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That Pleyel should abandon me forever, because I was blind to his excellence, because I coveted pollution, and wedded infamy, when, on the contrary, my heart was the shrine of all purity, and beat only for his sake, was a destiny which, as long as my life was in my own hands, I would by no means consent to endure.
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
He saw Laurence’s eroding dead skull beneath the earth with soil clustered around it, yet still, in the midst of all this, he was supposed to choose between chicken-avocado and ham and Pret pickle.
Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019
"You propose," replied I, "to fly from the habitations of man, to dwell in those wilds where the beasts of the field will be your only companions. How can you, who long for the love and sympathy of man, persevere in this exile? You will return and again seek their kindness, and you will meet with their detestation; your evil passions will be
... See moreMary Shelley • Frankenstein: The Original 1818 Unabridged and Complete Edition (A Mary Shelley Classics
“They won’t find you.” “They’ll come.” Let them try, West had thought, livid as he saw what had been done to his kinsman.
Lisa Kleypas • Hello Stranger: The Ravenels, Book 4
You, my creator, would tear me to pieces, and triumph; remember that, and tell me why I should pity man more than he pities me? You would not call it murder, if you could precipitate me into one of those ice-rifts, and destroy my frame, the work of your own hands. Shall I respect man, when he contemns me? Let him live with me in the interchange of
... See moreMary Shelley • Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds (The MIT Press)
A sua expressão, a voz, as maneiras, haviam sido suficientes para de imediato o considerar como detentor de todas as virtudes. Tentou recordar algum acto de bondade, algum exemplo de rectidão ou de benevolência que pudesse contrariar as acusações do senhor Darcy; ou que, pelo menos, estabelecesse em Wickham um predomínio da virtude, susceptível de
... See moreJane Austen • Orgulho e Preconceito (Portuguese Edition)
“No, Michael,” she said quietly. “I’m afraid you’re too conventional to suit me.” And Leo closed the door in Michael Bayning’s astonished face.
Lisa Kleypas • Tempt Me at Twilight (Hathaways)
Her complexion was sallow; and her features small, without beauty, and naturally without expression; but a lucky contraction of the brow had rescued her countenance from the disgrace of insipidity, by giving it the strong characters of pride and ill nature.