The denser nocturnal vapours, attacked by the warm beams, were dividing and shrinking into isolated fleeces within hollows and coverts, where they waited till they should be dried away to nothing.
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
two whites were alike among them.
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
mere vessel of emotion untinctured by experience.
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
all her bouncing handsome womanliness, you could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over the curves of her mouth now and then.
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
"God bless thy diment eyes! And thy waxen cheeks! And thy cherry mouth! And thy Cubit's thighs! And every bit o' thy blessed body!"
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
personal charms which Tess could boast of were in main part her mother's gift, and therefore unknightly, unhistorical.
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
round his heart,
Elannah Matoshas quoted3 months ago
dismiss all thought and care of the children during the interval, made her happy.