Celebrated Englishwomen of the Victorian Era, Volumen1White, 1884 |
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admirable affection Balmoral beautiful Branwell bright Brussels character Charlotte Brontë Charlotte's charm cheerful Christian colour Corn Laws critics daughter dear death deep delight Duchess Duchess of Kent Duke duty Emily Emily Brontë England English eyes faculty father feel felt fiction flowers genius George Eliot Gladstone graceful happiness Harriet Martineau Haworth heart Héger honour hour household humour intellectual interest Jane Eyre Lady letters literary living look Lord Melbourne Majesty marriage MARY RUSSELL MITFORD mind Miss Martineau MISS MARY RUSSELL Miss Mitford morning mother nature never Palace papa Parsonage passed passion Patrick Brontë play pleasant political Prince Consort Princess Alice Queen reign rose royal says scene seems Shirley Sir Robert Peel sister sorrow Sovereign spirit story suffering sympathy things thought tion took truth Victoria Wales wild woman writes wrote young
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Página 159 - She once told her sisters that they were wrong — even morally wrong — in making their heroines beautiful as a matter of course. They replied that it was impossible to make a heroine interesting on any other terms. Her answer was, ' I will prove to you that you are wrong ; I will show you a heroine as plain and as small as myself, who shall be as interesting as any of yours.
Página 132 - Our Fellows,' July, 1827; 'Islanders,' December, 1827. These are our three great plays that are not kept secret. Emily's and my best plays were established the 1st of December, 1827; the others March, 1828. Best plays mean secret plays, they are very nice ones. All our plays are very strange ones.
Página 54 - He, being made perfect in a short time, fulfilled a long time: For his soul pleased the Lord: therefore hasted he to take him away from among the wicked.
Página 167 - Yes; there is no Emily in time or on earth now. Yesterday we put her poor, wasted, mortal frame quietly under the church pavement. We are very calm at present. Why should we be otherwise? The anguish of seeing her suffer is over; the spectacle of the pains of death is gone by; the funeral day is past. We feel she is at peace. No need now to tremble for the hard frost and the keen wind. Emily does not feel them.
Página 144 - The wind bloweth where it listeth. Thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth.
Página 114 - Gains not an earth-deafen'd ear. Hail to the steadfast soul, Which, unflinching and keen, Wrought to erase from its depth Mist and illusion and fear ! Hail to the spirit which dared Trust its own thoughts, before yet Echoed her back by the crowd! Hail to the courage which gave Voice to its creed, ere the creed Won consecration from time ! Turn we next to the dead.
Página 158 - As was to be expected, neither we nor our poems were at all wanted; but for this we had been prepared at the outset; though inexperienced ourselves, we had read the experience of others. The great puzzle lay in the difficulty of getting answers of any kind from the publishers to whom we applied. Being greatly harassed by this obstacle, I ventured to apply to the Messrs.
Página 131 - Intelligencer, a most excellent Tory newspaper, edited by Mr Wood, and the proprietor, Mr Henneman. We take two and see three newspapers a week. We take the Leeds Intelligencer, Tory, and the Leeds Mercury, Whig, edited by Mr Baines, and his brother, son-in-law, and his two sons, Edward and Talbot.
Página 7 - The King died at twenty minutes after two yesterday morning, and the young Queen met the Council at Kensington Palace at eleven. Never was anything like the first impression she produced...
Página 137 - Within four miles of you, at a place neither of us are unacquainted with, being no other than the identical Roe Head mentioned above. Yes ! I am going to teach in the very school where I was myself taught. Miss Wooler made me the offer, and I preferred it to one or two proposals of private governess-ship, which I had before received. I am sad — very sad — at the thoughts of leaving home ; but duty — necessity — these are stern mistresses, who will not be disobeyed.