Books with author Constance Fenimore Woolson

"It is but little we can do for each other. We accompany the youth with sympathy and manifold old sayings of the wise to the gate of the arena, but it is certain that not by strength of ours, or by the old sayings, but only on strength of his own, unknown to us or to any, he must stand or fall."—Emerson. "Does it look well, father?" "What, child?" "Does this look well?"

Excerpt from Jupiter LightsBut she looked so ill that the judge hastily offered her his arm.She did not accept it. It is nothing, she said. Anger now came to her aid, Cicely's announcement had stunned her. I am perfectly well, she went on, in a clear voice. It has been a long voyage, and that, you know, is tiresome. But now that it is over, I shall soon be myself again, and able to continue my journey.Continue Are you going any further, then inquired Miss Abercrombie, mildly. I had hoped - we have all hoped - that you would spend a long time with us. Miss Abercrombie had a soft voice with melancholy cadences; her tones had no rising inflections; all her sentences died gently away.You are very kind. It will be impossible, Miss Bruce responded, briefly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.