 I am glad I know my keeper, and am used to him. Only his voice will I follow; only his hand shall manage me; only at his feet will I repose.  Little Foxes - Page 161by Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1869 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1849 - 336 pages
...remember, the leopardess is tameless,' said she. "' Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine,' " ' I am glad I know my keeper, and am used to him. Only...shall manage me ; only at his feet will I repose.' " I took her back to her seat, and sat down by her side: I wanted to hear her speak again: I could... | |
 | American essays - 1865 - 940 pages
...Shirley is contumacious and self-willed, and Moore, her lover and tutor, gives her "Lе Cheval dompté"' for a French lesson, as a gentle intimation of the...unaccountable manner, and declaring, nevertheless, in very awful and mysterious tones, that he has such a passion for being believed in, that, if any one... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1872 - 610 pages
...remember, the leopardess is tameless,' said she. " ' Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine.' " ' I am glad I know my keeper, and am used to him. Only...shall manage me ; only at his feet will I repose.' " I took her back to her seat, and sat down by her side : I wanted to hear her speak again : I could... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - English literature - 1872 - 608 pages
...remember, the leopardess is tameless,' said she. " ' Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine.' " ' I am glad I know my keeper, and am used to him. Only...follow ; only his hand shall manage me ; only at his fe> •will I repose.' " I took her back to her seat, and sat down by her side : I wanted to hear her... | |
 | Peter Bayne - English poetry - 1881 - 428 pages
...you are mine." " I am glad I know my keeper," she says, with the smile of acceptance on her lip, " and am used to him. Only his voice will I follow ;...shall manage me ; only at his feet will I repose." Neither in Shakespeare nor in Goethe, neither in Schiller nor in Byron, neither in Fielding nor in... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - Authors, English - 1893 - 376 pages
...remember, the leopardess is tameless,' said she. " ' Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine." " ' I am glad I know my keeper, and am used to him. Only...shall manage me ; only at his feet will I repose.' " I took her back to her seat, and sat down by her side : I wanted to hear her speak again : I could... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - English literature - 1896 - 382 pages
...remember, the leopardess is tameless,' said she. " ' Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine." " ' I am glad I know my keeper, and am used to him. Only...shall manage me ; only at his feet will I repose.' " I took her back to her seat, and sat down by her side : I wanted to hear her speak again : I could... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - 1899 - 728 pages
...remember, the leopardess is tameless," said she. ' " Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine." TT ' " I am glad I know my keeper, and am used to him. Only...will I follow ; only his hand shall manage me ; only tit his feet will I repose." ' I took her back to her seat, and sat down by her side '. I wanted to... | |
 | Charlotte Brontë - England - 1899 - 722 pages
...' " Tame or fierce, wild or subdued, you are mine." IT ' " I am glad I know my keeper, and am nsrd to him. Only his voice will I follow ; only his hand...shall manage me ; only at his feet will I repose." ' I took her back to her seat, and sat down by her side : I wanted to hear her speak again : I could... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1903 - 758 pages
...leopardess, and rejoices that " wild or subdued" she is his. " I am glad I know my keeper," she rejoins — " only his voice will I follow ; only his hand shall manage me ; only at his feet will I repose." We give her up after this. Louis Moore has a brother who is not a teacher by profession, but takes... | |
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