 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1859 - 672 pages
...disquisition ensues on the social status of single women in England, and the author's belief that they should have more to do — better chances of interesting and profitable occupation than they possess now. She complains, for example, that while the brothers in certain households she names, are in business... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1849 - 430 pages
...becomes to many, and is becoming to me, among the rest. "Nobody," she went on — "nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which...And when I speak thus, I have no impression that I displeas* God by my words; that I am either impious or impatient, irreligious or sacrilegious. My consolation... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1849 - 320 pages
...becomes to many, and is becoming to me, among the rest. " Nobody," she went on—" nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are; and I cannot tell, however mnch I puzzle over it, how they are to be altered for the better; but I feel there is something wrong... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1850 - 588 pages
...becomes to many, and is becoming to me, among the rest. " Nobody," she went on — " nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are ; and I can not tell, however much I puzzle over it, how they are to be altered for the better ; but I feel... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1859 - 418 pages
...healable, becomes chronic and permanent : — " Nobody " (she is thinking aloud) " nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which...over it, how they are to be altered for the better 5. but I feel there is something wrong somewhere. 1 believe single women should have more to do —... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1859 - 582 pages
...nobody ia particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are ; and I can not tell, however much I puzzle over it, how they are...somewhere. I believe single women should have more to do—better chances of interesting and profitable occupation than they possess now. And when I speak... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë, Laura Carter Holloway - 1883 - 168 pages
...nestled to the breast of the hill ; and ere-long, in sleep, forgot sorrow. DUTY OF FATHERS TO DAUGHTERS. I believe single women should have more to do —...interesting and profitable occupation than they possess now. Could men live so themselves ? Would they not be very weary ? And, when there came no relief to their... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1888 - 560 pages
...becomes to many, and is becoming to me, among the rest. " Nobody," she went on—" nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which...somewhere. I believe single women should have more to do—better chances of interesting and profitable occupation than they possess now. And when I speak... | |
 | Clara Elizabeth Collet - 1902 - 184 pages
...becomes to many, and is becoming to me among the rest. Nobody," she went on — " nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which...interesting and profitable occupation than they possess now. . . . Look at the numerous families of girls in this neighbourhood — the Armitages, the Birtwhistles,... | |
 | Clara Elizabeth Collet - 1902 - 158 pages
...becomes to many, and is becoming to me among the rest. Nobody," she went on — " nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which...it, how they are to be altered for the better ; but 1 feel there is something wrong somewhere. I believe single women should have more to do — better... | |
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nobody in particular is to blame, that I can see, for the state in which things are, and I cannot tell, however much I puzzle over it, how they are to be altered for the better ; but I feel there is something wrong somewhere. I believe single women should... 
