Memoirs of a Femme de Chambre, Volume 2B. Tauchnitz, 1846 - 440 pages |
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... painful solicitude which the con- versation of the preceding evening had left on his mind . In church , however , the latter feeling subsided , and gave way to that earnest calmness , and that intense devotion , which absorb for the ...
... painful solicitude which the con- versation of the preceding evening had left on his mind . In church , however , the latter feeling subsided , and gave way to that earnest calmness , and that intense devotion , which absorb for the ...
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... painfully alive to , I never for an instant doubted that her affection for me exceeded in kind , as well as in degree , that which she felt for her own child . Often would she lament to me that Julia gave no promise of future excellence ...
... painfully alive to , I never for an instant doubted that her affection for me exceeded in kind , as well as in degree , that which she felt for her own child . Often would she lament to me that Julia gave no promise of future excellence ...
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... painful to decide on such a step ; but no- thing can signify to us in comparison with Julia's health . " I did not hear any more , but , snatching up my bonnet , I rushed along the verandah till I came to its farthest extremity . I ...
... painful to decide on such a step ; but no- thing can signify to us in comparison with Julia's health . " I did not hear any more , but , snatching up my bonnet , I rushed along the verandah till I came to its farthest extremity . I ...
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... painfully affected me . I tried to write too . From my earliest childhood I had felt great facility in composition , and it was one of Mrs. Middleton's favourite amuse- ments to look over my various attempts , and to encourage the ...
... painfully affected me . I tried to write too . From my earliest childhood I had felt great facility in composition , and it was one of Mrs. Middleton's favourite amuse- ments to look over my various attempts , and to encourage the ...
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... painful in the extreme . I felt as if there was a hard breathing close to me ; but , turn which way I would in my dream , I could see nothing . Then I felt as if some one was laying hold of me , and I tried to scream , but could not ...
... painful in the extreme . I felt as if there was a hard breathing close to me ; but , turn which way I would in my dream , I could see nothing . Then I felt as if some one was laying hold of me , and I tried to scream , but could not ...
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Page 59 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Page 264 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong to thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 55 - is wife (Not to mention the 'ousemaid an' cook), To come in an' 'ands up an' be still, An' honestly work for my bread, My livin' in that state of life To which it shall please God to call Me!
Page 166 - A fixed figure for the time of scorn To point his slow unmoving finger at ! Yet could I bear that too ; well, very well : But there, where I have garner'd up my heart, Where either I must live, or bear no life ; The fountain from the which my current runs, Or else dries up ; to be discarded thence ! Or keep it as a cistern for foul toads To knot and gender in ! Turn thy complexion there, Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd cherubin, — Ay, there, look grim as hell ! Des.
Page 14 - PEACE be to this house, and to all that dwell in it. IT When he cometh into the sick man's presence, he shall say, kneeling down, REMEMBER not, LORD, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers ; Spare us, good LORD, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood ; and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 88 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Page 30 - I'll gild the faces of the grooms withal, For it must seem their guilt. [Exit. Knocking within. MACB. Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me? What hands are here? ha! they pluck out mine eyes! Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Page 234 - If any man can show just cause, why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.
Page 182 - I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Page 259 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, That raised emotions both of rage and fear; And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, Hope withering fled, and Mercy sigh'd farewell!