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You may readily guess that the pretty Alice was beloved by all who knew her; and, ere long, the son of the village apothecary won her heart. He was a good-hearted fellow, but never fitted himself to be of much use in the world.
The banks are anything but sound, and these rains will flood us out one of these days." The steward and his son went down the garden towards the stream which formed one boundary of Mme. de Vibray's park. "Look, father," Jacques exclaimed, "the postman is calling us." The postman, a crusty but good-hearted fellow, came hurrying up to the steward. "You do make me run, M. Dollon," he complained.
I deeply sympathize with you, my dear, for I know how much you must feel your position; but Mr. Rundell is a good-hearted young man, and he'll be good to you, I know that. Don't cry, dearie. It is all right."
“Haste, Master Deserter, the Barbarians will give you an overwarm welcome, and you are no Spartan; save yourself!” Glaucon did not stir. “Do you not see that it is impossible?” he answered, then strode across to Leonidas. “I must stay.” “Are you also mad? You are young—” The good-hearted Corinthian strove to drag him into the retreating mob.
Johnson sat up all night to read about in "Evelina," the time when all the celestial virtues, all the earthly graces were revealed in a condensed state to man through the blue eyes and sumptuous linens of some Belinda Portman or Lord Mortimer. None of your good-hearted, sorely-tempted villains then!
"And I see you think he's a horrid man?" "Not horrid, but nothing in him." "Oh, you're wrong! And you must give up thinking so directly!" said Kitty. "I used to have a very poor opinion of him too, but he, he's an awfully nice and wonderfully good-hearted man. He has a heart of gold." "How could you find out what sort of heart he has?" "We are great friends. I know him very well.
He was a man of fifty, very gentle, and very good-hearted, of a benevolence seldom found in the Roman world; and archaeology, a passion for the old stones of the past, had made him an ardent patriot. Humble though his position was, folks whispered that he had on several occasions served as an intermediary in delicate matters between the Vatican and the Quirinal.
I told her that if she died, Margarita would be conveyed to the French ship in the harbour, and afterwards to me, and that I knew where to place her with good-hearted, simple peasants who loved me, and would obey my wishes in all things. "She was satisfied, and I left her to make the necessary arrangements to carry out my plans. A few weeks later Transita expired, and the child was brought to me.
It was, perhaps, that seeming perfection which had made him suffer; however, he was as yet unable to analyse his feelings. That day, for the first time, he chatted with her for a little while, and when he went off he thought her very good-hearted and very human. Two days later he again came to spend the afternoon in the large sunlit work-shop overlooking Paris.
I told Jane the next morning, but she pretended to beleive that the cigar had been to strong for him, and that I should remember that, although very good-hearted, he was a mere child. But, if poizon, she suggested Hannah. That day, although unerved from anxiety, I took the Arab out alone, having only Jane with me.
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