 | Madame Cottin (Sophie) - Browning, Elizabeth - 1812 - 162 pages
...I" Elizabeth coloured and looked down. The stranger started from his seat, and, raising his hands to heaven, threw himself upon his knees before her :...thou art," he exclaimed, " can I make no return to thee, who hast thus bestowed thy all upon me ?" A knife stood upon the table ; Elizabeth took it up,... | |
 | Madame Cottin (Sophie) - Siberia (Russia) - 1822 - 244 pages
...Elizabeth blushed, and hung down her head. The exile started from his seat, and, raising his hands to Heaven, threw himself upon his knees before her. "...A knife lay upon the table: Elizabeth took it up, cut off a lock of her hair, and said, " Sir, you are going into Siberia, and will see the Governor... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Women - 1853 - 946 pages
...Elizabeth blushed, and hung down her head. The exile started from his seat, and raising his hands to Heaven, threw himself upon his knees before her. "...A knife lay upon the table : Elizabeth took it up, cut off a lock of her hair, and said, " Sir, you are going into Siberia, and will see the governor... | |
 | Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - French fiction - 1856 - 348 pages
...power to make to you, who have thus given me your all!" Elizabeth saw a knife upon the table ; she took it up, and, cutting off a lock of her hair, presented it to him, saying, " As you are going, sir, into Siberia, you will most likely see the governor of Tobolsk ; give this... | |
 | Sophie Ristaud Cottin - 1858 - 152 pages
...Elizabeth blushed, and hung down her head. The exile started from his seat, and, raising his hands to Heaven, threw himself upon his knees before her. "...A knife lay upon the table; Elizabeth took it up, cut off a lock of her hair, and said, " Sir, you are going into Siberia, and will see the governor... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1876 - 430 pages
...started from his seat, and, raising his hands to Heaven, threw himself upon his knees before her. li Angel that thou art," he exclaimed, "can I make no...A knife lay upon the table : Elizabeth took it up, cut off a lock of her hair, and said, " Sir, you are going into Siberia, and will see the Governor... | |
 | Sophie Ristaud Cottin - 1880 - 138 pages
...possessed *'' Elizabeth hung down her head. The exile started from his seat, and, raising his hands to heaven, threw himself upon his knees before her. "...Elizabeth took it up, and cutting off a lock of her hair, said, " Sir, you are going into Siberia, and will see the Governor of Tobolsk ; give him this, I beseech... | |
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How !" interrupted the old woman aloud, " My poor child, have you then given away all you possessed?" Elizabeth blushed, and hung down her head. The exile started from his seat, and, raising his hands to Heaven, threw himself upon his knees before her.... 