 | 1870 - 604 pages
...hope that " he " had made some impression on a virtuous heart," his father would not hear of it. " After a painful struggle, I yielded to my fate. I sighed as a lover ; I obeyed as a son." The application of such a style to such a subject paints the man almost as well as the black paper... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1872 - 786 pages
...passion ; and I might presume to hope that 1 had made some impression on a virtuous heart. At Grassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity : but...and helpless. After a painful struggle, I yielded to rny fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence,... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1874 - 924 pages
...bope that 1 had made some impression on a virtuous heart. At Crossy and Lausanne I indulged my dreams of felicity; but on my return to England I soon discovered that iny father would not hear of this strange alliance, and that without hi< consent I was myself destitute... | |
 | 1875 - 822 pages
...passion, and I might presume to hope that I had made some impression on a virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity ; but...struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeved as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life." Mademoiselle... | |
 | 1875 - 448 pages
...passion, and I might presume to hope that I had made some impression on a virtuous heart. At Grassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity : but on my return to England I soon dis9* covered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance, and that without his consent... | |
 | sir John Bowring - 1878 - 642 pages
..."Accordingly," says the young man, in words which remind us of Sheridan's Governor of Tilbury Fort, " after a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son." The struggle would seem not to have been too severe ; and we shall find him a warm and intimate friend... | |
 | 1879 - 336 pages
...passion; and I might presume to hope that I had made some impression on a virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity: but on my return to England, I soon CHOICE SELECTIONS. 159 discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance, and that... | |
 | Peter Anton - 1880 - 268 pages
...and passion, and I might presume to hope that I made some impression on a virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity ; but...strange alliance, and that, without his .consent, I was destitute and helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lover, I obeyed... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pages
...passion ; and I might presume to hope that I had made some impression on a virtuous heart. At Crassy and Lausanne I indulged my dream of felicity ; but on my return to England 1 soon discovered that my father would not hear of this strange alliance, and that without his consent... | |
 | 1881 - 884 pages
...shortly after his return to England, and ended all communication between himself and Mile. Churchod : "I soon discovered that my father would not hear of...strange alliance, and that without his consent i was destitute and helpless. After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate ; I sighed as a lever, I obeyed... | |
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After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son l ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. 
