Our VillageCentury Company, 1906 - 92 pages |
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Page 127 - You teach me now how cruel you've been — cruel and false. Why 134 did you despise me ? Why did you betray your own heart, Cathy ? I have not one word of comfort. You deserve this. You have killed yourself. Yes, you may kiss me, and cry; and wring out my kisses and tears : they'll blight you — they'll damn you. You loved me — then what right had you to leave me...
Page 42 - When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Page 65 - If all else perished, and he remained, / should still continue to be. And if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger — I should not seem a part of it.
Page 269 - I tried to close his eyes: to extinguish, if possible, that frightful, lifelike gaze of exultation, before anyone else beheld it. They would not shut: they seemed to sneer at my attempts; and his parted lips and sharp white teeth sneered too! Taken with another fit of cowardice, I cried out for Joseph. Joseph shuffled up and made a noise, but resolutely refused to meddle with him. 'Th...
Page 131 - I saw a pair of ousels passing and repassing scarcely '38 three feet from him, busy in building their nest, and regarding his proximity no more than that of a piece of timber. They flew off at my approach, and he raised his eyes and spoke — "She's dead !" he said; "I've not waited for you to learn that. Put your handkerchief away — don't snivel before me. Damn you all ! she wants none of your tears...
Page 45 - Into a pretty anger, that a bird, Whom art had never taught cliffs, moods, or notes, Should vie with him for mastery, whose study Had busied many hours to perfect practice ; To end the controversy, in a rapture Upon his instrument he plays so swiftly So many voluntaries, and so quick That there was curiosity and cunning, Concord in discord, lines of differing method Meeting in one full centre of delight.
Page 10 - I've shown no disrespect," was my reply, laughing internally at the dignity with which he announced himself. He fixed his eye on me longer than I cared to return the stare, for fear I might be tempted either to box his ears or render my hilarity audible. I began to feel unmistakably out of place in that pleasant family circle. The dismal spiritual atmosphere overcame, and more than...
Page 65 - I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for HeathclifF resembles the eternal rocks beneath : a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff — he's always, always in my mind — not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself — but as my own being...
Page 183 - I exclaimed, pointing to a nook under the roots of one twisted tree. " Winter is not here yet. There's a little flower up yonder, the last bud from the multitude of bluebells that clouded those turf steps in July with a lilac mist. Will you clamber up, and pluck it to show to papa...
Page 2 - One step brought us into the family sitting-room, without any introductory lobby or passage : they call it here " the house" pre-eminently. It includes kitchen and parlour, generally ; but I believe at Wuthering Heights the kitchen is forced to retreat altogether into another quarter : at least I distinguished a chatter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within ; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or baking, about the huge fire-place ; nor any glitter of copper saucepans...