Quotes About Lady

Mrs. Douglas; and altogether the lady was in a better disposition towards the Eskdales than she had been before the election. She had missed them as objects of observation, and had wanted somebody to find fault with.

For my part, I like those long trials of the old-fashioned chivalry. That lout of a young lord, who took offence because his sovereign-lady sent him down among the lions to fetch her glove, was, in my opinion, very impertinent, and a fool too. Doubtless the lady had in reserve for him some exquisite flower of love, which he lost, as he well deserved—the puppy!

The only song I can sing is 'Lady in Red' so that must tell you how great it must have been.

It seemed quite natural that the little lady should be there; for many things we never could believe, have only to happen, and then there is nothing strange about them.

counsel:--Go to the Lady of Sorrow, and `take with both hands'* what she will give you. Yonder lies her cottage. She is not in it now, but her door stands open, and there is bread and water on her table. Go in; sit down; eat of the bread; drink of the water; and wait there until she appear. Then ask counsel of her, for she is true, and her wisdom is great.

A man who would contract the mumps,' declared Cecilia, 'would do anything!' Lady Ombersley saw nothing unreasonable in this pronouncement, nor was she surprised that his lordship's unromantic behaviour had given Cecilia a distaste for him.

The servants were letting down the steps of the two coaches, and in another instant Miss Morville's worst fears were realized: Lord and Lady Grampound had brought their interesting offspring with them to Stanyon.

Raoul felt suddenly impatient. 'Heart of a man, if the Lady Elfrida will trust herself to me I will have her in spite of every customary usage!' 'There spoke the Norman,' Edgar said softly. 'Marauding, grasping, marking his prey!

Me, I am not a lady,' announced her grace. 'I have been very well educated, and I will drink port.

She made the rather horrifying discovery that the slim fingers of a lady could curl into claws, and quickly straightened them.

Lady, you called me a mocker, but for once I do not jest. Hear my solemn promise! I will make you an Englishwoman before a year is gone by. And so seal my bond.' He bent his handsome head quickly, and kissed her lips before she could stop him.

them incredible that so gentle and lovely a lady should hold no place in his heart or memory. They even indulged their fancies by supposing that his overt dislike of his elder son was caused by the secret pangs the sight of the fair boy, who was

From that date she had had no other chaperone than Nurse, but, as she pointed out to Lady Denny, since she neither went into society nor received guests at Undershaw it was hard to see what use a chaperon would be to her.

The girl's not like the one you saw. She's a lady. You know her.' 'I don't,' contradicted Miss Marling positively. 'Mamma would never let me know the sort of female who would run off with you, Dominic.

I forced the girl to come aboard the Albatross , and brought her over to France. At Dieppe, I discovered the mistake I'd made. She was no Sophia, but a lady, and virtuous to boot.' 'I'll be bound she enjoyed it prodigiously for all that,' sighed Miss Marling. 'I should.

Only one lady saw any impropriety in it, and as she was notoriously spiteful, and had two rather plain daughters of marriageable age on her hands, no one paid any heed to her.

I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.

I warn't never meant to be a lady, I know that now. I got streaks of wildness in me that trip me up every time, and just like streaks in clothes, there's some dirt that just won't wash out.

Mother Nature is a freaky lady who probably created pot so she could spend all her time smoking it.

A sincere compliment is always grateful to a lady, so long as you don't try to knock her down with it.

Now I know you'll tell me," said the lady. "The names of the first two disciples were—" "DAVID AND GOLIATH!" Let us draw the curtain of charity over the rest of the scene.

A good part of the whispering had been occasioned by an event which was more or less rare—the entrance of visitors: lawyer Thatcher, accompanied by a very feeble and aged man; a fine, portly, middle-aged gentleman with iron-gray hair; and a dignified lady who was doubtless the latter's wife.

Denzil Smith was not a particularly pious man, but he was a curious one, which made him excellent company for Lady Agatha Ardry. They were dependent on one another in the mindless way of two gibbons dedicated to picking fleas off one another's fur.

Every...woman, the old lady said, loves a ...rogue.