Well, He had known what love was-a sharp pang, a fierce experience, in the midst of whose flames he was struggling! but,… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility. — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I value my own independence so highly that I can fancy no degradation greater than that of having another man perpetually directing… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
When oranges came in, a curious proceeding was gone through. Miss Jenkyns did not like to cut the fruit, for, as she… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
He could remember all about it now; the pitiful figure he must have cut; the absurd way in which he had gone… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
It seemed as though he gave way all at once; he was so languid that he could not control his thoughts; they… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Take care. -If you do not speak- I shall claim you as my own in some presumptuous way. -Send me away at… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I daresay it seems foolish; perhaps all our earthly trials will appear foolish to us after a while; perhaps they seem so… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!' Still lower went the head; more closely… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Out of the way! We are in the throes of an exceptional emergency! This is no occassion for sport- there is lace… — 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
