 The great cross in the centre was covered with shadow; it was only as he drew near it that he made it out distinctly. Then he saw that two persons were stationed upon the low steps which formed its base. One of these was a woman, seated; her companion...  The Cornhill Magazine - Page 69edited by - 1878Full view - About this book
 | Henry James - 1878 - 120 pages
...front of her. Presently the sound of the woman's voicecame to him distinctly in the warm night air. "Well, he looks at us as one of the old lions or tigers...Christian martyrs!" These were the words he heard, in the familar accent of Miss Daisy Miller. "Let us hope he is not very hungry," responded the ingenious Giovanelli.... | |
 | Henry James - 1906 - 160 pages
...front of her. Presently the sound of the woman's voice came to him distinctly in the warm night air. "Well, he looks at us as one of the old lions or tigers...heard, in the familiar accent of Miss Daisy Miller. responded the ingenious Giovanelli. "He will have to take me first ; you will serve for dessert !"... | |
 | Henry James - 1909 - 544 pages
...the low steps that formed its base. One of these was a woman seated ; her companion hovered before her. Presently the sound of the woman's voice came...may have looked at the Christian martyrs ! " These words were winged with their accent, so that they fluttered and settled 85 about him in the darkness... | |
 | Henry James - 1909 - 556 pages
...the low steps that formed its base. One of these was a woman seated ; her companion hovered before her. Presently the sound of the woman's voice came...may have looked at the Christian martyrs ! " These words were winged with their accent, so that they fluttered and settled about him in the darkness like... | |
 | Henry James - 1915 - 128 pages
...the low steps that formed its base. One of these was a woman seated ; her companion hovered before her. Presently the sound of the woman's voice came...may have looked at the Christian martyrs ! " These words were winged with their accent, so that they fluttered and settled about him in the darkness like... | |
 | Henry James - 1920 - 310 pages
...front of her. Presently the sound of the woman's voice carne to him distinctly in the warm night air. " Well, he looks at us as one of the old lions or tigers...have to take me first; you will serve for dessert !" Winterbonrne stopped, with a sort of horror, and, it must be added, with a sort of relief. It was... | |
 | Henry James - 1920 - 350 pages
...front of her. Presently the sound of the woman's voice came to him distinctly in the warm night air. "Well, he looks at us as one of the old lions or tigers...Daisy Miller. " Let us hope he is not very hungry," 123 responded the ingenious Giovanelli. " He will have to take me first; you will serve for dessert!"... | |
 | Vivian R. Pollak, Emory Elliot - 1993 - 182 pages
...Winterbourne spies Daisy seated in the shadow of "the great cross in the centre" and, in Daisy's light words, he "looks at us as one of the old lions or tigers may have looked at the Christian martyrs" (46). But this is only the culmination of a process in which the expatriates translate religious and... | |
 | Catharine Edwards - 1999 - 316 pages
...the Colosseum murmuring 'Byron's famous lines, out of Manfred'. K And when Daisy herself announces 'he looks at us as one of the old lions or tigers may have looked at the Christian martyrs!' or declares "Well, I have seen the Colosseum by moonlight!',86 the jokey gaucheness and the blustering,... | |
 | William Wasserstrom - 1959 - 174 pages
...freedom. This effect was guaranteed, too, by their conversation. She observes of one of the statues that "he looks at us as one of the old lions or tigers may have looked at the Christian martyrs." Giovanelli says, "He will have to take me first; you will serve for dessert." A moment later, "in a... | |
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