"Sicklied" Quotes from Famous Books
... into this strain! Let me rather turn my eyes forward towards my home. How shall I find all there? Have his altered fortunes damped the warm ardor of my poor uncle's heart? Is his smile sicklied over by sorrow; or shall I hear his merry laugh and his cheerful voice as in days of yore? How I longed to take my place beside that hearth, and in the same oak-chair where I have sat telling the bold adventures ... — Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) • Charles Lever |