VLUYỆN ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TÁC PHẨM VĂN HỌC-ANITY FAIR -WILLIAM MAKERPEACE THACKERAY -CHAPTER 13 pot

... should think you was rather out of sorts too, unless you mean as little harm when you throw pewter pots about, as you do when you blab and—’ ’She’s a honour to her sex,’ said Mr. Sikes, filling ... agility than could have been anticipated in a man of his apparent decrepitude; and, seizing up the pot, prepared to hurl it at his assailant’s head. But Charley Bates, at this moment, calling...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15

... entrance of Mrs. Fairfax and myself; but it appeared he was not in the mood to notice us, for he never lifted his head as we approached. "Here is Miss Eyre, sir," said Mrs. Fairfax, in ... eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on. He went on as a statue would, that is, he neither spoke nor moved. Mrs. Fairfax seemed to think it ne...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 20:20

... were four pages of loves and fears and hopes and forebodings. VANITY FAIR WILLIAM MAKERPEACE THACKERAY CHAPTER 13 Sentimental and Otherwise I fear the gentleman to whom Miss Amelia’s ... meanwhile, in Russell Square, was looking at the moon, which was shining upon that peaceful spot, as well as upon the square of the Chatham barracks, where Lieutenant Osborne was quart...

Ngày tải lên: 01/07/2014, 10:20

... safety. At least half a dozen more were severally drawn forth from the same box, and surveyed with equal pleasure; besides rings, brooches, bracelet, and other articles of jewellery, of such magnificent

Ngày tải lên: 17/10/2013, 22:15

... limpid, salubrious: no gush of bilge water had turned it to fetid puddle. I was your equal at eighteen quite your equal. Nature meant me to be, on the whole, a good man, Miss Eyre; one of the better ... won't do to neglect her; she is a Fairfax, or wed to one; and blood is said to be thicker than water." He rang, and despatched an invitation to Mrs. Fairfax, who soon arrived, k...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 01:15

... your plebeian bride in the attributes of a peeress. I though how I would carry down to you the square of unembroidered blond I had myself prepared as a covering for my low-born head, and ask ... now?" "No, no, sir; besides the delicacy and richness of the fabric, I found nothing save Fairfax Rochester's pride; and that did not scare me, because I am used to the sight of t...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 01:15

... passengers as they turn the corners, rousing up the dogs, and astonishing the fowls: and streets, squares, and courts, re- echo with the sound. ’Stop thief! Stop thief!’ The cry is taken up by a ... rushed upon the boy’s mind. Oliver Twist Charles Dickens CHAPTER X OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES; AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH PRIC...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... of the scene. Mr. Fang was a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no great quantity of hair, and what he had, growing on the back and sides of his head. His face was stern,

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... his head; ‘crime, like death, is not confined to the old and withered alone. The youngest and fairest are too often its chosen victims.’ ’But, can you—oh! can you really believe that this delicate ... of parents in your goodness and affection, but that I might have done so, and might have been equally helpless and unprotected with this poor child, have pity upon him before it is too lat...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 16:15

... goodness?’ The old lady dropped a curtsey. The doctor, after tasting the cool stuff, and expressing a qualified approval of it, hurried away: his boots creaking in a very important and wealthy manner ... the fire with a saveloy and a small loaf in his hand; a pocket-knife in his right; and a pewter pot on the trivet. There was a rascally smile on his white face as he turned round, and...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 14:15