cried Shirley. " How steadily they march in ! There is discipline in their ranks — I will not say there is courage : hundreds against tens are no proof of that quality ; but " (she dropped her voice) "there is suffering and desperation enough amongst... Shirley, by Currer Bell - Page 196by Charlotte Brontë - 1849Full view - About this book
| Charlotte Brontë - 1872 - 610 pages
...him — could hear him speak — could speak to him ! With my will — my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way: I could...there is suffering and desperation enough amongst them — these goads will urge them forwards." " Forwards against Robert — and they hate him. Shirley,... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - English literature - 1872 - 608 pages
...— could hear him speak — could speak to him ! With my will — *t>y longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way: I could...on ! " cried Shirley. " How steadily they march in ! : is discipline in their ranks — I will not say there is courage : i against tens are no proof... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - Authors, English - 1893 - 376 pages
...him — could hear him speak — could speak to him ! With my will — my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way : I could..."there is suffering and desperation enough amongst them — these goads will urge them forwards." " Forwards against Robert — and they hate him. Shirley,... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - English literature - 1896 - 382 pages
...him — could hear him speak — could speak to him ! With my will — my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way: I could..."there is suffering and desperation enough amongst them — these goads will urge them forwards." " Forwards against Robert — and they hate him. Shirley,... | |
| Charlotte Brontë - 1905 - 370 pages
...him — could hear him speak — could speak to him ! With my will — my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way: I could...not say there is courage : hundreds against tens are DO proof of that quality ; but " (she dropped her voice) "there it suffering and desperation enough... | |
| George Laurence Gomme - 1912 - 610 pages
...With my will — my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way : I could he turned to some account." " They come on ! " cried...there is suffering and desperation enough amongst them — these goads will urge them forwards." " Forwards against Robert — and they hate him. Shirley,... | |
| Mackenzie Bell - American fiction - 1927 - 486 pages
...could hear him speak — could speak- to him ! With my will — with my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way ; I could...there is suffering and desperation enough amongst them — these goads will urge them forwards." " Forwards against Robert — and they hate him. Shirley,... | |
| Mackenzie Bell - American fiction - 1927 - 528 pages
...— could hear him speak — could speak to him ! With my will — with my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way ; I could...there is suffering and desperation enough amongst them — these goads will urge them forwards." " Forwards against Robert — and they hate him. Shirley,... | |
| John Plotz - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 282 pages
...in terms that leave them mere components of their "manifold" action against the few men in the mill: "I will not say there is courage: hundreds against tens are no proof of that quality" (335). That she credits them with "suffering and desperation enough" is scarcely a concession to evoke... | |
| Dinah Mulock Craik - Fiction - 2005 - 600 pages
...nearer him — could hear him speak — could speak to him! With my will my longing to serve him — I could not be a useless burden in his way: I could..."there is suffering and desperation enough amongst them — these goads will urge them forwards." "Forwards against Robert — and they hate him. Shirley,... | |
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