 ... just as if there were no such things in the world as daughters to be provided for; and he was perfectly content that it should be so.  Evelyn Manwaring - Page 25by Greville John Chester - 1883Full view - About this book
 | G. P. D. - 1870 - 56 pages
...oh ! she quite forgot her chilblains, joining in a merry game of snowballs with Johnnie and Frank, just as if there were no such things in the world as toes. Her cheeks glowed, and her blue eyes danced, whilst her happy laugh rang through the frosty air.... | |
 | Edward Good - 1925 - 184 pages
...legs, and are not frightened. The footsteps of ordinary individuals leave no marks in the sand. It is just as if there were no such things in the world as soles and uppers and heels with nails, but only professors, poets and writers ! Exactly opposite the... | |
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