 ... to the roots of her dark hair, and invaded the small lobes of the little ears that showed beneath its coils. " He meant me ! " Harry put his arm round her and drew her close to him, his face glowing too with a proud sense of brotherly protection and...  The Windsor Magazine - Page 5711912Full view - About this book
 | Agnes Giberne - 1869 - 412 pages
...some opening presents itself we shall soon be houseless and homeless !" he said almost bitterly. Then he put his arm round her, and drew her close to him. " It is wrong to doubt, Elsie. We must put our trust in the Lord," he breathed slowly. " He is our... | |
 | Catherine Douglas Bell - 1870 - 474 pages
...affection and heartfelt sympathy. But she only said "Angus," in that low, expressive voice of hers. He put his arm round her, and drew her close to him. " Nannie, my own Nannie !" he answered, bending over her, and kissing her forehead. Nannie's name was... | |
 | Margaret Oliphant Oliphant - 1878 - 376 pages
...situation — not for ease, not very far away — and not to her, Jeanie. You must not give me up so soon." He put his arm round her, and drew her close to him, and Jeanie, though full of better resolutions, was weak with the shock she had just received. She was... | |
 | 1878 - 520 pages
...and invaded the small lobes of the little ears that showed beneath its coils. " He meant me!" Harry put his arm round her and drew her close to him, his face glowing too with a proud sense of brotherly protection and superior worldly wisdom. " Why, Emmie,... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1878 - 652 pages
...situation — not for ease, not very far away — and not to her, Jeanie. You must not give me up so soon." He put his arm round her, and drew her close to him, and Jeanie, though full of better resolutions, was weak with the shock she had just received. She was... | |
 | Maggie Symington - 1880 - 530 pages
...after all his close study of her character, he had had some idea of how she was most likely to be won. He put his arm round her and drew her close to him, but never suffered her to see that he was more than humbly grateful for her surrender. CHAPTEE XXVI.... | |
 | lady Margaret Elizabeth Majendie - 1881 - 336 pages
...me. She is to marry Mr. Howard. Our engagement is at an end." She looked up at him with bewilderment. He put his arm round her and drew her close to him. " Child, child," he said, " do you know why I am so happy ? It is because God has taken away the barrier... | |
 | Annie Keary - 1882 - 630 pages
...and invaded the small lobes of the little ears that showed beneath its coils. " He meant me ! " Harry put his arm round her and drew her close to him, his face glowing too with a proud sense of brotherly protection and superior worldly wisdom. " Why, Emmie,... | |
 | Annie French Hector - 1883 - 330 pages
...looked down into the sweet sad eyes so tenderly and imploringly raised to his, and his own softened as he put his arm round her and drew her close to him. ' That you certainly are not,' he said, not unkindly. ' But at least you must have learned that a man... | |
 | 1883 - 568 pages
...looked down into the sweet sad eyes so tenderly and imploringly raised to his, and his own softened as he put his arm round her and drew her close to him. ' That you certainly are not,' he said, not unkindly. 'Eut at least you must have learned that a man... | |
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