"Happy" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... on the playful frenzy; she made show of wringing her hands: 'Oh! happy you! you know Alvan? And everybody is to know him except me? why? I proclaim it unjust. Because I am unmarried? I'll take a husband to-morrow morning to be entitled to meet Alvan in ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith
... the place fit for a castle and enclosure. Through the grass-land opposite he traced the course of a large brook down to the lake; another entered it on the right, and the lake gradually narrowed to a river on his left. Could he erect a tower there, and bring Aurora to it, how happy he would be! A more beautiful spot he had never seen, nor one more suited ...
— After London - Wild England • Richard Jefferies
... Mr. Blyth, "I know nothing of the poor little creature. I only wish from the bottom of my heart that I could do something to help her and make her happy. If Lavvie and I had had such an angel of a child as that," continued Valentine, clasping his hands together fervently, "deaf and dumb as she is, we should have thanked God for her every day ...
— Hide and Seek • Wilkie Collins
... Trujillo. Certainly it must have been a happy moment for the neglected {67} bastard who had been a swineherd to return to his native village under such enviable conditions. He set sail for America early in 1530, with three ships. His four brothers came with him, the ...
— South American Fights and Fighters - And Other Tales of Adventure • Cyrus Townsend Brady
... L. We shall be happy to render you the best assistance we can, if you will communicate with us again. For iodized paper we may safely refer you ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 183, April 30, 1853 • Various
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