“She stood there before them, in all the unconscious insolence of beauty, and” — Emmuska Orczy Beauty Copy Share Image
“Too late, my dear Monsieur Chambertin!" Sir Percy's mocking voice broke in,” — Emmuska Orczy Too late Copy Share Image
“Even the sparrows on the house-tops are objects of suspicion.” — Emmuska Orczy Sparrows Copy Share Image
“It is only in our beautiful France that wholesale slaughter is done lawfully, in the name of liberty and of brotherly love” — Emmuska Orczy Brotherly love Copy Share Image
“...women have done strange things; they are a far greater puzzle to the student of human nature than the sterner, less complex… — Emmuska Orczy Feminism Copy Share Image
“And among them all Taurus Antinor, praefect of Rome, with his ruddy hair and bronzed skin, his massive frame clad in gorgeously… — Emmuska Orczy Taurus Copy Share Image
“He was calmly eating his soup, laughing with pleasant good-humour, as if he had come all the way to Calais for the… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
“The invigorating scent of the sea was nectar to her wearied body, the immensity of the lonely cliffs was silent and dreamlike.… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
“...and in repose one might have admired so fine a specimen of English manhood, until the foppish ways, the affected movements, the… — Emmuska Orczy Funny quotes Copy Share Image
“A clever man would naturally have other interests, an ambitious man other hopes. . . . I thought that a fool would… — Emmuska Orczy Ambitious man Copy Share Image
“He firmly believed that the French aristocrat was the most bitter enemy of France; he would have wished to see every one… — Emmuska Orczy Reign of terror Copy Share Image
“…in joy he will invariably dance; when he is in love he will dance, for the czardas helps him to explain to… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
“What did Volenski know of how he stood in the eyes of the Russian police? Living mostly abroad and consorting in a… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
“Shrove Tuesday is the very last day, allowed by our Holy Mother the Church for revelry, before the long austere forty days… — Emmuska Orczy Good father Copy Share Image
“that they are all willing over there to die for the good cause. They are not, as we are, fond of life… — Emmuska Orczy Freedom Copy Share Image
“Love, the great, the strong, the conquering god --- Love that subdues a world, and rides roughshod over principle, virtue, tradition, over… — Emmuska Orczy God Copy Share Image
“It is only when we are very happy, that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of… — Emmuska Orczy Hopelessness Copy Share Image
“Dear heart,” he murmured, “do not look on me with those dear, scared eyes of yours. If there is aught that puzzles… — Emmuska Orczy Adventure Copy Share Image
“He usually shrank from extreme measures. Mirkovitch’s bloodthirsty speeches grated upon his nerves, and having spent a miracle of ingenuity in combining… — Emmuska Orczy Psychology Copy Share Image
“Her profession? Ah! as to that, English readers, try not to be too severe. Russia is a great, but hard mistress, who… — Emmuska Orczy Absolute monarchy Copy Share Image
“Yet, with all that, no one dared to interfere. Burke had exhausted all his eloquence in trying to induce the British Government… — Emmuska Orczy War Copy Share Image
“Is it love to worship a saint in heaven, whom you dare not touch, who hovers above you like a cloud, which… — Emmuska Orczy Angel Copy Share Image
“From the railway station far away the sharp clang of a bell...In half an hour the train starts, and there is so… — Emmuska Orczy Beloved son Copy Share Image
