Mrs. Herriton replied, "When a man is neither well bred, nor well connected, nor handsome, nor clever, nor rich, even Lilia may discard him in time."
Алёна Александроваhas quoted2 years ago
purifies and ennobles
Алёна Александроваhas quoted2 years ago
to her dying day
Алёна Александроваhas quoted2 years ago
remembered to her dying day
Алёна Александроваhas quoted2 years ago
remembered to her dying day
Alexandra Skitiovahas quoted2 years ago
Miss Bartlett, though skilled in the delicacies of conversation, was powerless in the presence of brutality. It was impossible to snub anyone so gross. Her face reddened with displeasure.
Alexandra Skitiovahas quoted2 years ago
Over such trivialities as these many a valuable hour may slip away, and the traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return remembering nothing but the blue sky and the men and women who live under it.
Alexandra Skitiovahas quoted2 years ago
and she stopped, and she cried:
“A smell! a true Florentine smell! Every city, let me teach you, has its own smell.”
Alexandra Skitiovahas quoted2 years ago
“Miss Lavish is so original,” murmured Lucy. This was a stock remark,