I can remember you throwing me into the bow where the wet coiled lines were and feeling the whole boat shiver and the noise of you clubbing him like chopping a tree down and the sweet blood smell all over me. ’ ‘Can you really remember that or did I just tell it to you? ’ ‘...
a family that loved them, some were educated, all suffered at the hands of an unjust and cruel society that failed them over and over again. What Hallie Rubenhold has done with this book, is not only tell a fascinating tale of women’s lives in Victorian times, but she has bestowed so...
book on her knees and was pointing out something in it to Constantine who, dressed in a man-o-war suit, lay at her feet.It was she who had chosen the name of her sons for she was very sensible of the dignity of family life.Thanks to her, Constantine was now senior curate in Bal...
第2章 Book the FirstRecalled to Life的内容摘要:I The Period It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belie...
He had just received a box of new books from his London book-seller, and had preferred the prospect of a quiet Sunday at home with his spoils. But he now went into the club writing-room, wrote a hurried telegram, and told the servant to send it immediately. He knew that Mr...
The king was satisfied; so the duke got out his book and read the parts over in the most splendid spread-eagle way, prancing around and acting at the same time, to show how it had got to be done; then he give the book to the king and told him to get his part by heart...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook hugeness Thesaurus Financial Wikipedia (hyo͞oj) adj.hug·er,hug·est 1.Of exceedingly great size, extent, or quantity. See Synonyms atenormous. 2.Of exceedingly great scope or nature:the huge influence of the Hellenic world. ...
Golyadkin, beside himself, ran out on the Fontanka Quay, close to the Ismailovsky Bridge, fleeing from his foes, from persecution, from a hailstorm of nips and pinches aimed at him, from the shrieks of excited old ladies, from the Ohs and Ahs of women and from the murderous eyes of ...
The Book Rack Literary Spotlight & Giveaway: The Golden Manuscripts: A Novel by Evy Journey #TheGoldenManuscripts Author: Evy Journey Pages: 360 Genre: Historical Fiction/Women’s Fiction/Mystery A young woman of Asian/American parentage has lived in seven different countries and is anxious to ...
His function was to direct the affairs of the ‘Book Room,’ the publishing department of the Connexion. He lived in London, and shot out into the provinces at week-ends, preaching on Sundays and giving a lecture, tinctured with bookishness, ‘in the chapel’ on Monday evenings. In ...