Mary Elizabeth Braddon quotes (showing 1-18 of 18)

Surely a pretty wo an ne!er loo"s prettier than when % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Lady Audley's Secret
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a"ing tea#$

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*hoebe Mar"s was a person who ne!er lost her indi!iduality# Silent and self-(ontained& she see ed to hold herself within herself& and ta"e no (olour fro the outer world#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Lady Audley's Secret
tags' atara+y& indi!iduality& re(lusi!eness& self-(ontain ent& self-relian(e& self-suffi(ien(y& silen(e&solitude 1, li"es

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Self-assertion ay de(ei!e the ignorant for a ti e- but when the noise dies away& we (ut open the dru & and find it was e ptiness that ade the usi(#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Aurora Floyd
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.hy& / (an0t help s iling at people& and spea"ing prettily to the # / "now /0 of the world- but / (an0t help it if /0 pleasanter# /t0s (onstitutional#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Lady Audley's Secret
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no better than the rest

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2hey were drea ers3and they drea t the sel!es into the (e etery#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Good Lady Ducayne
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2here were any beautiful !ipers in those days and she was one of the # (4E!eline0s 5isitant4)$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Antholo y of !are Supernatural Stories from the "ens of #ictorian Ladies
tags' e!il-wo en& fe ) li"es e-fatale

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6e was a student - su(h things as happened to hi & happen so eti es to students# 6e was a 7er an - su(h things as happened to hi & happen so eti es to 7er ans# 6e was young& handso e& studious& enthusiasti(& etaphysi(al& re("less& unbelie!ing& heartless#

8nd being young& handso e& and eloquent he was belo!ed# (42he 9old E bra(e4)$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& !ei n of Terror #olume $: Great #ictorian %orror Stories
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;ou see to ha!e quite a taste for dis(ussing these horrible sub<e(ts&4 she said& rather s(ornfully4you ought to ha!e been a dete(ti!e poli(e offi(er#4 4/ so eti es thin" / should ha!e been a good one#4

4.hy=4 4Be(ause / a patient#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Lady Audley's Secret

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.hat ha!e you to do with hearts& e+(ept for disse(tion=$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Good Lady Ducayne
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8nd thus they for a perfe(t group- he wal"s ba(" two or three pa(es& sele(ts his point of sight& and begins to s"et(h a hurried outline# 6e has finished it before they o!e- he hears their !oi(es& though he (annot hear their words& and wonders what they (an be tal"ing of# *resently he wal"s on& and <oins the # 0;ou ha!e a (orpse there& y friends=0 he says#

0;es- a (orpse washed ashore an hour ago#0 0>rowned=0 0;es& drowned- - a young girl& !ery handso e#0 0Sui(ides are always handso e&0 he says- and then he stands for a little while idly s o"ing and editating& loo"ing at the sharp outline of the (orpse and the stiff folds of the rough (an!as (o!ering# ?ife is su(h a golden holiday to hi young& a bitious& (le!er - that it see s as though sorrow and death (ould ha!e no part in his destiny# (42he 9old E bra(e4)$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& !ei n of Terror #olume $: Great #ictorian %orror Stories
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Being a !ery quiet young an& without u(h to say for$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& The Doctor's &ife
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7eorge 7ilbert too" his life as he found it& and had no wish to % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& The Doctor's &ife
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a"e it better#$

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7eorge (ould only stare at the young lady0s "indling fa(e& whi(h lighted up all in a o ent& and was suddenly beautiful& li"e so e transparen(y whi(h see s a dingy pi(ture till you put a la p behind it# 2he young surgeon (ould only stare wonderingly at Mr# Sleaford0s daughter& for he hadn0t the faintest idea what she and his friend were tal"ing about#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& The Doctor's &ife
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2hat he will haunt the footsteps of his ene y after death is the one re!enge whi(h a dying an (an pro ise hi self- and if en had power thus to a!enge the sel!es the earth would be peopled with phanto s# (4E!eline0s 5isitant4)$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& The Gentlewomen of Evil: An Antholo y of !are Supernatural Stories from the "ens of #ictorian Ladies
tags' (urse& haunt& oath& re!enge& !engean(e 1 li"es

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Sir 6arry 2owers (ares#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Lady Audley's Secret
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2he boys are to ha!e theirs in the "it(hen&$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& The Doctor's &ife
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6e forgot that lo!e& whi(h is a adness& and a s(ourge& and a fe!er& and a delusion& and a snare& is also a ystery& and !ery i perfe(tly understood by e!eryone e+(ept the indi!idual sufferer who writhes under its tortures#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Lady Audley's Secret
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6e was a square& pale-fa(ed an of al ost forty& and had the appearan(e of ha!ing outli!ed e!ery e otion to whi(h hu anity is sub<e(t#$ % Mary Elizabeth Braddon& Lady Audley's Secret