Her former ideas of what constituted facial and vocal expression now seemed ridiculous to her.
There was a distinct advance; for, after she reflected upon all that Mildred had told her, little of her former opinion of Mildred's chances for success had remained but a hope detained not without difficulty.
Mildred lifted her head, a gleam of her former spirit in her eyes.
About this time Lantier, her former lover, appeared again, and made friends with Coupeau, who agreed to take him into the house as a lodger.
Her influence over him became complete, and he even accepted Daguenet, her former lover, as his son-in-law.
She was a handsome woman, and in spite of her fifty years still retained much of her former charm.
I now saw, as I looked back over the past weeks, that her love had grown steadily and irresistibly till it had overwhelmed all save her will and conscience; that these stood, the two solitary landmarks of her former world.
To me," she resumed in her former tone, that only became more hurried and full of fear as the tempest approached, "these awful storms are no part of heaven.
The smiling and graceful air with which she received him, so opposite to her former behaviour, quite fascinated his heart.
Her dexterity in managing her steed, though acquired in her former occupation, was regarded as a fresh proof of her mission; and she was received with the loudest acclamations by the spectators.
He knew that she had never really been well since her mother's death, but the change wrought within the last three weeks dismayed him; she was the mere shadow of her former self.
Perhaps because Erica had made no answer to the last remark, and was conscious of a touch of malice in her former speech, she put a little additional warmth into her farewell.
Erica relinquished a vain search for candle lighters, and took up her former position on the hearth rug with her toasting fork.
Nothing could replace him, therefore, in her former esteem, nor injure the interests of Colonel Brandon.
Her former apprehensions, now with greater reason restored, left her no doubt of the event; and though trying to speak comfort to Elinor, her conviction of her sister's danger would not allow her to offer the comfort of hope.
Her sense of irony never quite deserted her, and she could still note, with self-directed derision, the abnormal value suddenly acquired by the most tiresome and insignificant details of her former life.
She was especially careful to avoid her old friends and the scenes of her former successes.
The eyes she turned on him showed a quick gleam of her former fear.
Her natural temperament, her former life, her circle of friends, her home influences were all against her, and yet Christ triumphed.
Four weeks elapsed before she was able to be removed from Newport to her home, and then she was so feeble in body and mind as to present but the shadowy semblance of her former self.
It is true she was free from all legal obligations to her former husband, and that was something gained.
I found her sitting up in her bed; she looked about forty-five, and still preserved traces of her former beauty; her countenance bore the imprint of sadness, but had no marks of sickness whatsoever.
One of the two ladies, who retained some traces of her former beauty, asked me, in excellent French, what circles I moved in.
Serious differences arose between the queen and one of her former subjects, Bartolommeo Prigiani, who had become pope under the name of Urban VI.
Bertrande observed this, but without uneasiness; she had suffered too much from her former suspicions, besides her husband showed her so much affection that she was now quite happy.
She entered the royal tent, reminded the king of her former services, and seeing his mood somewhat softened, ventured to mention how cleverly Reynard once helped him to judge between the rival claims of a shepherd and a serpent.
During three whole years Gudrun endured this cruelty in silence; but when Hartmut returned she was restored to her former state, although she still persisted in refusing his passionate suit.
In this dream she was saved and restored to her formershape by a radiant little creature, who rode in a glistening silver car, drawn by leopards.
She had continued in her own galley, and was still under the charge of her former guardian, Stephen of Turnham.
Nothing shall be left of her save a wilderness of marble ruins and tales of her former grandeur.
With one loud, piercing cry of anguish, the girl rushed madly towards her, and when within three paces plucked a jewelled dagger from her bosom, and made to plunge it into the heart of her former slave.
But a nature with true instinctive love cannot long remain in such a state when conditions change; and now Saronia was coming to her former self, removed from the world and surrounded by those who really loved her.
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