“It is only when we are very happy, that we can bear to gaze merrily upon the vast and limitless expanse of water, rolling on and on with such persistent, irritating monotony, to the accompaniment of our thoughts, whether grave… — Emmuska Orczy 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 Copy Share Image
“Love, the great, the strong, the conquering god --- Love that subdues a world, and rides roughshod over principle, virtue, tradition, over home, kindred,… — Emmuska Orczy 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 water, rolling… — Emmuska Orczy 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 you in… — Emmuska Orczy 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 the girl… — Emmuska Orczy 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 some deadly… — Emmuska Orczy 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 sex has… — 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. Her brain… — Emmuska Orczy 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 and liberty;… — Emmuska Orczy 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 floats away… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
“She stood there before them, in all the unconscious insolence of beauty, and” — Emmuska Orczy 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 to fight… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
