 ... on opening the door, she saw Marianne stretched on the bed, almost choked by grief, one letter in her hand, and two or three others lying by her. Elinor drew near, but without saying a word; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her...  The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen - Page 23by Jane Austen - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Jane Austen - 1864 - 530 pages
...but without saying a word ; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her affectionately several times, and then gave way to a burst of tears,...letters into Elinor's hands, and then covering her face with^er handkerchief, almost screamed with agony. Elinor, who knew that such grief, shock ing as it... | |
 | Jane Austen - 1892 - 582 pages
...but without saying a word; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her affectionately several times, and then gave way to a burst of tears,...to speak, seemed to feel all the tenderness of this behavior; and after somo time thus spent in joint affliction, she put all the letters into Elinor's... | |
 | Jane Austen - England - 1899 - 314 pages
...but without saying a word; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her affectionately several times, and then gave way to a burst of tears,...to speak, seemed to feel all the tenderness of this behavior; and after some time thus spent in joint affliction, she put all the letters into Elinor's... | |
 | Jane Austen - Domestic fiction - 1913 - 378 pages
...but without saying a word ; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her affectionately several times, and then gave way to a burst of tears, which at first was scarcely 40 less violent than Marianne's. The latter, though unable to speak, seemed to feel all the tenderness... | |
 | B. Delores Max - Fiction - 2003 - 356 pages
...but without saying a word; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her affectionately several times, and then gave way to a burst of tears,...to speak, seemed to feel all the tenderness of this behavior, and after some time thus spent in joint affliction, she put all the letters into Elinor's... | |
 | Peter J. Leithart - Fiction - 2004 - 203 pages
...but without saying a word; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her affectionately several times, and then gave way to a burst of tears,...than Marianne's. The latter, though unable to speak, seem to feel all the tenderness of this behaviour, and after some time thus spend in joint affliction,... | |
 | Dagmar Hecher - Discourse analysis, Narrative - 2007 - 141 pages
...but without saying a word; and seating herself on the bed, took her hand, kissed her affectionately several times, and then gave way to a burst of tears,...to speak, seemed to feel all the tenderness of this behavior (S&S, 173) Perkins maintains that "Elinor will intensely feel an emotion only when doing so... | |
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