 | Ralph Straus - 1928 - 360 Seiten
...to Westminster Hall," Dickens tells us, " and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there." Well, Dickens was always partial to tears, but on this occasion they may be forgiven. Already, perhaps,... | |
 | John O. Jordan - 2001 - 262 Seiten
...recollect it! - I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for halfan-hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not...bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there. I told my visitor of the coincidence, which we both hailed as a good omen; and so fell to business.1... | |
 | Rupert S. Holland - 2002 - 301 Seiten
...print, he walked down to Westminster Hall and turned into it for half an hour, because his eyes " were so dimmed with joy and pride that they could not bear the street and were not fit to be seen there." He had been very much excited over this venture of his little story. Now he took the fact of its success... | |
 | Jane Smiley - 2002 - 232 Seiten
...that "I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not...bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there." Further sketches published in monthly and weekly magazines over the following months attracted considerable... | |
 | John Phillips - 2002 - 600 Seiten
...Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with pride and joy that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there." A stranger did not intermeddle with his joy. Some experiences are too bitter and others are too blissful... | |
 | Bradley Deane - 2003 - 194 Seiten
...it! — I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half-an-hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not...bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there. I told my visitor of the coincidence, which we both hailed as a good omen; and so fell to business.... | |
 | Frederic George Kitton - 2004 - 544 Seiten
...print," he walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half-an-hour, because his eyes "were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not...bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there." In a letter to an intimate friend, informing him of his success, he said: "I am so dreadfully nervous... | |
 | 1912 - 680 Seiten
...occasion I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not...bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there." The paper was entitled ' A Dinner at Poplar Walk,' and was afterwards included among the ' Sketches... | |
 | 562 Seiten
...occasion I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half-an-hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride, that they could not...bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there. I told my visitor of the coincidence, which we both hailed as a good omen; and so fejl to business.... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1870 - 510 Seiten
...occasion I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there. I told my visitor of the coincidence, which we both hailed as a good omen ; and so fell to business.... | |
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I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there. 
