I became in doubt which of them stood before me or whose that bright hair was. And while I sat gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter... | |
 | Harry Torsey Baker - 1916 - 296 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...re-presentment that I became in doubt which of them stood there 1 One of the finest stories of pathos in recent literature is Mary WiUdns* The Little Maid at the Door... | |
 | Lewis Worthington Smith - 1916 - 312 pages
...despair, yet persisting ever, I courted the fair Alice W- n ; and as much as children could un25 derstand, I explained to them what coyness and difficulty and...representment that I became in doubt which of them stood before me, or whose that bright hair 30 was ; and while I stood gazing, both the children gradually... | |
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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... 
