| John Timbs - 1873 - 662 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a .son. My wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful reno1' of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my lovo subsided into friendship... | |
| 1878 - 684 Seiten
...at the command of his father, and " sighed as a lover," while he " obeyed as a son," and how his " wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life." Mr. Howells' i-ssay, as usual, is one of the most charming portions ot the work. " Little Classic"... | |
| Mark Twain - 1874 - 924 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by u faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in... | |
| 1875 - 448 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...subsided in friendship and esteem. The minister of Grassy soon afterwards died ; his stipend died with him ; his daughter retired to Geneva, where, by... | |
| 1875 - 822 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeved as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life." Mademoiselle Curchod's father dying, the girl retired to Geneva, and supported her mother by teaching.... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1877 - 238 Seiten
...antithesis: tl After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son. My wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life." The historian tells us. in touching upon this passage of his life, that he a hesitates from an apprehension... | |
| James Cotter Morison - 1878 - 216 Seiten
...life, which he found in England, had their usual effect; his passion vanished. " My cure," he says, " was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity...and my love subsided in friendship and esteem." The probability, indeed, that he and Mdlle. Curchod would ever see each other again, must have seemed remote... | |
| 1879 - 336 Seiten
...and helpless. After a painful struggle, I yielded to my fate: I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquility and cheerfulness of the lady herself; and my love subsided in friendship and esteem. The... | |
| Peter Anton - 1880 - 268 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence and...cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided into friendship and esteem. The minister of Crassy soon afterwards died ; his stipend died with him... | |
| Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 Seiten
...helpless. After a painful struggle, I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and...'My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquility and cheerfulness of the lady herself; and my love subsided in friendship and esteem. The... | |
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