Best Elizabeth Gaskell Words
- But the trees were gorgeous in their autumnal leafiness - the warm odours of flowers and herb came sweet upon the sense. Autumnal
- It had been a royal time of luxury to him, with all its stings and contumelies, compared to the poverty that crept round and clipped… All
- It is the first changes among familiar things that make such a mystery of time to the young; afterwards we lose the sense of the… Afterwards
- Oh yes!' and suddenly the wintry frost-bound look of care had left Mr. Thornton's face, as if some soft summer gale had blown all anxiety… All
- I’m not saying she was very silly, but one of us was very silly and it wasn’t me. Funny
- As she realized what might have been, she grew to be thankful for what was. Been
- I could wish there were a God, if it were only to ask him to bless thee. Ask
- Yet is was very difficult to seperate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning. Difficult
- Oh, I can't describe my home. It is home, and I can't put its charm into words Charm
- It is bad to believe you in error. It would be infinitely worse to have known you a hypocrite. Bad
- Oh, my Margaret--my Margaret! no one can tell what you are to me! Dead--cold as you lie there you are the only woman I ever… Cold
- He loved her, and would love her; and defy her, and this miserable bodily pain. Bodily
- Margaret the Churchwoman, her father the Dissenter, Higgins the Infidel, knelt down together. It did them no harm. Dissenter
- Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth. All
- God has made us so that we must be mutually dependent. We may ignore our own dependence, or refuse to acknowledge that others depend upon… Acknowledge
- How shall I ever tell Aunt Shaw?' she whispered, after some time of delicious silence. 'Let me speak to her.' 'Oh, no! I owe it… Aunt
- 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 would… Entered
- If you dare to injure her in the least, I will await you where no policeman can step in between. And God shall judge between… Await
- She stood by the tea-table in a light-coloured muslin gown, which had a good deal of pink about it. She looked as if she was… Among
- I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet… Bought
- Mr. Thornton," said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, "go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down and face them… All
- She had a bracelet on one taper arm, which would fall down over her round wrist. Mr. Thornton watched the replacing of this troublesome ornament… Arm
- One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly. Clogged
- He could not - say rather, he would not - deny himself the chance of the pleasure of seeing Margaret. He had no end in… Chance
- For all his pain, he longed to see the author of it. Although he hated Margaret at times, when he thought of that gentle familiar… All
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