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2026-03-18
Big, dark blue eyes are set widely apart, and are quick and tender or stern with the man’s moods. “It is Mina Murray that I came to see that was friend of that poor dear child Lucy Westenra. Madam Mina, it is on account of the dead I come.” “Sir,” I said, “you...
2026-03-14
I once had a friend, the most noble of human creatures, and am entitled, therefore, to judge respecting friendship. You have hope, and the world before you, and have no cause for despair. But I—I have lost everything and cannot begin life anew.” As he said thi...
2026-02-26
I saw the manuscript in his hand, and I knew that when he read it he would realise how much I knew; so I said to him:-- “I wish I could comfort all who suffer from the heart. Will you let me be your friend, and will you come to me for comfort if you need it?
2026-02-25
Well, he certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person.” “Dear Lizzy!” “Oh, you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life.” “I w...
2026-02-24
He took my hands and raised me up, and made me sit on the sofa, and sat by me; he held my hand in his, and said to me with, oh, such infinite sweetness:-- “My life is a barren and lonely one, and so full of work that I have not had much time for friendships; b...
2026-02-17
When Lord Godalming got his and turned it over--it does make a pretty good pile--he said:-- “Did you write all this, Mrs. Harker?” I nodded, and he went on:-- “I don’t quite see the drift of it; but you people are all so good and kind, and have been working so...
2026-02-10
I am glad to have a friend with whom I can discuss my results. The matter is a perfectly trivial one”—he jerked his thumb in the direction of the old hat—“but there are points in connection with it which are not entirely devoid of interest and even of instruct...
2026-01-26
It seemed but poor comfort to so brave and unselfish a soul, and impulsively I bent over and kissed him. The tears rose in his eyes, and there was a momentary choking in his throat; he said quite calmly:-- “Little girl, you will never regret that true-hearted ...
2026-01-25
We once carried out a small matter of renting some chambers for him when he was the Honourable Arthur Holmwood. If you will let me have his lordship’s address I will consult the House on the subject, and will, in any case, communicate with his lordship by to-n...
2026-01-10
For two streets he shuffled along with a bent back and an uncertain foot. Then, glancing quickly round, he straightened himself out and burst into a hearty fit of laughter. “I suppose, Watson,” said he, “that you imagine that I have added opium-smoking to coca...
2026-01-03
He soon perceived that I disliked the subject; but not guessing the real cause, he attributed my feelings to modesty, and changed the subject from my improvement, to the science itself, with a desire, as I evidently saw, of drawing me out. I felt as if he had ...
2026-01-03
But we live and learn, and in our present task we must take no chance, as my friend Quincey would say. Seward seemed to answer them both in a dreamy kind of way:-- “I don’t know but that I agree with you.
2026-01-03
“There is something in what the fellow says about outdoor work,” he remarked, “so I think, Watson, that I must leave you to your papers for a little.” It was after five o’clock when Sherlock Holmes left me, but I had no time to be lonely, for within an hour th...
2025-12-14
The least agreeable circumstance in the business was the surprise it must occasion to Elizabeth Bennet, whose friendship she valued beyond that of any other person. Elizabeth would wonder, and probably would blame her; and though her resolution was not to be s...
2025-11-29
Then you shall bless me from first to last for your own sake, and for the sake of others and for her dear sake to whom I swore to protect.” “And, indeed, indeed, sir,” said Arthur warmly, “I shall in all ways trust you. I know and believe you have a very noble...