You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope

“I am sorry to tell you that I am getting very extravagant and spending all my m…”

“Let us leave it to the reviewers to abuse such effusions of fancy at their leis…”

“It was a gloomy prospect, and all that she could do was to throw a mist over it…”

“I beg your pardon; one knows exactly what to think.”