 And then the humour of the situation struck him, and he laughed and looked lightly up to heaven, where the stars seemed to be winking over his discomfiture. What was to be done ? It looked very like a night in the frosty streets. The idea of the dead...  The Great Modern English Stories: An Anthology - Page 36edited by - 1919 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1888 - 362 pages
...to the poet down long passages. He passed his hand over his mouth with an oath. And then the humor of the situation struck him, and he laughed and looked...pity on him in such a plight. He had lampooned them inverses; he had beaten and cheated them; and yet now, when he was in so close a pinch, he thought... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 408 pages
...heart. I may be dead before morning. Only this once, father, and before God, I will never ask again ! " "You should have come earlier," said the ecclesiastic...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1895 - 392 pages
...before him! He felt quite pathetic over the notion of his own fate, as if it had been some one eise's, and made a little imaginative vignette of the scene...pity on him in such a plight. He had lampooned them inverses; he had beaten and cheated them; and yet now, when he was in so close a pinch, he thought... | |
 | 1901 - 206 pages
...heart. I may be dead before morning. Only this once, father, and, before God, I will never ask again!" " You should have come earlier," said the ecclesiastic,...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
 | 1896 - 216 pages
...I may be dead before morning. Only this once, father, and, before God, I will never ask again! " " You should have come earlier," said the ecclesiastic,...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
 | 1896 - 224 pages
...wicket and retired deliberately into the interior of the house. Villon was beside himself; he beat upbn the door with his hands and feet, and shouted hoarsely...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 628 pages
...to the poet down long passages. He passed his hand over his mouth with an oath. And then the humor of the situation struck him, and he laughed and looked...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
 | Jules Verne - 1897 - 264 pages
...to the poet down long passages. He passed his hand over his mouth with an oath. And then the humor of the situation struck him, and he laughed and looked...beaten and cheated them; and yet now, when he was in so close/a pinch, he thought there was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 560 pages
...to the poet down long passages. He passed his hand over his mouth with an oath. And then the humor of the situation struck him, and he laughed and looked...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
 | Robert Louis Stevenson - 1905 - 454 pages
...had my hand under your twist, I would send you flying headlong into the bottomless pit." A door shtit in the interior, faintly audible to the poet down...was at least one who might perhaps relent. It was a chance. It was worth trying at least, and he would go and see. On the way, two little accidents happened... | |
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