 | Charles Dickens - England - 1840 - 552 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird — a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1841 - 734 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was...poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed—was stirring nimbly in its cage; and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and... | |
 | Stephen Collins - Essays - 1842 - 318 pages
...fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life; not one that had lived and suffered death. '•She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird — a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in... | |
 | Christianity - 1842 - 750 pages
...we quote, as in our minds nearly the best composition we ever encountered in our author's pages. " She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird, — a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed, — was stirring nimbly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 828 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird — a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little, bird — a poor, slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - Readers - 1851 - 422 pages
...put near me something that has love the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were he words. She was dead! Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead Her little bird — a poor, slight thing, the pressure of a finge would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, James Madison Watson - Readers (Elementary) - 1859 - 422 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. 2. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was...poor, slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed—was stirring nimbly in its cage, and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." Those were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird — a poor, slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...near me something that has loved the light, and had the sky above it always." These were her words. She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell was dead. Her little bird — a poor slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in... | |
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She was dead. Dear, gentle, patient, noble Nell, was dead. Her little bird — a poor, slight thing the pressure of a finger would have crushed — was stirring nimbly in its cage ; and the strong heart of its child-mistress was mute and motionless for... 
