I take it that 'gentleman' is a term that only describes a person in his relation to others; but when we speak… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it. — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“He swallowed down the dry choking sobs which had been heaving up from his heart hitherto ...” — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
There was a filmy veil of soft dull mist obscuring, but not hiding, all objects, giving them a lilac hue, for the… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“Dixon was not unconscious of this awed reverence which was given to her; nor did she dislike it; it flattered her as… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Look back. Look back at me." Richard Armitage spoke this line in the movie North and South as he watched Miss Hale… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“She is too perfect to be known by fragments. No mean brick shall be a specimen of the building of my palace.” — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“The more it rains and blows, the more certain we are to have him.” — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“North and South has both met and made kind o' friends in this big smoky place.” — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“The distant sea, lapping the sandy shore with measured sound; the nearer cries of the donkey-boys; the unusual scenes moving before her… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“I only mean, Bessy, there's good and bad in everything in this world; and as you felt the bad up here, I… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“Osborne and Roger knowing that the wife of the former was a Frenchwoman, and, conscious of each other's knowledge, felt doubly awkward; while Molly… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Well, He had known what love was-a sharp pang, a fierce experience, in the midst of whose flames he was struggling! but, through that… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
But Margaret went less abroad, among machinery and men; saw less of power in its public effect, and, as it happened, she was thrown… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“And besides, in the matter of friendship, I have observed that the disappointment here arises chiefly, not from liking our friends too well, or… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
What other people may think of the rightness or wrongness is nothing in comparison to my own deep knowledge, my innate conviction that it… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“The first question sobbed out by his choking voice, oppressed with emotion, was-- "Where is she?" They led him to the room where his… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Wearily she went to bed, wearily she arose in four or five hours' time. But with the morning came hope, and a brighter view… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me. — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Mr. Thorton love Margaret! Why, Margraret would never think of him, I'm sure! Such a thing has never entered her head." "Entering her heart… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“He never looked at her; and yet, the careful avoidance of his eyes betokened that in some way he knew exactly where, if they… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
