He almost said to himself that he did not like her, before their conversation ended; he tried so hard to compensate himself for the mortified feeling, that while he looked upon her with an admiration he could not repress, she looked at him with proud indifference, taking him, he thought, for what, in his irritation, he told himself - was a great fellow, with not a grace or a refinement about him.

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

But Mr. Hale resolved that he would not be disturbed by any such nonsensical idea; so he lay awake, determining not to think about it.

Of all faults the one she most despised in others was the want of bravery; the meanness of heart which leads to untruth.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

It seems strange to think, that what gives us most hope for the future should be called Dolores, said Margaret.

Miss Jenkyns wore a cravat, and a little bonnet like a jockey-cap, and altogether had the appearance of a strong-minded woman; although she would have despised the modern idea of women being equal to men. Equal, indeed! she knew they were superior.