 I said to myself, I would make a pilgrimage to the foot of those gloomy mountains, and bring him back, all racked and tortured as he was, and show him the pleasant place which he had missed. In the mean time the music and the dance went on. But it began...  The Little Pilgrim: Further Experiences - Page 175by Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1895 - 190 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1887 - 992 pages
...rejoiced that I had dropped my companion's hand, that I had not followed him in his mad quest. Some time, I said to myself, I would make a pilgrimage to the...but you are the first as you are the chief." This is what I could not understand ; but it was pleasant to hear, and I made no further objection. " And... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - Future life - 1889 - 622 pages
...flowers. A load seemed to be taken from my spirit when I saw all this, — for a whole population does not rejoice in such a way without some cause. And...no further objection. ' And how long will it go on ? ' I said. ' So long as it pleases you,' said the old courtier. How he smiled ! His smile did not... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - Allegories - 1891 - 300 pages
...racked and tortured as he was, and show him the pleasant place which he had missed. In the meantime the music and the dance went on. But it began to surprise...no further objection. "And how long will it go on?" I said. "So long as it pleases you," said the old courtier. How he smiled! His smile did not please... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1887 - 892 pages
...hesitation, with a smile and a bow. For the moment a wonderful elation came over me. " For my coming i" But then I paused and shook my head. " There are others...besides me. See ! they arrive every moment." " It is for theircoming too," he said, with another smile and a still deeper bow ; " but you are the first as you... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1913 - 136 pages
...rejoicing is." "It is for your coming," he replied without hesitation, with a smile and a bow. For a moment a wonderful elation came over me. "For my coming!"..."It is for their coming, too," he said with another smHe and a still deeper bow; "but you are the first as you are the chief." This was what I could not... | |
 | Margaret O. W. Oliphant - Fiction - 1971 - 626 pages
...flowers. A load seemed to be taken from my spirit when I saw all this, —for a whole population does not rejoice in such a way without some cause. And...not understand ; but it was pleasant to hear, and 1 made no further objection. ' And how long will it go on ? ' I said. ' So long as it pleases you,'... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1887 - 892 pages
...not followed him in his mad quest. Some time, I said to myself, I would make a pilgrimage to the root of those gloomy mountains, and bring him back, all...no further objection. " And how long will it go on ?" I said. " So long as it pleases you," said the old courtier. How he smiled ! His smile did not please... | |
 | Scotland - 1886 - 1156 pages
...racked and tortured as he was, and show him the pleasant place which he had missed. In the meantime the music and the dance went on. But it began to surprise...further objection. " And how long will it go on?" I said. "So long as it pleases you," said the old courtier. How he smiled ! His smile did not please... | |
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