 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1824 - 366 pages
...wheedle favour from her ?" " I can," said Wilhelm, " and indeed without much vanity; my life has been so simple and sequestered, I have had but few enticements...edge and point of it across his hand. He hastily drew back his arm, but the blood was already running down. " One must mark you men' rather sharply, if one... | |
 | 1824 - 666 pages
...he, as if it had been a peach. " I accept it, said she, and made a movement with her right hand—as if meaning to take hold of his, but instantly she darted it into her pocket, pulled out her dagger as quick as lightning, and scored with the edge and point of it across his hand. He hastily drew back... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 788 pages
...receive an acknowledgment of love from my lips, to whom I cannot consecrate my life ! ' She looked at kim with a wild indifference ; and drew back some steps...and point of it across his hand ! He hastily drew back his arm, but the blood was already running down. " ' One must mark you men rather sharply, if... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 790 pages
...that still is something: among thousands one honest man discovered ; this is not to be refused. l3o you know then what you promise ? ' 'I know it,' answered...pulled out her dagger quick as lightning, and scored " She sunk in thought; then, after a brief pause, she exclaimed with violence : ' You are accustomed... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...Do yon know then what you promise f ' I know it.' answered Wilhelm with a smile, and holding out bis hand. 'I accept it then,' said she, and made a movement...if meaning to take hold of his : but instantly she dufd it into her pocket, pulled out her dagger as quick as lightning, and scored with the edge and... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pages
...thousands one honest man discovered ; this is not to be refused. Do you know then what you promise f ' I know it,' answered Wilhelm with a smile, and holding...she darted it into her pocket, pulled out her dagger as quick as lightning, and scored with the edge and point of it across his hand ! He hastily drew hack... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pages
...yon know then what you promise ?' ' I know it,' an-swered Wilhelm with a smile, and holding out nil I glp̀, as quick as light-ning, and scored with the edge and point of it across his hand ! He hastily drew... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 pages
...this is not lo be refused. Do yon know then what you promise P ' I know it,' an swered Wilhelm wiih a smile, and holding out his hand. 'I accept it then,'...made a movement with her right hand, as if meaning Trinke hold of his : but instantly she darted it inti> her pocket, pulled out her dagger as quick as... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1862 - 386 pages
...of breaking it; which he does. " Accept a vow," says he, as if it had been a peach. " I accept it, said she, and made a movement with her right hand,...she darted it into her pocket, pulled out her dagger as quick as lightning, and scored with the edge and point of it across his hand. He hastily drew back... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 332 pages
...of breaking it ; which he does. " Accept a vow," says he, as if it had been a peach. " I accept it, said she, and made a movement with her right hand,...she darted it into her pocket, pulled out her dagger as quick as lightning, and scored with the edge and point of it across his hand. He hastily drew back... | |
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I accept it then," said she, and made a movement with her right hand, as if meaning to take hold of his: but instantly she darted it into her pocket, pulled out her dagger quick as lightning, and scored with the edge and point of it across his hand. He... 
