 dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely, and profitless! Should she take laudanum, and end it, too—-have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs ? The French maid found her in this position—sitting in the midst of her miserable ruins with...  Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero - Page 544by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1906 - 784 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - British - 1848 - 410 pages
...it seemed, how miserable, lonely and protitless ! Should she take laudanum, and end it. too— have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs?...The woman was her accomplice and in Steyne's pay. " Mon Dieu, madame, what has happened ?" she asked. What had happened ? Was she guilty or not? She... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1849 - 742 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely and profitless...The woman was her accomplice and in Steyne's pay. " Mon Dieu, Madame, what has happened?" she asked. What had happened ? Was she guilty or not ? She... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - England - 1868 - 450 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely and profitless...The woman was her accomplice and in Steyne's pay. " Mon Dieu, Madame, what has happened ? " she asked. What had happened ? Was she guilty or not ? She... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 496 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely and profitless ! Should she take laudanum, and end it, too — have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs ? The French maid found her in this... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1897 - 612 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely, and profitless! Should she take laudanum and end it, too — have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs ? The French maid found her in this... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 630 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely, and profitless! Should she take laudanum and end it, too — have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs ? The French maid found her in this... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 792 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely, and profitless...miserable ruins with clasped hands and dry eyes. The woman i^H Sfe A NOVEL WITHOUT A HERO 521 was her accomplice and in Steyne's pay. "Mon Dicu, Madame, what... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 772 pages
...had mot Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely, and profitless...it, too—have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, end triumphs ? The French maid found her in this position—sitting «n the midst of her miserable... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 564 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely, and profitless ! Should she take laudanum, and end it, too — have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs ? The French maid found her in this... | |
 | Richard Garnett - Anthologies - 1899 - 458 pages
...had met Lord Steyne. She thought of her long past life, and all the dismal incidents of it. Ah, how dreary it seemed, how miserable, lonely, and profitless ! Should she take laudanum, and end it, too — have done with all hopes, schemes, debts, and triumphs ? The French maid found her in this... | |
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