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" I'd be glad to be often at work earlier, Miss, if I had work to do.' 'Is it so hard to get?' asked Florence. 424 '/find it so," replied the man. Florence glanced to where the girl was sitting, drawn together, with her elbows on her knees, and her chin... "
Dombey and Son - Page 199
by Charles Dickens - 1868
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Select Novels, Volume 4

1844 - 872 pages
..." I 'd be glad to be often at work earlier, Miss, ¡f I had work to do." " Is it so hard to pet ?" asked Florence. "/find it so," replied the man. Florence...with her elbows on her knees, and her chin on her binds, and said : " Is that your daughter ?" He raised his head quickly, and looking towards the girl...
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Life in the mission, the camp and the zenáná; or, Six years in India, Volume 1

Helen Mackenzie - India - 1853 - 384 pages
...husband was speaking loudly in an indignant tone, and the old Ayah, as usual, was sitting in the verandah with her elbows on her knees, and her chin on her hands, seeing what was to be seen. Suddenly, just as I arrived, C. ordered the woman to depart, and our people...
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Six Years in India: Delhi, the City of the Great Mogul, with an Account of ...

Helen Mackenzie - India - 1857 - 322 pages
...husband was sneaking loudly in an indignant tone, and the old Ayah, as usual, was sitting in the verandah with her elbows on her knees, and her chin on her hands, seeing what was to be seen. Suddenly, just as I arrived, C. ordered the woman to depart, and our people...
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Chronicles of St. Mary's

English fiction - 1868 - 438 pages
...Neville had said to her one day, when he had found her sitting under a tree in the monitors' garden with her elbows on her knees, and her chin on her hands, lost in meditation. But she had only looked up blushing, laughed and ran away. She told these day-dreams...
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Chronicles of St. Mary's, by S.D.N.

S D. N - Genealogy - 1868 - 558 pages
...Neville had said to her one day, when he had found her sitting under a tree in the monitors' garden with her elbows on her knees, and her chin on her hands, lost in meditation. But she had only looked up blushing, laughed and ran away. Miriam had been administering...
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The Works of Charles Dickens: David Cooperfield (1872)

Charles Dickens - 1872 - 368 pages
...was bending over a lire he had made to caulk the old boat which was lying bottom upward, close by, ho raised his head at the , sound of her footstep, and...on her hands, and said : " Is that your daughter?" Ho raised his head quickly, and looking toward the girl with a brightened face, nodded to her, and...
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Works of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens - 1873 - 376 pages
...water, where he was bending over a fire he had made to caulk the old boat which was lying bottom upward, close by, he raised his head at the sound of her footstep,...miss, if I had work to do." " Is it so hard to get f" asked Florence. "7 find it so," replied the man. Florence glanced to where the girl was sitting,...
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Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 13

Charles Dickens - 1877 - 546 pages
...her Good morning. "Good morning," said Florence, approaching nearer, "you are at work early." " I 'd be glad to be often at work, earlier, miss, if I had...to do." " Is it so hard to get ? " asked Florence. "I find it so," replied the man. Florence glanced to where the girl was sitting, drawn together, with...
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Little Miss Primrose, by the author of 'St. Olave's'.

Eliza Stephenson - 1880 - 304 pages
...and she found a comfortable place for Petsie, and then sat down herself on a bit of stump, and leaned her elbows on her knees, and her chin on her hands, and began to wish her visitor would go away. But her visitor was not going to do anything of the sort until...
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Cassandra's Casket

Emma Marshall - Children - 1885 - 390 pages
...completed the tour of the room, came and sat opposite her on a low square footstool. Cassandra rested her elbows on her knees and her chin on her hands, and gazed up at Janet. To her surprise Janet suddenly looked up and said, as if interpreting her thoughts...
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