And his servant came up with his hat and gloves, which he took mechanically, and followed passively into the carriage, whilst the winds lifted their loud voices, and whistled, and roared, as if in wild and gloomy mockery ; the huge trees bent and bowed... Ravenscliffe - Page 267by Anne Caldwell Marsh-Caldwell - 1851Full view - About this book
| Anne Marsh- Caldwell - 1851 - 1076 pages
...; the carriage is at the door I believe, and we must not keep anybody waiting this horrid day," Ac. And his servant came up with his hat and gloves, which...Sir John Wharncliffe's carriage, immediately after Ids mother. So the door of Mrs. Langford's carriage was shut, and it drove aAvay. Not one word did... | |
| 1852 - 1202 pages
...huge trees bent and bowed their huge branches to the earth, as if in a bitter irony of congratulation, and all nature seemed rushing together in wildest uproar, like that which was raging in bis own breast." This, it must be admitted, is a passage of remarkable power, calculated to stir to... | |
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