 | Eustace Clare Grenville Murray - 1871 - 226 pages
...you : they said that, though rich, you were a friend of the poor, and gave all your money to them. It seems to me that if I were a man I should like to be like that. I see many gentlemen who pass their lives in trying to amuse themselves : they... | |
 | Eustace Clare Grenville Murray - 1871 - 354 pages
...you : they said that, though rich, you were a friend of the poor, and gave all your money to them. It seems to me that if I were a man I should like to be like that. I see many gentlemen who pass their lives in trying to amuse themselves ; they... | |
 | Fanny Aikin-Kortright - 1876 - 278 pages
...in her eyes; she had, perhaps, read my secret heart ; perhaps she knew I had loved Guy, and so she had won him to snatch my one chance of happiness from...pulse, and ready to live or die for love, truth, and honour ! But what romance is this? Have I myself aimed so high? Where is the heroic idol of my worship... | |
 | Octave Feuillet - 1890 - 220 pages
...Though there is now a divorce law, which is making one step toward it. But then, leaving generalities, it seems to me that if I were a man I should have fallen completely in love with Mademoiselle d' Alvarez. Is it because she has said nothing to... | |
 | Marie Bashkirtseff - 1901 - 184 pages
...essential points. But I warn you that I am charming ; this sweet thought will encourage you to reply to me. It seems to me that if I were a man I should not desire even epistolary communication with a slovenly old Englishwoman, . . . whatever might be thought... | |
 | 1882 - 914 pages
...observing the guest of the evening. " That is what /should like to be," said Ottilie contemplatively. " It seems to me that if I were a man I should be very ambitious, and have as many people bowing down before me as possible." " Oh, the point is to... | |
 | 1882 - 878 pages
...observing the guest of the evening. " That is what /should like to be," said Ottilie contemplatively. " It seems to me that if I were a man I should be very ambitious, and have as many people bowing down before me as possible." " Oh, the point is to... | |
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... from a distance — your countenance might not please me — who can tell? All I know of you now is that you are young and that you are not married, two essential points, even for a distant adoration. But I must tell you that I am charming; this sweet... 