 After this, the beads were all unheeded ; the playthings which were offered to her were utterly disregarded ; her playmates, for whom but a moment before she gladly left the stranger, now vainly strove to pull her from her mother ; and though she yielded...  The Works of Charles Dickens ...: American notes - Page 43by Charles Dickens - 1868Full view - About this book
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with great reluctance. She clung close to me, as if bewildered...sprang to her arms, and clung to her with eager joy. I had watched the whole scene with intense interest, being desirous of learning from it all 1 could... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1841 - 740 pages
...was evidently with painful reluctanc She clung close to me, as if bewildered and fearful ; and whei after a moment, I took her to her mother, she sprang to hi arms, and clung to her with eager joy." — pp. 28, 29. The parting scene evinced alike her tenderness,... | |
 | 1842 - 414 pages
...vainly strove to pull her from her mother ; and though she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with painful...clung to her with eager joy." The subsequent parting was affecting. " Laura accompanied her mother to the door, clinging close to her all the way, until... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1842 - 340 pages
...though she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently wish painful reluctance. She clung close to me, as if bewildered...to her mother, she sprang to her arms, and clung to heY with eager joy. " The subsequent parting between them, showed alike the affection, the intelligence,... | |
 | S. Warrand - 1842 - 590 pages
...vainly strove to pull her from her mother; £nd though she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with painful reluctance. She kopt close to me, as if bewildered and fearful ; and when, after a moment, I took her to her mother,... | |
 | 1842 - 592 pages
...vainly strove to pull her from her mother; ; IK! though she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with painful reluctance. She kept close to me, as if bewildered and fearful ; and when, after a moment, I took her to her mother,... | |
 | 1842 - 590 pages
...vainly strove to pull her from her mother; ind though she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with painful reluctance. She kepi close to me, as if bewildered and fearful ; and when, after a moment, I took her to her mother,... | |
 | 1842 - 92 pages
...vainly strove to pull her from her mother ; and though she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with painful reluctance. She elung elose to me, as if bewildered and fearful ; and when, after a moment, I took her to her mother,... | |
 | 1844 - 490 pages
...vainly strove to pull her from her mother ; and though ehe yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with painful...she sprang to her arms, and clung to her with eager joyNext, she was taught those expressions of relation to place, which she could understand. For instance,... | |
 | Benjamin B. Bowen - 1849 - 444 pages
...vainly strove to pull her from her mother ; and though she yielded her usual instantaneous obedience to my signal to follow me, it was evidently with painful...Laura accompanied her mother to the door, clinging clo^e to her all the way, until they arrived at the threshold, where she paused, and felt around, to... | |
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