 And she was handsomer, but the reddleman was far from thinking so. There was a certain obscurity in Eustacia's beauty, and Venn's eye was not trained. In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle, which, when observed in dull situations,...  Belgravia - Page 16by Mary Elizabeth Braddon - 1878Full view - About this book
 | 1878 - 588 pages
...was not trained. In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle which, when observed J out of the sun, seems to be of the quietest neutral...' Many women are lovelier than Thomasin,' she said ; ' BO not much attaches to that.' The reddleman suffered the wound and went on :' He is a man who... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1898 - 392 pages
...seems to be of the quietest neutral color, but under a full illum;nation blazes with dazzling splendor. Eustacia could not help replying, though conscious...women, and you could twist him' to your will like withywind, if you only had the mind." "Surely what she cannot do who has been so much with him T cannot... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 534 pages
...In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle, which, when observed in dull situations, seems to be of the quietest neutral colour, but under...of women, and you could twist him to your will like withywind, if you only had the mind.' ' Surely Iwhat she cannot do who has been so much with him I... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - Adultery - 1917 - 472 pages
...seems to be of the quietest neutral color, but under a full illumination blazes with dazzling splendor. Eustacia could not help replying, though conscious...of women, and you could twist him to your will like withywind,1 if you only had the mind." "Surely what she cannot do who has been so much with him I cannot... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1920 - 530 pages
...In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle, which, when observed in dull situations, seems to be of the quietest neutral colour, but under...of women, and you could twist him to your will like withywind, if you only had the mind.' ' Surely what she cannot do who has been so much with him I cannot... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - Adultery - 1922 - 1002 pages
...In her winter dress, as now, she was like the tiger-beetle, which, when observed in dull situations, seems to be of the quietest neutral colour, but under...conscious that she endangered her dignity thereby. ' Many 104 women are lovelier than Thomasin,' she said ; ' so not much attaches to that.' The reddleman suffered... | |
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