英语词汇“schoolmistress”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

“Young man,” Xan said to the schoolmistress’s son—a nice boy, fifteen, probably, whose skin seemed to glow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Later, when the growth had been dispatched and the brain healed and the schoolmistress was sleeping comfortably, Xan felt she could finally relax. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The schoolmistress lay on the kitchen table, deep in sleep, and Xan kept both palms on the sides of the young woman’s face, concentrating hard. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The schoolmistress had been suffering from terrible headaches that were, Xan discovered, the result of a growth in the center of her brain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Children tattled on their parents, taught by schoolmistresses the hallmarks of sedition. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Pedro Tercero still had trouble reading, but his curiosity and desire accomplished what his schoolmistress had been unable to do with all her canings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Mazzie faces a perhaps more formidable challenge in taking on the schoolmistress duties of Mrs. Anna, the Welsh-born tutor to the children of the King of Siam. How to Keep a Musical Great: Call Heather Headley and Marin Mazzie 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

Dynamic, too, was Nicole Car as the widowed schoolmistress with hopeless belief in Grimes’s salvation. Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

O’Hara, a five time Tony-nominated soprano whose show “The Bridges of Madison County” closed in May, will play the starchy English schoolmistress sent to Siam to educate the children of the king. ‘The King and I’ slated for Broadway in March 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

Mark Thompson's pale wood design, with elongated doors, and bookshelves too high for any teacher to reach, makes the schoolmistresses into children in their own house. The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic ? review 2011-02-13T00:06:05Z

This is provided by Mary Steenburgen’s schoolmistress, a fellow admirer of Jules Verne who likes the old boy’s piercing eyes but thinks he’s telling fibs. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z

There’s the occasional sharp moment to remind us of the character’s inner fires, but mostly she plays it cool and oddly small-scale, like an overly qualified schoolmistress who happens to find herself ruling an empire. Review: Helen Mirren Wears the Crown (This Time, Russia’s) 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

In Coppola’s, each immaculate frame is suffused with female desire, pulling the audience’s sympathies from character to character, resting eventually with the quiet, lonely yearning of Kirsten Dunst’s junior schoolmistress. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

In Our Mutual Friend, his most disgusted novel, Dickens endows the schoolmistress Miss Peecher with a gift I like to think of as the very antithesis to his own. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z

“I didn’t want her to look like a grump schoolmistress,” Atwood said. How Jenna Ortega's turning that 'Wednesday' goth vibe into hot fashion 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z

"She was rather like a schoolmistress, actually because, we were young girls - 17, 18... You know, if your Millennium Falcons weren't touching, 'Come on girls, what's going off here? We've got to get this out!'" Star Wars: The workforce behind a toy empire 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

Trump has grown frustrated by the prime minister’s ‘schoolmistress’ manner. Trump faces awkward meeting with May at Chequers as protests build – live updates 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May preferred tact to confrontation, even after Trump allies allegedly told the Telegraph newspaper that the U.S. president had grown weary of May’s “schoolmistress tone.” European leaders are indignant and defiant over Trump’s G-7 statement. But they’re not surprised. 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

A ruffled oversize 19th-century schoolmistress shirt in check with gray skirt was - daringly - twinned with pink and black tiger print stripper boots and space-age eye makeup. The Vuitton girl, Alicia Vikander, caps Paris Fashion Week 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

Occasionally the good nuns suffered, like so many schoolmistresses since their day, from the difficulty of extracting fees. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z

The good schoolmistress was afterwards desired to send periodically up to town bread for the royal table. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z

I shall be glad to offer you a place at Hornton House, not as a schoolmistress, but as a kind of director of the girls’ leisure time. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z

These faced the raised desk of Miss Nancy Pritchard, the schoolmistress. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z

Well done for the schoolmistress!" muttered he, "by Jove! how she snubbed Vavasour. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z

For all that they were commanded to do of their schoolmistresses and governesses was nothing else than the doctrine of the gospel and matters appertaining unto honest and civil manners; whom they most willingly obeyed. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z

Explicit, for its day, story of an intense relationship between a schoolmistress and her ward. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z

“You mean, when will there be nothing in the program that—” “We poor schoolmistresses,” said Miss Ashley, with a whimsical look of deprecation. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z

There was an almost motherly anxiety in Helen's manner, blended with the resolution of a schoolmistress to get to the bottom of the affair. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z

William Shenstone's description of the schoolmistress and the school near two hundred years ago in his native village, is very diverting. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z

Here he falls in love with the village schoolmistress, a sweet mystical devotee, whom he rather suspects of stealing his gold, and whom he defends from one ruffian in order to grossly insult her himself. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z

In the course of this novel a curious and intense relationship develops between Elsie and a young schoolmistress named Helen; a compulsive domination, attraction and revulsion. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z

It was treating him like a schoolboy, and, whatever he should elect to do to show his independence would be justifiable, however unpalatable it might prove to the self-elected schoolmistress. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z

He was almost sure that he had done more wisely had he burned the letter in which the schoolmistress informed him that she had an explanation to offer--and so had made an end. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Mrs. Wood, the gardener’s wife, was to be schoolmistress, and the other English woman was to act as a maid of honour to the Queen Eleanor. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z

In the village Tom is doctor, and, when the cholera comes, he is assisted in bringing the village through it by this saintly schoolmistress, and a pious Major, and a fervid High Church parson. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z

She had been in effect Vivien's governess, her schoolmistress, invested with power and authority. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z

He was twenty-nine years old; had been a soldier in China for five years, was now farming his father's farm at Papplewick, where Emily was schoolmistress. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z

And with that the schoolmistress drew from her workbox a small slip of paper, which she unfolded and gave to him. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

My first schoolmistress was old 'Cherry Chalk', who taught me the alphabet on a horn book, and performed all sorts of cures without medicine by the potent power of charms. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z

“She is like her mother,” said he to himself, “but more like her grandmother, that shrewd little Jewess, with her ‘good sense,’ as madame the schoolmistress says. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z

“They will spoil a good housekeeper if they make a schoolmistress of you!” Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z

And you will be a stately old lady, a little worn and sharp perhaps, as is the fate of schoolmistresses; but with fine manners, and wisdom enough for us all. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z

When her only fault had been a weakness of character which her old schoolmistress hoped would be cured by time? Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

He was educated by his mother, a schoolmistress, and at the age of twelve was sent to the United States to seek his fortune. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z

I think we have had almost enough of madam the schoolmistress.” Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z

From Mr. Tinsley, he learned to write a remarkably plain, neat, and elegant hand,—more like a schoolmistress's best, than a great lawyer and politician, and this characteristic it retained to the last. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z

“I am going to be a schoolmistress,—not a governess, not a teacher in a school merely, but the mistress of a school.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z

The schoolmistress of that day who had not manner at command had nothing; for deportment ranked among the essentials. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

There are so many things that a schoolmistress has to think of, that there is no time left for the stars. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z

But what will madame the schoolmistress say to your escapade?” Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z

It is thus that I would see America, not as schoolmistress or common scold to the nations, but as chosen leader by example, rather than by authority. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z

The classes were assembled in the lower part of the building, while this indefatigable schoolmistress and her first assistants slept in the loft, to which they ascended by an outside staircase. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z

But not until the maid had retired did the schoolmistress rise to her feet. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Roderick Hudson is wooden, it is crammed with local colour like a schoolmistress's bedroom full of photographs of Rome, it has a plain boiled suet heroine called Mary. Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z

Mrs. Billickin was very plain in her hints about the poor board supplied to Rosa at Miss Twinkleton’s when she received the schoolmistress in her own home. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z

The female children of the soldiers also equally partake of the benefits of this system of education, whenever accommodation and other circumstances permit, and a liberal allowance for eligible schoolmistresses is granted by the Government. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z

In one or other of these two places she spent the remainder of her life, as pupil, novice, and then schoolmistress. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z

She remembered, oh, how well she remembered, that the schoolmistress at Clapham had told her that she had every good quality except strength of will. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

You are mistaken, said I to the schoolmistress. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

The open window, through which the tramp had spied upon the schoolmistress, was nearer. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z

I say, Miss Stuart, what awful old women your schoolmistresses must have been!” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z

Nathalie, the country doctor's orphan daughter, teacher to the excellently drawn schoolmistress, Mademoiselle Dantin, is sometimes disturbingly rude and tactless, in spite of her graceful beauty. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z

"Oh!" the schoolmistress exclaimed; and for a moment she stood, looking strangely at the girl, as if she did not know what to say to her. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

He and the schoolmistress looked at one another significantly. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

It has been nothing but spooning, and nonsense lately with Cyril and the pretty schoolmistress.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z

On reaching the building, her knock was answered by the schoolmistress herself, who civilly asked her commands. The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z

“Well, do brace up and look a little less like 116 you was at your own funeral!” snapped the schoolmistress. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z

The schoolmistress might tell me somewhat, and--you wince, sir! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Remained also the schoolmistress and the stout man. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

She is the Lawford schoolmistress, and engaged to some one else.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z

"That is what I can't pretend to say, ma'am," replied the schoolmistress very gravely.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z

“If you Eastern girls can all dance, you’ll sure help us out a whole lot,” declared the brisk little schoolmistress. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z

I thought you the unknown schoolmistress you thought yourself a week ago! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Knowing we had been listening, the schoolmistress spoke to us about the soldier. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

This estimable lady has passed her eighty-fifth year, but her mind is still clear and her hand steady, her manuscript having the appearance of the work of a precise young schoolmistress. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z

The mother nursed and tended them all, with her own hands made their clothes, and until they grew to the age of ten supplied to them the place of a schoolmistress. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z

They all liked Ike Stedman, and although the brisk little schoolmistress seemed to be a very nice girl, the foreman of Silver Ranch was quite worthy of her. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z

He had laid his all, and pour le ban motif at the feet of a girl who but yesterday was a little schoolmistress. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

It was the identical words of the schoolmistress. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

Galton reports a schoolmistress who judges the fatigue of her pupils by the condition of their ears. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z

She was a schoolmistress, professing very liberal opinions and possessing “a tongue of energy and an eye of fire.” The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z

It was not possible to distinguish the schoolmistress's features, as a large book had been placed as a screen, and the shadow from it fell on her face. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z

I thought to marry his heir to the little schoolmistress--it was an opera touch, my dear, and beyond all the Tremaynes and Vivian Greys in the world! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

The schoolmistress, who was one of the sharp ones, gave a little disquisition to show why it was a mistake, and wherein she knew better than the world's poet and wonder. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

And so, punctual to the moment, Regina appeared in the salon of the schoolmistress. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z

Miss Hitchener took her leave of the Shelleys and again became a schoolmistress. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z

Dr. Sperner knew how, by ringing laughter, to do honour to the schoolmistress' hint. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z

Diffidence in the lonely schoolmistress had been pardonable, had been natural. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Every boy who left school now, said the schoolmistress, wanted to go on the railway. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

I can still be their nurse, their comforter, their schoolmistress. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z

They showed that playwrights had followed the advice of Cicero, and could create a drama which was “the schoolmistress of life, the looking-glass of manners, and the image of truth.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z

The schoolmistress in The Idyl of Red Gulch, one of his earliest and best stories, is as pure and noble a maiden, and as characteristic of the soil, as Hilda herself. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z

The schoolmistress knew nothing of the encounter in Parliament Street, nothing of the meeting on the coach. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Whereupon he and the schoolmistress shook their heads and said it was more than doubtful—nay, it was as good as impossible. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

The first rudiments of young Cook's education were received by him at Marton, where he was taught to read by dame Walker, the schoolmistress of the village. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z

She had been, as far as Pellerin could ascertain, originally a schoolmistress in the provinces. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z

Anna Bijns, who is believed to have been born at Antwerp in 1494, was a schoolmistress at that city in her middle life, and in old age she still “instructed youth in the Catholic religion.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z

"Ah!" the schoolmistress answered, pursing up her lips. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Should we sit on in our present carriage, and go down in it to the port, along with the schoolmistress, and risk it? Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

House rent at Taunton was heavy, so mother applied for a schoolmistress's situation, and she kept this post for nearly two years. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z

"Then I must have gone immediately to Miss Beamish, my old schoolmistress," said Caroline. Capricious Caroline

She stood up, most like some formal, old-fashioned schoolmistress reciting a piece of prose learned by heart, without animation and without interest. Deep Moat Grange

"Ay, but far enough from them," the schoolmistress answered, recovering herself. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Back we went therefore for the sack, told the schoolmistress our intention. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

She was pointing her finger at him like a schoolmistress, and Gavin hastened to answer— “You were not to blame at all.” The Little Minister

One day, instead of Helene, the old schoolmistress received him alone. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers

"It is plain enough why it is not right," she said, after a moment, in her schoolmistress tone. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches

But she held her ground, until, oh, joy! she heard voices raised in altercation, and among them the schoolmistress's. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

After the Reformation there were schools, at least in all the villages where there was a church; the teachers were often divines, and sometimes there were schoolmistresses for the girls. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II.

After that wild week I went back to the school of my own will, and no one knows of the escapade but my schoolmistress and Lord Rintoul. The Little Minister

Both schoolmistress and pupils would fain have been abroad; but the bear was in the path, and all that could be done was to fly off, as far as possible, behind the tables and benches. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom

She had the mind of a schoolmistress grafted on a social sense. A Bed of Roses

Lady Lansdowne, with something of this kind in her thoughts and pity in her heart, sat eying Miss Sibson in a silence which disclosed nothing, and which the schoolmistress found irksome. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

The schoolmistress was in tears, and the stalwart young man near her openly wiped his eyes. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play

They included: Booksellers,Printsellers,Painters of vignettes,Painters,Scriveners and copiers of books,Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses,Illuminators, Printers,Bookbinders,Curriers,Cloth shearers,Parchment and vellum makers,Boss carvers,Letter engravers,Figure engravers. The Story of Books

As soon as the schoolmistress and her pupils had courage to move, the alarm was given to the neighbors. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom

Several days had passed since his conversation with Mrs. Barrows, and village information had given definite assurance that her plan for freezing out the Yankee schoolmistress was being put into execution. The Loves of Ambrose

"God bless the man, no!" the schoolmistress replied. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Jenny Lind was born in 1820 at Stockholm, and was the daughter of poor but educated parents, her father being a teacher of languages and her mother a schoolmistress. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday

This would be held in the cottage of the schoolmistress, who, in our imagination, was always a kindly old woman in a big cap and short petticoats. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation

One very cold, winter day, while the schoolmistress was busy with her humble lessons, a boy chanced to leave the door half way open, on his entrance, and, suddenly, a large bear walked in. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom

However, there was little doubt of its success, for the turning of the tide in favour of the Yankee schoolmistress soon could be seen, heard, and felt. The Loves of Ambrose

Lady Sybil was still dozing, with a woollen wrap about her head to deaden the noise; and giving way to the cooler brain Mary went down with the schoolmistress. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

It may be that my literary experiences would have ended there had there not come a time in my early manhood when that good old harsh-faced schoolmistress, Hard Times, took me by the hand. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome.

If the schoolmistress could once win him she would have a pupil to be proud of. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation

His mother is supposed to have been a schoolmistress, and Carey himself taught music at various schools. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades"

Do you know, there have never been five gentlemen together at my table since I became 116 a schoolmistress? The Youngest Girl in the School

"You had better go and see what it is," Lady Sybil said, turning to the schoolmistress. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

What does a schoolmistress want with a parasol?” The New Mistress A Tale

Why is a schoolmistress like the letter C? The Handbook of Conundrums

For, in truth, custom is a violent and treacherous schoolmistress. About London

It was in Vivien's handwriting, which bore a strong resemblance to Lorraine's own, and it was couched in terms strong enough certainly to rouse a flutter in the breast of a careful schoolmistress. The Head Girl at the Gables

For the schoolmistress, prepared to witness a certain amount of disorder on the Saturday, had been taken aback by the sight which met her eyes when she rose on Sunday morning. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

“I was not aware the Vicarage people thought so much of Miss—of the new schoolmistress.” The New Mistress A Tale

I knew they had plenty of herbs, but the schoolmistress is very mean, although she can smile so sweetly. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series

But now Sally put on the print dress, coaxed down her shining hair, put on her shoes, and slipping out without a word to Mistress Brace, she started for the home of the schoolmistress. Maid Sally

"Nor mine either, I suppose you think?" queried Mrs. Rutherford; to which the schoolmistress replied that that certainly was what she did think. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888

"Well, your ladyship knows Paris and I don't," the schoolmistress replied respectfully. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z

Well, you see, dear, she is only a schoolmistress, but they have been very kind and considerate to her. The New Mistress A Tale

Then the schoolmistress touched a hand bell and a crowd of little children, none over five years old, gathered round her. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl

Mistress Maria Kent was sitting on the porch at her pretty little home, the picture of an old-time schoolmistress. Maid Sally

To the little children who often formed her "studies," she became the schoolmistress. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life

Parents, wealthy as well as poor, are very commonly disposed to make schoolmasters and schoolmistresses do the work of discipline for them, while they retain for themselves the privilege of spoiling their children. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition

“I was not speaking of Mr Lambent’s cook; I meant the new schoolmistress.” The New Mistress A Tale

And when, fitted for his work, he enters on inquiry itself, what a zealous, anxious guide, what a strict and, because strict, helpful, schoolmistress does Nature make herself to him! The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse

You a schoolmistress—Phoebe of the ringlets; every one would laugh. Quality Street A Comedy

His hatred of tyranny also showed itself at the earliest age, in rebellion against the rule of the old schoolmistress who educated his sisters. Home Life of Great Authors

And so you never heard a whisper about the schoolmistress? Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines

“Go—to a training institution—become a schoolmistress!” he cried. The New Mistress A Tale

As I am not telling her story, I will pass over the account of the efforts she made to be a schoolmistress, and the instruction she had as a dressmaker. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851.

Yes, that is the Phoebe you love, the bright girl of the past—not the schoolmistress in her old-maid's cap. Quality Street A Comedy

If the schoolmistress chooses she can put the scolding into verse, so that all who hear it in the forty miles around, can more easily remember it. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

"I'm going to be a schoolmistress in place of Miss Bolton." Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines

The eyes of Beatrice Lambent opened with astonishment and she stared at this daring young man, who had the presumption to talk of interposing between the new schoolmistress and the head of the parish. The New Mistress A Tale

Miss Angelica felt sure it was French, and she copied it out and took it back to school to ask her schoolmistress what it meant. Two Maiden Aunts

There you wrong me, for I have discovered for myself that the schoolmistress in her old-maid's cap is the noblest Miss Phoebe of them all. Quality Street A Comedy

Notice To The Public If a schoolmistress chooses to live a hundred or a thousand miles away from her school, she can use the Scolding Machine by means of a Telephone attached thereto. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1

Mrs. Barbauld was a schoolmistress, and a schoolmaster's wife and daughter. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen

As you must have seen, our brother the vicar objects to the proper duties of the schoolmistress being interfered with.” The New Mistress A Tale

She was told that news had reached Thursley that the schoolmistress was still unwell, and the neighbor added, that on leaving, Betty had carried the key of the cottage with her. The Broom-Squire

It is not merely that Miss Phoebe has again donned her schoolmistress's gown and hidden her curls under the cap. Quality Street A Comedy

You will be amused by her description of her school and schoolmistresses, and of her first introduction to them. The Fairchild Family

This was a mother yearning for a child, not a schoolmistress asking for a pupil, though perhaps in after times the two were somewhat combined in her. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen

Why, if you’d got a young man, Betsey, and he come and sit down here and talked about you as that chap did about our young schoolmistress, I’d ha’ punched his head!” The New Mistress A Tale

But in nothing else did the village schoolmistress show strangeness: in school and out of school she was beloved by her children, and their love was returned by her. The Broom-Squire

The first person to teach Oliver Goldsmith his letters was a woman, who afterwards became village schoolmistress, named Elizabeth Delap. The Curse of Education

Ah, Pat, Pat," said a schoolmistress to a thick-headed urchin into whose muddy brain she was attempting to beat the alphabet—"I'm afraid you'll never learn anything. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists.

No, she wasn't his wife; only the Yankee schoolmistress of La Junta. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880

But, dear, I am only a schoolmistress now—a national schoolmistress, and it would sound full of foolish assumption if I called you mamma. The New Mistress A Tale

On the morrow Mehetabel, carrying her babe, revisited the schoolmistress, at an early hour, before the children assembled. The Broom-Squire

Our schoolmistress was a widow, the Widow White, as she was usually designated. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848

It is equally true with girls, as schoolmistresses know equally well. Three Addresses to Girls at School

She has been a schoolmistress all her life; she had a splendid school— such nice girls, too. The Carroll Girls

Charming young person, your new schoolmistress, Beatrice dear,” she continued. The New Mistress A Tale

"Then we won't take it," said I. The schoolmistress laughed a little, and said she was ten minutes early, so she could go around. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index

The children were all placed in the chancel to right and left of the altar, solemn and well-behaved, with one eye on the schoolmistress and the other on the Pater. A Bride of the Plains

It was she who made truancy an impossible risk, for no matter in what out-of-the-way place one might go nutting or swimming, Granny Long was sure to see, and report to the schoolmistress. Treasure Valley

“Well, Enrico,” she said to me as she was going, “are you still fond of your schoolmistress, now that you solve difficult problems and write long compositions?” Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal

Time back he had determined that the last person in the world for him to marry would be a schoolmistress. The New Mistress A Tale

Did I talk all this off to the schoolmistress? The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index

And then, her mad rage of loathing for all lessons, her bitter contempt of all teachers and schoolmistresses, her recoil to a fierce, animal arrogance made her detestable. The Rainbow

Though it was wrung from her by the exigencies of the case, the schoolmistress accepted it. Treasure Valley

I saw the schoolmistress of the red feather supporting my mistress of the upper first, who was almost in a swoon. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal

I know London well, though I’m a native here, and as a friend of our new schoolmistress—” “Oh, I should hardly like to intrude,” cried the young man apologetically. The New Mistress A Tale

"Withdrawing yourself from the hands of your lawful schoolmistress and present guardian," replied the inspector pompously. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life

As she went home, Ursula dreamed of the schoolmistress, made infinite dreams of things she could give her, of how she might make the elder woman adore her. The Rainbow

Before the schoolmistress could rebuke Miss Long's undue curiosity regarding the young doctor Mrs. Winters came flying down the stairs, having successfully routed the blue cuffs. Treasure Valley

People came to the windows and to the doors, and on seeing all those boys, and the wreath, they said, “It is a schoolmistress.” Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal

Because she is a schoolmistress and works for her living, strives hard to keep her mother and sisters, and I don’t suppose has money to spare for a fashionable dress. The New Mistress A Tale

P.S.—I have a good mind to call on that fine-lady schoolmistress of yours, Mrs. Ward. The School Queens

Were these people, schoolmistresses, representatives of some mystic Right, some Higher Good? The Rainbow

"Just like you," grumbled the tidy schoolmistress, rummaging among the cans of spice and pickle bottles. Treasure Valley

I thought I beheld at my bedside my kind schoolmistress of the upper primary, who was trying to stifle her cough in her handkerchief in order not to disturb me. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal

Hazel Thorne is a schoolmistress, and if I asked her to be my wife, always supposing that she would accept me, the people would say that I was mad—that I threw myself away. The New Mistress A Tale

“What are you doing here, girls?” asked Miss Gibbs sharply, the schoolmistress in her rising to the surface. The Madcap of the School

Much might be done by a pious schoolmaster and schoolmistress, by whom the girls might be taught different kinds of work, knitting, sewing, &c. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement

Right in the middle of the highway, facing Sandy McQuarry's team, stood the schoolmistress. Treasure Valley

My poor schoolmistress wanted to finish her year of school: she departed only three days before the end of the lessons. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal

“My dear mother, I think the inspector must find that the majority of schoolmistresses are ladylike, and of course highly educated.” The New Mistress A Tale

The schoolmistress, after locking the door, proceeded to assist her in removing all her clothes. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies

The child, having conceived a great fondness for her schoolmistress, wished to please the latter by attention to her lessons. The Sexual Life of the Child

"He probably noticed us waiting outside and thought you were the schoolmistress of the party,—that's all," interjected Vanessa. Too Old for Dolls A Novel

How happy I should have been on my return home, had I not encountered my poor schoolmistress! Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal

A schoolmistress flaunting about with a silk parasol! The New Mistress A Tale

Deep in the forest was Hiawatha's home, and Nature herself was his schoolmistress. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose

What I have said of schoolmasters applies, mutatis mutandis, to schoolmistresses and governesses. The Sexual Life of the Child

So, suppressing her pride, Miss Gordon went, and sat in stately grandeur at the head of the quilt, saying little until the young schoolmistress appeared. 'Lizbeth of the Dale

“I have just met my schoolmistress.”—“She was just going to bed,” replied my mother, whose eyes were red. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal

“I don’t know, my dear,” said Mrs Canninge, “unless it is the new schoolmistress.” The New Mistress A Tale

Well do I remember dear old aunt Rachel, as we called her, my first schoolmistress. The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers

Almost typical are the English educational works in which, with little variation, we find descriptions of the flogging of little girls in order to excite the perverse lusts of the schoolmistresses. The Sexual Life of the Child

The young schoolmistress blushed and tried not to smile; Sarah Emily ducked her head into her apron and giggled, and a titter went round the room. 'Lizbeth of the Dale

I spoke to the schoolmistress, a shrewd and kindly married woman. Tatterdemalion

They were sent to no school at all, but were handed over to a schoolmistress in the house. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

Parsons and schoolmistresses actually do come to Wall Street; all the world comes here, incorporates its idioms into its dialect and is infected with its spirit. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905

Well, your business is not mine, Miss; but somehow, I think you have been cheating your schoolmistress. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.

When we returned to Sarawak, in 1861, she became the schoolmistress to the girls I then had in the house, and others who came as day-scholars. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak

Really and truly, that angular schoolmistress will make herself Mrs. Overton if he is not careful. That Girl Montana

The population of Ternate—native, Malay, Dutch, and half-caste—throngs the wharf; the pretty schoolmistress, in spotless muslin, waves a smiling farewell. Through the Malay Archipelago

For a long period he gave thirty pounds a year to his old schoolmistress. Stories of Authors, British and American

The little choir of children sang admirably, led by the schoolmistress, and Miss Winter and the curate exchanged approving glances. Tom Brown at Oxford

The poor clerk, or schoolmistress, or obscure individual from Grub Street can, with its help, get as much variety and pleasure out of a hundred miles' circuit as more fortunate persons from unlimited globetrotting. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life

The thought that this orphanage for girls would constitute a valuable training school for schoolmistresses seems already to have crossed his mind. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886

The discovery of an English-speaking schoolmistress simplifies the day's itinerary, which begins with the thatched palace or kedaton of the Sultan. Through the Malay Archipelago

The schoolmistress waited for another minute, smoothing the curls. A Sheaf of Corn

Bessie pursed up her pretty lips, and imitated the manner of the prim schoolmistress, to the great amusement of our hero. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success

The tutor was surprised, and 81 what the Poppleton schoolmistress would have thought no one can even guess! Sonny Boy

Miss Skipwith's speech sounded so like the address of a schoolmistress that Vixen began to think she had been trapped unawares in a school, as people are sometimes trapped in a madhouse. Vixen, Volume III.

The schoolmistress, a pretty blonde, who was also a belle, wore white muslin, with a gay ribbon about her waist. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885

He went through the pine grove past the schoolhouse, stooping down low so the schoolmistress wouldn't see him, and then he went 'way, 'way off into the country. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller

They have a young new schoolmistress at Wrapworth, his father’s former living, you know, close to Castle Blanch. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

Some writing, others casting accounts, some learning lessons by heart, several employed in various sorts of needlework, a few spinning and others knitting, with two schoolmistresses to inspect them. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue

The clergyman and the schoolmaster and schoolmistress came to say farewell; and as for the neighbours, poor as they all were, and rude as some were, they crowded with wishes and gifts. Littlebourne Lock

She had never trembled with adoration of a schoolmistress and Considine was an unthinkable substitute. The Tragic Bride

When he came to the pine grove by the schoolhouse the shadows came out from behind the trees and followed him, and that was much worse than seeing the schoolmistress. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller

But I’ll do my best, Mrs. Prendergast; I promise you I’ll not be the schoolmistress abroad in the morning, and you shall see what terms I will keep with Mr. Beaumont.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

This was a birthday present to Nora, who was gifted with a naturally sweet voice and received instruction from the schoolmistress of Beartown. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters

Looking round they could count up many schoolmistresses far less thoroughly equipped. Emily Brontë

It was a stunning caricature of the schoolmistress in the act of yawning. Duffels

It ran: "Dear old Bunting, "Your schoolmistress guards you like nuns, but I must see you and Squibs somehow. A Patriotic Schoolgirl

Return to Oxford the victim of an attachment to a village schoolmistress! Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

He was sent for to attend the deathbed of poor old village dame, or schoolmistress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348

She told Miss Wooler of her fear, and the schoolmistress, conscious of her own kindness and a little resentful at Emily's distress, consented that the girl should be sent home without delay. Emily Brontë

"Bring me that slate this instant!" repeated the schoolmistress when Henrietta hesitated, "and don't you rub out the picture." Duffels

All this time she had been going regularly to Mrs. Nott’s school, and the schoolmistress was much surprised at the change in her careless little pupil. The Story of a Robin

You saw yourself the treatment of that schoolmistress. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

He was just “dazed-like,” as the schoolmistress would have said—confused, perplexed, bewildered, getting only a glimpse of what might be the cause of it all, and the consequences. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not

On this practice, however, he had married, and his wife, who had been a doctor's daughter and a national schoolmistress, had the same ardours as himself. Robert Elsmere

Full twenty minutes had passed in which she, Rebecca—or, as she pronounced it, Rebekker—Tucker, schoolmistress and intellectual drum-major, had scolded nobody and had scowled at nobody. Duffels

Slav schoolmistresses were, in several cases, taken out of bed in the middle of the night and conducted on board Italian ships. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2

Such was the preparation for the unprotected life of a schoolmistress in a house by herself. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

The schoolmistress sat down upon a stone, thankful that her labours were over, and that the guiding home of the bairns had fallen into stronger hands than hers. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not

By that time our schoolmistress was Mrs. Durndell, the policeman’s wife, a severe woman, but she certainly made the girls do thoroughly whatever she taught, especially repetition and needlework. Old Times at Otterbourne

Miss Tucker was the schoolmistress at the new schoolhouse in West Easton. Duffels

I do not know whether the schoolmistress, forewarned of his visit, had told the children in Serbo-Croat that a gentleman would come and say something in Italian, whereupon they would hold up their hands. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2

Eloïsa remonstrated—‘My dear, consider the disgrace to the whole family—a village schoolmistress!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

On the last day at home Marjorie was carried down the street by Jack, that she might say good-bye to Mrs Beaton and the schoolmistress, and the neighbours generally. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not

They enlisted the help of the village schoolmistress, and some of the most tuneful among her pupils, and all on the spur of the moment made up their company. A harum-scarum schoolgirl

But when the little schoolmistress seriously proposed that he should send Henrietta down to New York to take lessons in drawing, he quickly changed his mind. Duffels

And there was the new schoolmistress from Grace Harbor. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D.

Horatia flew gustily to greet and reassure the schoolmistress as she entered, trembling, although moving with the dignity that seemed to be her form of embarrassment. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster

Before Allison came back to Nethermuir again the schoolmistress was done with her toils, and troubles, and discontents, and was at rest. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not

The truants were all punished; and as the schoolmistress promised to send word to their homes when either of them was absent again, they had no chance to "hook jack" afterwards. Proud and Lazy A Story for Little Folks

There should be no telegraphing back and forth between the two schoolmistresses if she could help it. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall

He should be made to understand that she would not marry him,—and then he could advise her as to that project of being governess, housemaid, schoolmistress, or what not. Cousin Henry

And he told her also not to withdraw Susanna Mackenzie from her school at Littlebath—at any rate, not for the present; and intimated also that Mr Slow would pay the schoolmistress's bill. Miss Mackenzie

The schoolmistress was come to the end of all her troubles, before this time, and was lying at peace in the kirkyard. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not

"Anyhow, she won't have half, as bad a time as the schoolmistress." Lalage's Lovers

"The schoolmistress thinks this girl an unsuitable friend for Margaret, and wants me to interfere," she said. A True Friend A Novel

You're a sly fellow too, Tom Trevarthen, to go and get hold of a schoolmistress, when 'tis only a little schoolin' you want to get a certificate and be master of a ship. Shining Ferry

He had also bribed the schoolmistress to tell the same story. Pickwickian Studies

Do you think the schoolmistress would agree with the Autocrat in his last statement as to the way in which children are taught the difference between right and wrong? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7

"Miss Pettigrew is an old friend of mine and——" "Is she the schoolmistress?" Lalage's Lovers

She has capabilities," said the schoolmistress, with the air of one making a concession; "and I hope that they will be useful to her in her calling. A True Friend A Novel

But he had come to engage Sir George's interest for Miss Marvin, a young person who had just thrown up her position as schoolmistress across the water, in circumstances perfectly honourable to her. Shining Ferry

And, accordingly, we find the schoolmistress—being a descendant of the Jason's-crew, who landed from the Argo-Mayflower, usually bearing a name thus significant, and manifesting, even at her age, traits of character justifying the compellation. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States

Even within seven miles of Montreal, there was a schoolmistress thus unqualified. Diary in America, Series Two

“She is too ill, I regret to say, to see visitors,” answered the schoolmistress. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times

"I have been talking to Miss Adair about you," said the schoolmistress, coldly. A True Friend A Novel

A new schoolmistress reigned in Hester's stead, since Hester, with the New Year, had taken over the care of the Widows' Houses. Shining Ferry

But my pupil did not forget his schoolmistress. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands

No incident worthy of mention occurred on the way, till about ten o'clock, when we arrived at the house of the Yankee schoolmistress, where we had been so hospitably entertained two days before. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time

Each seems train’d up in the same school of mischief: And of that school, if any such there be, My wife, I think, is schoolmistress. The Comedies of Terence

The schoolmistress was tall and imposing in appearance: her manner was usually a little pompous, and it did not seem quite natural to Margaret that she should speak so gently. A True Friend A Novel

"Are those things meant to fight the new schoolmistress?" Shining Ferry

Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses were dismissed by the hundred. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922

In 1704 a Boston schoolmistress named Madam Knights rode from Boston to New York on horseback. Home Life in Colonial Days

She could not always be a schoolmistress; and then she scorned herself for moral cowardice. Three Margarets

Miss Adair was tired of school, and took the opportunity of making a to-do about you, so as to provoke the schoolmistress and get sent away. A True Friend A Novel

But for aught I know, I am the new schoolmistress, and we are enemies, it seems. Shining Ferry

How would you like to be a little schoolmistress? Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

They did this work, too, while visiting—spending an afternoon; and it was an unconscious and diverting work like knitting; scholars set wool-cards while studying, and schoolmistresses while teaching. Home Life in Colonial Days

The schoolmistress’s grave was greener and her child rosier than of yore. The Daughters of Danaus

Five minutes elapsed before Miss Colwyn came, however, and the schoolmistress had had time to grow impatient. A True Friend A Novel

He knew, of course, that I was a schoolmistress; and he began to mock at some things in which I believe very deeply. Shining Ferry

Little Tora was provided for from that day; and so, if she did not sing like Jenny Lind, she sang herself into being a schoolmistress—a little schoolmistress of the very best order. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

It was certainly very strong, and the excuse for the schoolmistress was weak in proportion. The Mark Of Cain

The new schoolmistress, a sour and uncompromising looking person, had issued from her cottage in her Sunday best to see the ceremony. The Daughters of Danaus

The schoolmistress said something of that kind, you know. A True Friend A Novel

But, Lord!" she muttered, "to think of me playing schoolmistress! Shining Ferry

"Afraid!" said the little schoolmistress, wonderingly; "I am never afraid, night or day." Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Then the porter appeared to reflect that a burglar would not arrive in a cab, and that a surreptitious lover would not ask for the schoolmistress. The Mark Of Cain

They had strolled on along the path till they came to the schoolmistress’s grave, which was green and daisy-covered, as if many years had passed since her burial. The Daughters of Danaus

"Do you mean that her schoolmistress does not find her tractable?" said Mr. Adair, with amusement. A True Friend A Novel

A schoolmistress gets to know that look, and recognises it sometimes in grown-up folk, even in quite old persons. Shining Ferry

Towards noon the schoolmistress was hearing the class read aloud. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

It was characteristic of Maitland that within himself he did not greatly blame the schoolmistress. The Mark Of Cain

“But, with advancing years, it is rare that people do get to know better—about dying,” Mrs. Temperley suggested, in defence of the deceased schoolmistress. The Daughters of Danaus

Don't you think that I could have pacified the schoolmistress? A True Friend A Novel

"You don't give yourself airs like other schoolmistresses." Shining Ferry

The little schoolmistress, putting on her coat and fur cap, backed up to one of her little girls, saying, "Put your arms round my neck, and you shall ride to the boat." Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

When this was finished Tregarthen asked the schoolmistress what misfortune had caused the loss of her arms, to which she replied that she had lost them in a coach accident. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines

It is that of a Catholic curé in revolt, who has taken to his bosom a schoolmistress. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)

The schoolmistress bowed solemnly, and allowed the girl to depart. A True Friend A Novel

Before the doorway of a cottage halfway up the hill an old woman waited to intercept him—Aunt Butson, the village schoolmistress. Shining Ferry

In one of these excursions for inspection she was surprised to see a big wagon drawing up before the door, with the schoolmistress and Nils as passengers. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Habit," says Montaigne, "is a violent and treacherous schoolmistress. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power

I do not know that the handsome schoolmistress lent her money, for I do not think that she stood in need of it; but I feel assured that her whole property was at her disposal. Rattlin the Reefer

The schoolmistress interfered, said it was not proper, and so on; forbade it. A True Friend A Novel

"You must walk on, please; I am the new schoolmistress." Shining Ferry

Nils, as in the most desperate case, was stripped and rubbed down, and put into bed at once; and then the little schoolmistress was looked after. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Her mildness, humility, and sweetness of temper soon won upon both the schoolmistress and the scholars; eventually the Miss Tippets took Virginia under their protection, and this magnanimity on their part silenced all opposition. Poor Jack

Then its friendly inhabitants came thronging upon the beautiful scene; and pre-eminent among them stood my good schoolmistress, and my loving godmother. Rattlin the Reefer

Mrs. Fry visited Newgate, calmed the howling mob, and told them she wished to establish a school for the young women and the girls, and asked them to select a schoolmistress from their own number. Pushing to the Front

She left her place, went up to Mrs Leigh, who was talking to the schoolmistress, and held one arm out straight in front of her. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May

Do you think I am dying?" said Nils; and then he hastily added, "I should not like to leave you and the schoolmistress; but for anything else I should not mind. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Ever since I was a child I have wished to be a schoolmistress.” Etheldreda the Ready A School Story

When Tom played schoolmistress there was bound to be a joke in ambush, and they settled down to question number two with minds alert for a trap. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story

I think our schoolmasters and schoolmistresses make a great mistake, generally, in the books they select for the instruction and familiarising of their pupils with foreign languages. She and I, Volume 1

Her father and her good friend the schoolmistress alone are to be present.—My secret oppresses me considerably; but I have resolved to keep it for the honeymoon, when it may take care of itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866

The schoolmistress lay pale and still; her hands, loosely spread out, dropped on the sheet almost as colourless as itself. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

He ran on smoking-hot to the house, the schoolmistress after him; up through the gardens to the terrace, where they met old Abe returning home from work. Major Vigoureux

The “schoolmistress” was Sarah Lloyd, who taught the poet himself in infancy. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3

The schoolmistress always had a horror of formal teaching, and a special horror of cramming young children for formal examinations; and I can only wonder that her downfall was so long delayed. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular

In 1833 Miss Prudence Crandall, a Quaker schoolmistress of Canterbury, Conn., opened her school to negro children as well as to whites. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune

To have quiet was all that the little schoolmistress craved, and that she was at last allowed. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

The schoolmistress went on to alarm the servants, while the two men made for the private landing, unmoored the Lord Proprietor's boat, and pulled across for Garland Town to break the news to me. Major Vigoureux

There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name ... Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3

I think they are too full of wild life and spirits to be manageable by either schoolmistress or governess. Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy

For a long time we thought they made the stranger's name, and judged that he must have been a foreigner; but a new schoolmistress taught us otherwise. Tiverton Tales

He was too, in a way, a teacher for the schoolmistress herself, and had his credentials from the very highest authority. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

Sam called to him, and his call brought out the schoolmistress, who no sooner heard the story than she fell to screaming. Major Vigoureux

After a long delay Captain Edney came; apologizing for not appearing to welcome his drummer boy's mother and his old schoolmistress before. The Drummer Boy

"Yes," continued Madam; "from what the good schoolmistress has written to me, and from the child's own letters, I am hoping to find my granddaughter grown into quite a gentle little lady." Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy

"It sounded," said Billy, "just as the schoolmistress did when she stepped on a snake last summer." A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

"Now I'll come down, too," said the schoolmistress, and she came down the rope as if she were in a gymnasium. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

How absurd is the supposition that the womanly instincts would not assert themselves but for the rigorous discipline of schoolmistresses! Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles

And she stood before Bernhard with her hands behind her back, like a severe schoolmistress cross-examining a little thief about a stolen apple. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag

The schoolmistress gave him a seat on one side until she had finished the preliminary examination of the rest of the scholars. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity

The schoolmistress knew well how to accomplish her purpose. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2

The home to which the little schoolmistress and Nils were bound had formerly been a wayside inn of most modest pretensions. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

This, we presume, is the ever-present dread of schoolmistresses. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles

"Probably French schoolmistresses believe that their pupils get their money's worth on the French side of the Channel," replied Sir Lionel. Set in Silver

Shenstone's schoolmistress had a garden:— "Where herbs for use and physic not a few Of grey renown within those borders grew, The tufted Basil,—pun provoking Thyme, The lordly Gill that never dares to climb." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure

Sometimes the sole of the schoolmistress's slipper answered the same purpose, and sometimes a stick from some neighboring birch-tree. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2

At last, towards evening, the schoolmistress was fairly awake; and such a dish of porridge as she was obliged to consume! Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

This class of capable schoolmistresses is one of the most interesting social developments of this period. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought

After his arrest he was confined in the same jail with the 'retired' schoolmistress. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy

She put her arm round the schoolmistress and held up the shaking, unsubstantial little figure. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.

Mrs. Gaskell, however, wanted to make Miss Nussey’s acquaintance, and asked if she might visit her; and added that she would also like to see Miss Wooler, Charlotte’s schoolmistress, if that lady were still alive. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

The dear old schoolhouse had been swept away in the destructive flood that followed but ten minutes after the escape of the little schoolmistress with her pupils. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

It was her old schoolmistress we remembered lived here when we had your letter. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878

In it a somewhat saturnine horseman, a son of the sage-brush, unlettered but tutored much by life, had wooed and won a prim little schoolmistress from the East. Winner Take All

Compliments to the schoolmistress followed, and the signature, "Henry Nash." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.

I am staying with our schoolmistress, Miss Wooler, in this place. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

Of course, the newspapers throughout the country celebrated the praises of the little schoolmistress, and to the meeting in her honour came her friends from far and near. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

One day Preston brought the matter up and asked if Daisy was going to have a schoolmistress? Daisy

It was only the head and shoulders of Theresa Stanfield as an old country schoolmistress, seen behind a picture frame, with her uplifted finger and a bundle of rods. Melbourne House

Having slept through the earlier lessons, the schoolmistress might well sleep through this. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.

Another day she is in Yorkshire, where she makes the acquaintance of Miss Wooler, which permitted, as she said, ‘a more friendly manner of writing towards Charlotte Brontë’s old schoolmistress.’ Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

The little schoolmistress took, with the opening spring, the place of a private teacher—a position that she had been strongly urged to fill. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories

The large limpid imploring eyes looked straight, without a trace of guilt in them, at the thin-faced schoolmistress. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'

The schoolmistress said I didn't act well, but that was because Mamma owed her for a whole term. A Mummer's Tale

"My dear," said the little schoolmistress, "look at this." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.

The kindly, placid woman who will ever be remembered as Charlotte Brontë’s schoolmistress, had, it may be safely said, no history. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle

What really happens by the roadside and in the thickets I do not know; chance, a poor schoolmistress, has never instructed me concerning the love-affairs of the Mantis when at liberty. Social Life in the Insect World

When the cowboy and the schoolmistress passed him Lonesome Pete was talking once more and she was being very gracious to him, but Conniston had no eye for such trifles. Under Handicap A Novel

The schoolmistress didn't ask to have the girl back. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs

I knew it was a perfect piece of folly for that schoolmistress to take her to support, with only her small salary. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland

It is a proud thing to go out from under the realm of a schoolmistress, and to be enrolled in a company of boys, who are under the guidance of a master. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons

I will confide you to the sovereign nurse and schoolmistress, Nature! Social Life in the Insect World

He had recognized the horse as a Half Moon animal, one he had ridden several times, and thought that he could guess who was inside paying his respects to the schoolmistress. Under Handicap A Novel

In the cuts scattered throughout the text the same difference in execution and portrayal of the little schoolmistress is noticeable. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book

This Mr. Vaughn is a rich gentleman, who has come down here to marry the schoolmistress. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland

The schoolmistress opposite witnessed this departure, and lost no time in telling it to the schoolmaster, who again communicated the news to the landlord of 'The Jolly Colliers', at the close of the morning school-hours. Scenes of Clerical Life

Here the quondam schoolmistress broke into a pleasant laugh that had once been musical. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life

Yet again, one can partly understand the business, if one thinks of the little ways of your schoolmaster and schoolmistress. Certain Personal Matters

The schoolmistress who enforces silence on her pupils is committing—unintentionally no doubt, but still committing—an offence against reason, worthy only of a convent. Health and Education

There was an excitement in the little village, before which the sensation created by the pretty schoolmistress, became as nothing. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland

The girl looked up to see the face of the schoolmistress flushed and shining with sudden tears. The Mormon Prophet

Certainly by this time the gardener would have complained to his father, probably the schoolmistress would have sent a note. More William

Mrs. Sydney turned schoolmistress to educate my girls as I could not afford a governess. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses

In one of the stories great praise was bestowed on a schoolmistress who by her tact escaped from every difficulty without hurting anyone's feelings. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse

It is true that neither schoolmistresses nor governesses could often pass a Cambridge examination, nor have they any very great desire for intellectual improvement. Town Life in Australia

After infinite trouble, Campden House was chosen, where every day he either saw her or received communications from the schoolmistress relative to her health, comfort, and happiness. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life

I declare to you that Literature was not written for schoolmasters, nor for schoolmistresses. On The Art of Reading

The frontispiece to this first edition represents the "Thatched-house" of his old schoolmistress, and before it is the "birch-tree," with "the sun setting and gilding the scene." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

No incident worthy of mention occurred on the way, till about ten o'clock, when we arrived at the home of the Yankee schoolmistress, where we had been so hospitably entertained two days before. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862

One of the banners which the schoolmistress had prepared read: "His temples are our forts and towers which frown upon a tyrant foe." The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories

That's my wretched training as a schoolmistress, Lady Davenport ... one grew to fear it above all things. Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts

But schoolmasters and schoolmistresses, like chickens and curses, come home to roost. On The Art of Reading

Improved thus:— In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2

The schoolmistress is too poor to pay for distinguished legal talent. Ishmael Or, In the Depths

Take the case of a vulgar schoolmistress who is continually scolding. Side Lights

The little schoolmistress straightened up in her chair and looked severe. The Day of the Beast

To them, far more than to the old classical scholars, English was a shut book: a large book, but closed and clasped, material to heighten a desk for schoolmasters and schoolmistresses. On The Art of Reading

I went into school, and schoolmistress put me in a corner. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn

I had thought she would very likely become a schoolmistress; but in this place the call of the mills is paramount and, as you know, the young women generally follow their mothers. The Spinners

In one column of a journal I find that a trained schoolmistress is required to take charge of a village school. Side Lights

There was no one to play the organ if the schoolmistress failed to turn up—as she often did. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement

I promised Miss Gwynne to bring you back to Glanyravon, where she means to make you schoolmistress and lady's maid, and all the rest. Gladys, the Reaper

Of all that this failure meant, Hetty understood more clearly now than when she had wished to live with Mrs. Kane and be the village schoolmistress. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn

And so I thought that by marrying a young schoolmistress I should get some one in the house who could teach 'em, and bring 'em into genteel condition, all for nothing. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages

Then she went off to Miss Martineau, invading the schoolmistress in the sacred hour when she was engaged with her pupils. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls

My sister and I, in our infancy, were made over to strangers; and from the hands of the nurse we were transmitted to those of the schoolmistress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843

There is a situation of schoolmistress or lady's maid for her at once. Gladys, the Reaper

"Go back, sir!" cried the schoolmistress, and I saw her step towards him with the cane poised and switching in the air, as if about to strike. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

They say I shall never excel as a schoolmistress if I dislike the work so, and that therefore I ought to get settled by marrying Mr Heddegan. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages

Happily the time is past when schoolmasters and schoolmistresses were incapable of understanding their charges, and confounded nervous exhaustion with stupidity or timidity with incapacity. The Nervous Child

He avoided her eyes, but occasionally she glared at him like a schoolmistress. The Lion's Share

As twilight was fairly come on, she told the schoolmistress that she must go home, and begged her to see that the children dispersed when she thought best. Gladys, the Reaper

"Children," cried the schoolmistress, addressing the whole of the scholars, "put down your slates and listen." The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

The schoolmistress assured her landlady that she could return the sentiment. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages

The parish church was his school; and while the children were repeating their lessons by his side, he was, like Shenstone's schoolmistress, engaged in spinning wool. Thrift

It explained all your conduct, your ways of speaking to me, your attitude of a schoolmistress, everything. The Lion's Share

We ascertained that it was the village choir awaiting the arrival of the schoolmistress to teach them the hymns to be sung in the church on the following Sunday. From John O'Groats to Land's End

"Silence!" cried the schoolmistress, who was sitting at her desk, but I went on whispering and the girls began to choke with laughter. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

What a fine schoolmistress you make, Baptista, I warrant!' he said with a slight flavour of sarcasm, which was not lost upon her. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages

Her mildness, humility, and sweetness of temper soon won upon both the schoolmistress and the scholars; eventually the Misses Tippet took Virginia under their protection, and this magnanimity on their part silenced all opposition. Poor Jack

Mademoiselle de Luzy therefore gave up her situation, and went to board in a pension in Paris with her old schoolmistress. France in the Nineteenth Century

"For, if I may say so, I like everything in Nature, and it seems to me Nature has had more to do with the finishing you speak of than the schoolmistress or the college professor." Master of His Fate

With this parade of the spirit of justice, the schoolmistress stepped back and left me. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

Then she was a poor, obscure schoolmistress,—now, flattered, caressed, and an heiress. The English Orphans

That afternoon the boys were considerably astonished and scared at seeing the schoolmistress walking quickly toward the creek. Romance of California Life

The Mellea and Caspia—the one too easy of capture, the other too difficult—to whom so many of the Latin epigrams are addressed, are said to have been his chief schoolmistresses in love. The Art of Letters

She was not a favourite with her companions, and she was a perpetual difficulty and trouble to her perfectly well-intentioned schoolmistress. Marcella

By this time the schoolmistress' hands, and I think her neck were scratched, and from that cause also she was quivering with passion. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

It only remains to say that Mr. Higginbotham took the pedler into high favor, sanctioned his addresses to the pretty schoolmistress and settled his whole property on their children, allowing themselves the interest. Twice Told Tales

Indeed, the feeling of all schoolmistresses is distinctly antagonistic to such an admission. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society

F. R., aged 48, schoolmistress; she was some years ago in an asylum with religious mania, but came out well in a few months. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy

In such cases a girl forms an ardent attachment for another girl, probably somewhat older than herself, often a schoolfellow, sometimes her schoolmistress, upon whom she will lavish an astonishing amount of affection and devotion. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion

With the utmost alacrity one big girl from a back bench came rushing to the schoolmistress' assistance. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

She was absorbed in one of those devotions to a woman—her schoolmistress—very common among girls of strong character, and sometimes disastrous. Elizabeth's Campaign

The Minotaur," she said, in the tone of a schoolmistress delivering a lecture, "was a monster, half-bull, half-man, who lived in a place like the Spear Point Caves, and devoured young men and maidens. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories

She is quite old, nearly thirty but I couldn't think of anyone else, except the infant schoolmistress, and they wouldn't let me have her. Greatheart

Another young woman was a schoolmistress who would not get out of bed and refused to work. Regeneration

But still I did not answer, and then the schoolmistress said: "Mary O'Neill, come forward." The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill

Thrift was the first lesson in their horn-book, pointed out, letter after letter, by the lean finger of the hard schoolmistress, Necessity. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell

The sway of the schoolmistress was almost restored, and it would have been restored fully had he not been preoccupied by a feverish curiosity—the curiosity to know whether or not May Deane was dead. Tales of the Five Towns

A village of 600 or 800 may have one, or even two missionaries, with school-masters and schoolmistresses, and the nearest population, fifty or one hundred miles off, cannot feel their influence. The Personal Life of David Livingstone

After various efforts as schoolmistresses and governesses, the sisters took to literature and pub. a vol. of poems under the names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, which, however, fell flat. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

Mrs. Sydney turned schoolmistress, to educate my girls, as I could not afford a governess. Sydney Smith

The vicar had asked Jean about the music, saying that the village schoolmistress who was also the organist, was willing to play. Penny Plain

The schoolmistress, abandoning herself to an inexplicable but overwhelming impulse, took breath for a proud lie. Tales of the Five Towns

The religious ideas of the people were not touched; the congregations came together again, and the nuns of the old orders, converted into schoolmistresses, imparted to women the same education as before. Recollections of My Youth

Similar evidence was given and signed by Miss Maddox, the schoolmistress, and Mr. and Mrs. Lea. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts

Originally, the headquarters of the Azure Society had been a seminary and schoolmistress's house. The Regent

Julius had already been with the schoolmistress, who was not expected to live through the day. The Three Brides

May Lawton was twenty-eight, an orphan, and a schoolmistress. Tales of the Five Towns

Then there are the schoolmistresses of all national and other schools throughout the kingdom. Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not

The grey-haired schoolmistress was a woman of ideas and ambitions beyond her apparent scope in life. Fenwick's Career

When Overtop placed the one hundred and fifty dollars in the white hand of the schoolmistress, she looked at him with gratitude and admiration, which more than repaid him. Round the Block

Here the schoolmistress who first put a book into Oliver Goldsmith's hands confessed, "Never was so dull a boy; he seemed impenetrably stupid." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters

His affection for his old schoolmistress was as sincere as hers for him. Tommy and Grizel

His pretty brown wife is acting as schoolmistress to a group of little Parecis girls. Through the Brazilian Wilderness

There is a schoolmistress with sandy hair and thin lips and a cold blue eye, recalling Madame Beck, though there the likeness ceases. The Three Brontës

Overtop was standing within two feet of the schoolmistress, and her soft, dim eyes were beaming right into his. Round the Block

A remarkably pompous clergyman who was an Inspector of Schools showed me a theme on a Scriptural subject, written by a girl who was trying to pass from being a pupil-teacher to a schoolmistress. Collections and Recollections

The daughter, nine years old, and not above forty feet high, was very good natured, became my schoolmistress, and called me Grildrig, which imports in English, mannikin. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction

The young schoolmistress, in her bed-sitting-room a few streets off, was in no better case. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition

And in that school, ill-treated by that schoolmistress, there is a little ugly, suffering, deserted child. The Three Brontës

The schoolmistress, not knowing what she was saying, said "Yes." Round the Block

It was often purchased by their kind schoolmistress for their amusement and instruction. The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace

Saw young Cherokee in Washington: he marry pretty little schoolmistress go down there to teach, and their little boy die. Not Pretty, but Precious

His thoughts strayed from her for a moment, for it gave him pleasure to recollect that he had defended his schoolmistress. The Lake

In that brief scene between Mr. Ellin and the schoolmistress, you know as well as if you had been told, that Miss Wilcox has lost Mr. Ellin because of her unkindness to a child. The Three Brontës

I like your face and your manners, and if you can learn me 'em, I'll give you ten dollars a week to come to my house one hour every day, and be my private schoolmistress. Round the Block

The schoolmistress crossing the street is an accomplished teacher, is very sympathetic, and has great love of approbation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862

Like a good Bostonian, he took for his heroine a schoolma'am, the Puritan Pallas Athene of the American Athens, and made her so lovely that everybody was looking about for a schoolmistress to despair after. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861

You'll be able to offer her as much as she was earning in my parish as schoolmistress. The Lake

The schoolmistress came in at a rear door and took her seat upon the platform. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays

Nature, on the grandest scale and with the "grand manner," she thought, had given him his education; had been for him at once schoolmistress, guide, and companion. The Port of Adventure

Cousine Georges had fled, it seems, since we left, and her horse had been left at Esbly to fetch the schoolmistress and her husband. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

If he had engaged himself to a handsome schoolmistress, it was his fancy, and he could afford it. Malbone: an Oldport Romance

Necessity may be a hard schoolmistress, but she is generally found the best. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance

It came out in Miss Peecher the schoolmistress, watering her flowers, as Mr Bradley Headstone walked forth. Our Mutual Friend

"Anyhow, I expect my yellow car will excite more interest at Lucky Star than a new schoolmistress," said Nick, laughing, almost light-hearted again. The Port of Adventure

The schoolmistress and her husband did not go far, however. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

It was Sister Boe, the schoolmistress of Agen, who had offered to teach the boy gratuitously the elements of reading and writing. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist

"But I was schoolmistress for the little children in our district last summer, and might have been so still." House of the Seven Gables

She was a tall, upright, well-favoured woman, though severe of countenance, and had more of the air of a schoolmistress than mistress of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. Our Mutual Friend

But he did not give more than a thought to the schoolmistress. The Port of Adventure

So the schoolmistress and her husband, to whom all this was amazing news, climbed out of the wagon, and made a dash back to the station to attempt to get back to Paris. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914

She'd underlined the n and the short ss's with red, just as if she was a schoolmistress, infernal cheek! A Young Girl's Diary

The mother, who was a schoolmistress of thirty-three, had borne two previous children, both of large size. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine

But, Miss Potterson, as a ready schoolmistress accustomed to bring her pupils to book, set the matter in a light that was essentially of this world. Our Mutual Friend

Everybody thinks them a trouble, and they have to do what their schoolmistress likes. Allan Quatermain

And so the schoolmistress reconciled the recommendation to her conscience, and the indentures were cancelled, and the apprentice was free. Vanity Fair

Sometimes I thought of her as a fat old German crone, sometimes as a harsh-featured woman like a schoolmistress with thin lips and eyeglasses. Greenmantle

It is that of a Catholic curé in revolt, who has taken to his bosom a schoolmistress. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes

Miss Peecher, our schoolmistress—pretty and young, and all that—is known to be very much attached to him, and he won't so much as look at her or hear of her. Our Mutual Friend

These interests her world promptly, through the agency of schoolmistresses, older school-mates, her aunt, and a number of other responsible and authoritative people, assured her she must on no account think about. Ann Veronica, a modern love story

Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits. Vanity Fair

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例句	schoolmistress “Young man,” Xan said to the schoolmistress’s son—a nice boy, fifteen, probably, whose skin seemed to glow. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Later, when the growth had been dispatched and the brain healed and the schoolmistress was sleeping comfortably, Xan felt she could finally relax. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The schoolmistress lay on the kitchen table, deep in sleep, and Xan kept both palms on the sides of the young woman’s face, concentrating hard. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The schoolmistress had been suffering from terrible headaches that were, Xan discovered, the result of a growth in the center of her brain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Children tattled on their parents, taught by schoolmistresses the hallmarks of sedition. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Pedro Tercero still had trouble reading, but his curiosity and desire accomplished what his schoolmistress had been unable to do with all her canings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ms. Mazzie faces a perhaps more formidable challenge in taking on the schoolmistress duties of Mrs. Anna, the Welsh-born tutor to the children of the King of Siam. How to Keep a Musical Great: Call Heather Headley and Marin Mazzie 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z Dynamic, too, was Nicole Car as the widowed schoolmistress with hopeless belief in Grimes’s salvation. Review: A Tenor Claims His Place Among the Met Opera’s Stars 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z O’Hara, a five time Tony-nominated soprano whose show “The Bridges of Madison County” closed in May, will play the starchy English schoolmistress sent to Siam to educate the children of the king. ‘The King and I’ slated for Broadway in March 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Mark Thompson's pale wood design, with elongated doors, and bookshelves too high for any teacher to reach, makes the schoolmistresses into children in their own house. The Children's Hour; Plenty; The Heretic ? review 2011-02-13T00:06:05Z This is provided by Mary Steenburgen’s schoolmistress, a fellow admirer of Jules Verne who likes the old boy’s piercing eyes but thinks he’s telling fibs. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z There’s the occasional sharp moment to remind us of the character’s inner fires, but mostly she plays it cool and oddly small-scale, like an overly qualified schoolmistress who happens to find herself ruling an empire. Review: Helen Mirren Wears the Crown (This Time, Russia’s) 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z This is provided by Mary Steenburgen’s schoolmistress, a fellow admirer of Jules Verne who likes the old boy’s piercing eyes but thinks he’s telling fibs. Back to the Future day: live! Enjoy 21 October 2015 around the world 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z In Coppola’s, each immaculate frame is suffused with female desire, pulling the audience’s sympathies from character to character, resting eventually with the quiet, lonely yearning of Kirsten Dunst’s junior schoolmistress. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z In Our Mutual Friend, his most disgusted novel, Dickens endows the schoolmistress Miss Peecher with a gift I like to think of as the very antithesis to his own. Howard Jacobson on taking comic novels seriously 2010-10-08T23:07:00Z “I didn’t want her to look like a grump schoolmistress,” Atwood said. How Jenna Ortega's turning that 'Wednesday' goth vibe into hot fashion 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z "She was rather like a schoolmistress, actually because, we were young girls - 17, 18... You know, if your Millennium Falcons weren't touching, 'Come on girls, what's going off here? We've got to get this out!'" Star Wars: The workforce behind a toy empire 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Trump has grown frustrated by the prime minister’s ‘schoolmistress’ manner. Trump faces awkward meeting with May at Chequers as protests build – live updates 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May preferred tact to confrontation, even after Trump allies allegedly told the Telegraph newspaper that the U.S. president had grown weary of May’s “schoolmistress tone.” European leaders are indignant and defiant over Trump’s G-7 statement. But they’re not surprised. 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z A ruffled oversize 19th-century schoolmistress shirt in check with gray skirt was - daringly - twinned with pink and black tiger print stripper boots and space-age eye makeup. The Vuitton girl, Alicia Vikander, caps Paris Fashion Week 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Occasionally the good nuns suffered, like so many schoolmistresses since their day, from the difficulty of extracting fees. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z The good schoolmistress was afterwards desired to send periodically up to town bread for the royal table. Curious Epitaphs 2012-04-26T02:00:22.397Z I shall be glad to offer you a place at Hornton House, not as a schoolmistress, but as a kind of director of the girls’ leisure time. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z These faced the raised desk of Miss Nancy Pritchard, the schoolmistress. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z Well done for the schoolmistress!" muttered he, "by Jove! how she snubbed Vavasour. It May Be True, Vol. II (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:12.527Z For all that they were commanded to do of their schoolmistresses and governesses was nothing else than the doctrine of the gospel and matters appertaining unto honest and civil manners; whom they most willingly obeyed. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Explicit, for its day, story of an intense relationship between a schoolmistress and her ward. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z “You mean, when will there be nothing in the program that—” “We poor schoolmistresses,” said Miss Ashley, with a whimsical look of deprecation. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z There was an almost motherly anxiety in Helen's manner, blended with the resolution of a schoolmistress to get to the bottom of the affair. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z William Shenstone's description of the schoolmistress and the school near two hundred years ago in his native village, is very diverting. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Here he falls in love with the village schoolmistress, a sweet mystical devotee, whom he rather suspects of stealing his gold, and whom he defends from one ruffian in order to grossly insult her himself. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z In the course of this novel a curious and intense relationship develops between Elsie and a young schoolmistress named Helen; a compulsive domination, attraction and revulsion. Checklist A complete, cumulative Checklist of lesbian, variant and homosexual fiction, in English or available in English translation, with supplements of related material, for the use of collectors, students and librarians. 2012-03-19T02:00:24.597Z It was treating him like a schoolboy, and, whatever he should elect to do to show his independence would be justifiable, however unpalatable it might prove to the self-elected schoolmistress. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He was almost sure that he had done more wisely had he burned the letter in which the schoolmistress informed him that she had an explanation to offer--and so had made an end. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Mrs. Wood, the gardener’s wife, was to be schoolmistress, and the other English woman was to act as a maid of honour to the Queen Eleanor. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z In the village Tom is doctor, and, when the cholera comes, he is assisted in bringing the village through it by this saintly schoolmistress, and a pious Major, and a fervid High Church parson. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z She had been in effect Vivien's governess, her schoolmistress, invested with power and authority. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z He was twenty-nine years old; had been a soldier in China for five years, was now farming his father's farm at Papplewick, where Emily was schoolmistress. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z And with that the schoolmistress drew from her workbox a small slip of paper, which she unfolded and gave to him. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z My first schoolmistress was old 'Cherry Chalk', who taught me the alphabet on a horn book, and performed all sorts of cures without medicine by the potent power of charms. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z “She is like her mother,” said he to himself, “but more like her grandmother, that shrewd little Jewess, with her ‘good sense,’ as madame the schoolmistress says. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z “They will spoil a good housekeeper if they make a schoolmistress of you!” Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z And you will be a stately old lady, a little worn and sharp perhaps, as is the fate of schoolmistresses; but with fine manners, and wisdom enough for us all. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z When her only fault had been a weakness of character which her old schoolmistress hoped would be cured by time? Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He was educated by his mother, a schoolmistress, and at the age of twelve was sent to the United States to seek his fortune. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z I think we have had almost enough of madam the schoolmistress.” Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z From Mr. Tinsley, he learned to write a remarkably plain, neat, and elegant hand,—more like a schoolmistress's best, than a great lawyer and politician, and this characteristic it retained to the last. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z “I am going to be a schoolmistress,—not a governess, not a teacher in a school merely, but the mistress of a school.” The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z The schoolmistress of that day who had not manner at command had nothing; for deportment ranked among the essentials. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z There are so many things that a schoolmistress has to think of, that there is no time left for the stars. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z But what will madame the schoolmistress say to your escapade?” Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z It is thus that I would see America, not as schoolmistress or common scold to the nations, but as chosen leader by example, rather than by authority. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z The classes were assembled in the lower part of the building, while this indefatigable schoolmistress and her first assistants slept in the loft, to which they ascended by an outside staircase. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z But not until the maid had retired did the schoolmistress rise to her feet. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Roderick Hudson is wooden, it is crammed with local colour like a schoolmistress's bedroom full of photographs of Rome, it has a plain boiled suet heroine called Mary. Henry James 2011-09-05T02:00:22.877Z Mrs. Billickin was very plain in her hints about the poor board supplied to Rosa at Miss Twinkleton’s when she received the schoolmistress in her own home. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The female children of the soldiers also equally partake of the benefits of this system of education, whenever accommodation and other circumstances permit, and a liberal allowance for eligible schoolmistresses is granted by the Government. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z In one or other of these two places she spent the remainder of her life, as pupil, novice, and then schoolmistress. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z She remembered, oh, how well she remembered, that the schoolmistress at Clapham had told her that she had every good quality except strength of will. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z You are mistaken, said I to the schoolmistress. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The open window, through which the tramp had spied upon the schoolmistress, was nearer. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z I say, Miss Stuart, what awful old women your schoolmistresses must have been!” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Nathalie, the country doctor's orphan daughter, teacher to the excellently drawn schoolmistress, Mademoiselle Dantin, is sometimes disturbingly rude and tactless, in spite of her graceful beauty. Women Novelists of Queen Victoria's Reign A Book of Appreciations 2011-07-08T02:00:23.177Z "Oh!" the schoolmistress exclaimed; and for a moment she stood, looking strangely at the girl, as if she did not know what to say to her. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z He and the schoolmistress looked at one another significantly. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z It has been nothing but spooning, and nonsense lately with Cyril and the pretty schoolmistress.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z On reaching the building, her knock was answered by the schoolmistress herself, who civilly asked her commands. The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z “Well, do brace up and look a little less like 116 you was at your own funeral!” snapped the schoolmistress. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z The schoolmistress might tell me somewhat, and--you wince, sir! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Remained also the schoolmistress and the stout man. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z She is the Lawford schoolmistress, and engaged to some one else.” Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z "That is what I can't pretend to say, ma'am," replied the schoolmistress very gravely.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z “If you Eastern girls can all dance, you’ll sure help us out a whole lot,” declared the brisk little schoolmistress. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z I thought you the unknown schoolmistress you thought yourself a week ago! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Knowing we had been listening, the schoolmistress spoke to us about the soldier. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z This estimable lady has passed her eighty-fifth year, but her mind is still clear and her hand steady, her manuscript having the appearance of the work of a precise young schoolmistress. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The mother nursed and tended them all, with her own hands made their clothes, and until they grew to the age of ten supplied to them the place of a schoolmistress. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z They all liked Ike Stedman, and although the brisk little schoolmistress seemed to be a very nice girl, the foreman of Silver Ranch was quite worthy of her. Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch Schoolgirls Among Cowboys 2011-06-14T02:00:23.130Z He had laid his all, and pour le ban motif at the feet of a girl who but yesterday was a little schoolmistress. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z It was the identical words of the schoolmistress. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Galton reports a schoolmistress who judges the fatigue of her pupils by the condition of their ears. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z She was a schoolmistress, professing very liberal opinions and possessing “a tongue of energy and an eye of fire.” The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z It was not possible to distinguish the schoolmistress's features, as a large book had been placed as a screen, and the shadow from it fell on her face. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z I thought to marry his heir to the little schoolmistress--it was an opera touch, my dear, and beyond all the Tremaynes and Vivian Greys in the world! Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The schoolmistress, who was one of the sharp ones, gave a little disquisition to show why it was a mistake, and wherein she knew better than the world's poet and wonder. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z And so, punctual to the moment, Regina appeared in the salon of the schoolmistress. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Miss Hitchener took her leave of the Shelleys and again became a schoolmistress. The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources 2011-03-08T03:00:45.010Z Dr. Sperner knew how, by ringing laughter, to do honour to the schoolmistress' hint. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z Diffidence in the lonely schoolmistress had been pardonable, had been natural. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Every boy who left school now, said the schoolmistress, wanted to go on the railway. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z I can still be their nurse, their comforter, their schoolmistress. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z They showed that playwrights had followed the advice of Cicero, and could create a drama which was “the schoolmistress of life, the looking-glass of manners, and the image of truth.” Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z The schoolmistress in The Idyl of Red Gulch, one of his earliest and best stories, is as pure and noble a maiden, and as characteristic of the soil, as Hilda herself. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z The schoolmistress knew nothing of the encounter in Parliament Street, nothing of the meeting on the coach. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Whereupon he and the schoolmistress shook their heads and said it was more than doubtful—nay, it was as good as impossible. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z The first rudiments of young Cook's education were received by him at Marton, where he was taught to read by dame Walker, the schoolmistress of the village. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z She had been, as far as Pellerin could ascertain, originally a schoolmistress in the provinces. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z Anna Bijns, who is believed to have been born at Antwerp in 1494, was a schoolmistress at that city in her middle life, and in old age she still “instructed youth in the Catholic religion.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z "Ah!" the schoolmistress answered, pursing up her lips. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Should we sit on in our present carriage, and go down in it to the port, along with the schoolmistress, and risk it? Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z House rent at Taunton was heavy, so mother applied for a schoolmistress's situation, and she kept this post for nearly two years. The Life of Roger Langdon Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. [With a preface by H. Clifton Lambert.] 2010-12-21T22:55:56.210Z "Then I must have gone immediately to Miss Beamish, my old schoolmistress," said Caroline. Capricious Caroline She stood up, most like some formal, old-fashioned schoolmistress reciting a piece of prose learned by heart, without animation and without interest. Deep Moat Grange "Ay, but far enough from them," the schoolmistress answered, recovering herself. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Back we went therefore for the sack, told the schoolmistress our intention. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z She was pointing her finger at him like a schoolmistress, and Gavin hastened to answer— “You were not to blame at all.” The Little Minister One day, instead of Helene, the old schoolmistress received him alone. Regina or the Sins of the Fathers "It is plain enough why it is not right," she said, after a moment, in her schoolmistress tone. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches But she held her ground, until, oh, joy! she heard voices raised in altercation, and among them the schoolmistress's. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z After the Reformation there were schools, at least in all the villages where there was a church; the teachers were often divines, and sometimes there were schoolmistresses for the girls. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. After that wild week I went back to the school of my own will, and no one knows of the escapade but my schoolmistress and Lord Rintoul. The Little Minister Both schoolmistress and pupils would fain have been abroad; but the bear was in the path, and all that could be done was to fly off, as far as possible, behind the tables and benches. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom She had the mind of a schoolmistress grafted on a social sense. A Bed of Roses Lady Lansdowne, with something of this kind in her thoughts and pity in her heart, sat eying Miss Sibson in a silence which disclosed nothing, and which the schoolmistress found irksome. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The schoolmistress was in tears, and the stalwart young man near her openly wiped his eyes. Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play They included: Booksellers,Printsellers,Painters of vignettes,Painters,Scriveners and copiers of books,Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses,Illuminators, Printers,Bookbinders,Curriers,Cloth shearers,Parchment and vellum makers,Boss carvers,Letter engravers,Figure engravers. The Story of Books As soon as the schoolmistress and her pupils had courage to move, the alarm was given to the neighbors. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom Several days had passed since his conversation with Mrs. Barrows, and village information had given definite assurance that her plan for freezing out the Yankee schoolmistress was being put into execution. The Loves of Ambrose "God bless the man, no!" the schoolmistress replied. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Jenny Lind was born in 1820 at Stockholm, and was the daughter of poor but educated parents, her father being a teacher of languages and her mother a schoolmistress. Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday This would be held in the cottage of the schoolmistress, who, in our imagination, was always a kindly old woman in a big cap and short petticoats. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation One very cold, winter day, while the schoolmistress was busy with her humble lessons, a boy chanced to leave the door half way open, on his entrance, and, suddenly, a large bear walked in. Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom However, there was little doubt of its success, for the turning of the tide in favour of the Yankee schoolmistress soon could be seen, heard, and felt. The Loves of Ambrose Lady Sybil was still dozing, with a woollen wrap about her head to deaden the noise; and giving way to the cooler brain Mary went down with the schoolmistress. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z It may be that my literary experiences would have ended there had there not come a time in my early manhood when that good old harsh-faced schoolmistress, Hard Times, took me by the hand. My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome. If the schoolmistress could once win him she would have a pupil to be proud of. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation His mother is supposed to have been a schoolmistress, and Carey himself taught music at various schools. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" Do you know, there have never been five gentlemen together at my table since I became 116 a schoolmistress? The Youngest Girl in the School "You had better go and see what it is," Lady Sybil said, turning to the schoolmistress. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z What does a schoolmistress want with a parasol?” The New Mistress A Tale Why is a schoolmistress like the letter C? The Handbook of Conundrums For, in truth, custom is a violent and treacherous schoolmistress. About London It was in Vivien's handwriting, which bore a strong resemblance to Lorraine's own, and it was couched in terms strong enough certainly to rouse a flutter in the breast of a careful schoolmistress. The Head Girl at the Gables For the schoolmistress, prepared to witness a certain amount of disorder on the Saturday, had been taken aback by the sight which met her eyes when she rose on Sunday morning. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z “I was not aware the Vicarage people thought so much of Miss—of the new schoolmistress.” The New Mistress A Tale I knew they had plenty of herbs, but the schoolmistress is very mean, although she can smile so sweetly. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series But now Sally put on the print dress, coaxed down her shining hair, put on her shoes, and slipping out without a word to Mistress Brace, she started for the home of the schoolmistress. Maid Sally "Nor mine either, I suppose you think?" queried Mrs. Rutherford; to which the schoolmistress replied that that certainly was what she did think. Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 "Well, your ladyship knows Paris and I don't," the schoolmistress replied respectfully. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Well, you see, dear, she is only a schoolmistress, but they have been very kind and considerate to her. The New Mistress A Tale Then the schoolmistress touched a hand bell and a crowd of little children, none over five years old, gathered round her. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl Mistress Maria Kent was sitting on the porch at her pretty little home, the picture of an old-time schoolmistress. Maid Sally To the little children who often formed her "studies," she became the schoolmistress. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life Parents, wealthy as well as poor, are very commonly disposed to make schoolmasters and schoolmistresses do the work of discipline for them, while they retain for themselves the privilege of spoiling their children. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition “I was not speaking of Mr Lambent’s cook; I meant the new schoolmistress.” The New Mistress A Tale And when, fitted for his work, he enters on inquiry itself, what a zealous, anxious guide, what a strict and, because strict, helpful, schoolmistress does Nature make herself to him! The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse You a schoolmistress—Phoebe of the ringlets; every one would laugh. Quality Street A Comedy His hatred of tyranny also showed itself at the earliest age, in rebellion against the rule of the old schoolmistress who educated his sisters. Home Life of Great Authors And so you never heard a whisper about the schoolmistress? Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines “Go—to a training institution—become a schoolmistress!” he cried. The New Mistress A Tale As I am not telling her story, I will pass over the account of the efforts she made to be a schoolmistress, and the instruction she had as a dressmaker. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Yes, that is the Phoebe you love, the bright girl of the past—not the schoolmistress in her old-maid's cap. Quality Street A Comedy If the schoolmistress chooses she can put the scolding into verse, so that all who hear it in the forty miles around, can more easily remember it. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 "I'm going to be a schoolmistress in place of Miss Bolton." Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines The eyes of Beatrice Lambent opened with astonishment and she stared at this daring young man, who had the presumption to talk of interposing between the new schoolmistress and the head of the parish. The New Mistress A Tale Miss Angelica felt sure it was French, and she copied it out and took it back to school to ask her schoolmistress what it meant. Two Maiden Aunts There you wrong me, for I have discovered for myself that the schoolmistress in her old-maid's cap is the noblest Miss Phoebe of them all. Quality Street A Comedy Notice To The Public If a schoolmistress chooses to live a hundred or a thousand miles away from her school, she can use the Scolding Machine by means of a Telephone attached thereto. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Mrs. Barbauld was a schoolmistress, and a schoolmaster's wife and daughter. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen As you must have seen, our brother the vicar objects to the proper duties of the schoolmistress being interfered with.” The New Mistress A Tale She was told that news had reached Thursley that the schoolmistress was still unwell, and the neighbor added, that on leaving, Betty had carried the key of the cottage with her. The Broom-Squire It is not merely that Miss Phoebe has again donned her schoolmistress's gown and hidden her curls under the cap. Quality Street A Comedy You will be amused by her description of her school and schoolmistresses, and of her first introduction to them. The Fairchild Family This was a mother yearning for a child, not a schoolmistress asking for a pupil, though perhaps in after times the two were somewhat combined in her. A Book of Sibyls Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen Why, if you’d got a young man, Betsey, and he come and sit down here and talked about you as that chap did about our young schoolmistress, I’d ha’ punched his head!” The New Mistress A Tale But in nothing else did the village schoolmistress show strangeness: in school and out of school she was beloved by her children, and their love was returned by her. The Broom-Squire The first person to teach Oliver Goldsmith his letters was a woman, who afterwards became village schoolmistress, named Elizabeth Delap. The Curse of Education Ah, Pat, Pat," said a schoolmistress to a thick-headed urchin into whose muddy brain she was attempting to beat the alphabet—"I'm afraid you'll never learn anything. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. No, she wasn't his wife; only the Yankee schoolmistress of La Junta. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 But, dear, I am only a schoolmistress now—a national schoolmistress, and it would sound full of foolish assumption if I called you mamma. The New Mistress A Tale On the morrow Mehetabel, carrying her babe, revisited the schoolmistress, at an early hour, before the children assembled. The Broom-Squire Our schoolmistress was a widow, the Widow White, as she was usually designated. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 6 June 1848 It is equally true with girls, as schoolmistresses know equally well. Three Addresses to Girls at School She has been a schoolmistress all her life; she had a splendid school— such nice girls, too. The Carroll Girls Charming young person, your new schoolmistress, Beatrice dear,” she continued. The New Mistress A Tale "Then we won't take it," said I. The schoolmistress laughed a little, and said she was ten minutes early, so she could go around. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index The children were all placed in the chancel to right and left of the altar, solemn and well-behaved, with one eye on the schoolmistress and the other on the Pater. A Bride of the Plains It was she who made truancy an impossible risk, for no matter in what out-of-the-way place one might go nutting or swimming, Granny Long was sure to see, and report to the schoolmistress. Treasure Valley “Well, Enrico,” she said to me as she was going, “are you still fond of your schoolmistress, now that you solve difficult problems and write long compositions?” Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Time back he had determined that the last person in the world for him to marry would be a schoolmistress. The New Mistress A Tale Did I talk all this off to the schoolmistress? The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index And then, her mad rage of loathing for all lessons, her bitter contempt of all teachers and schoolmistresses, her recoil to a fierce, animal arrogance made her detestable. The Rainbow Though it was wrung from her by the exigencies of the case, the schoolmistress accepted it. Treasure Valley I saw the schoolmistress of the red feather supporting my mistress of the upper first, who was almost in a swoon. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal I know London well, though I’m a native here, and as a friend of our new schoolmistress—” “Oh, I should hardly like to intrude,” cried the young man apologetically. The New Mistress A Tale "Withdrawing yourself from the hands of your lawful schoolmistress and present guardian," replied the inspector pompously. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life As she went home, Ursula dreamed of the schoolmistress, made infinite dreams of things she could give her, of how she might make the elder woman adore her. The Rainbow Before the schoolmistress could rebuke Miss Long's undue curiosity regarding the young doctor Mrs. Winters came flying down the stairs, having successfully routed the blue cuffs. Treasure Valley People came to the windows and to the doors, and on seeing all those boys, and the wreath, they said, “It is a schoolmistress.” Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Because she is a schoolmistress and works for her living, strives hard to keep her mother and sisters, and I don’t suppose has money to spare for a fashionable dress. The New Mistress A Tale P.S.—I have a good mind to call on that fine-lady schoolmistress of yours, Mrs. Ward. The School Queens Were these people, schoolmistresses, representatives of some mystic Right, some Higher Good? The Rainbow "Just like you," grumbled the tidy schoolmistress, rummaging among the cans of spice and pickle bottles. Treasure Valley I thought I beheld at my bedside my kind schoolmistress of the upper primary, who was trying to stifle her cough in her handkerchief in order not to disturb me. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Hazel Thorne is a schoolmistress, and if I asked her to be my wife, always supposing that she would accept me, the people would say that I was mad—that I threw myself away. The New Mistress A Tale “What are you doing here, girls?” asked Miss Gibbs sharply, the schoolmistress in her rising to the surface. The Madcap of the School Much might be done by a pious schoolmaster and schoolmistress, by whom the girls might be taught different kinds of work, knitting, sewing, &c. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement Right in the middle of the highway, facing Sandy McQuarry's team, stood the schoolmistress. Treasure Valley My poor schoolmistress wanted to finish her year of school: she departed only three days before the end of the lessons. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal “My dear mother, I think the inspector must find that the majority of schoolmistresses are ladylike, and of course highly educated.” The New Mistress A Tale The schoolmistress, after locking the door, proceeded to assist her in removing all her clothes. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies The child, having conceived a great fondness for her schoolmistress, wished to please the latter by attention to her lessons. The Sexual Life of the Child "He probably noticed us waiting outside and thought you were the schoolmistress of the party,—that's all," interjected Vanessa. Too Old for Dolls A Novel How happy I should have been on my return home, had I not encountered my poor schoolmistress! Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal A schoolmistress flaunting about with a silk parasol! The New Mistress A Tale Deep in the forest was Hiawatha's home, and Nature herself was his schoolmistress. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose What I have said of schoolmasters applies, mutatis mutandis, to schoolmistresses and governesses. The Sexual Life of the Child So, suppressing her pride, Miss Gordon went, and sat in stately grandeur at the head of the quilt, saying little until the young schoolmistress appeared. 'Lizbeth of the Dale “I have just met my schoolmistress.”—“She was just going to bed,” replied my mother, whose eyes were red. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal “I don’t know, my dear,” said Mrs Canninge, “unless it is the new schoolmistress.” The New Mistress A Tale Well do I remember dear old aunt Rachel, as we called her, my first schoolmistress. The Nursery, April 1878, Vol. XXIII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Almost typical are the English educational works in which, with little variation, we find descriptions of the flogging of little girls in order to excite the perverse lusts of the schoolmistresses. The Sexual Life of the Child The young schoolmistress blushed and tried not to smile; Sarah Emily ducked her head into her apron and giggled, and a titter went round the room. 'Lizbeth of the Dale I spoke to the schoolmistress, a shrewd and kindly married woman. Tatterdemalion They were sent to no school at all, but were handed over to a schoolmistress in the house. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Parsons and schoolmistresses actually do come to Wall Street; all the world comes here, incorporates its idioms into its dialect and is infected with its spirit. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Well, your business is not mine, Miss; but somehow, I think you have been cheating your schoolmistress. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. When we returned to Sarawak, in 1861, she became the schoolmistress to the girls I then had in the house, and others who came as day-scholars. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak Really and truly, that angular schoolmistress will make herself Mrs. Overton if he is not careful. That Girl Montana The population of Ternate—native, Malay, Dutch, and half-caste—throngs the wharf; the pretty schoolmistress, in spotless muslin, waves a smiling farewell. Through the Malay Archipelago For a long period he gave thirty pounds a year to his old schoolmistress. Stories of Authors, British and American The little choir of children sang admirably, led by the schoolmistress, and Miss Winter and the curate exchanged approving glances. Tom Brown at Oxford The poor clerk, or schoolmistress, or obscure individual from Grub Street can, with its help, get as much variety and pleasure out of a hundred miles' circuit as more fortunate persons from unlimited globetrotting. Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life The thought that this orphanage for girls would constitute a valuable training school for schoolmistresses seems already to have crossed his mind. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 The discovery of an English-speaking schoolmistress simplifies the day's itinerary, which begins with the thatched palace or kedaton of the Sultan. Through the Malay Archipelago The schoolmistress waited for another minute, smoothing the curls. A Sheaf of Corn Bessie pursed up her pretty lips, and imitated the manner of the prim schoolmistress, to the great amusement of our hero. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success The tutor was surprised, and 81 what the Poppleton schoolmistress would have thought no one can even guess! Sonny Boy Miss Skipwith's speech sounded so like the address of a schoolmistress that Vixen began to think she had been trapped unawares in a school, as people are sometimes trapped in a madhouse. Vixen, Volume III. The schoolmistress, a pretty blonde, who was also a belle, wore white muslin, with a gay ribbon about her waist. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 He went through the pine grove past the schoolhouse, stooping down low so the schoolmistress wouldn't see him, and then he went 'way, 'way off into the country. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller They have a young new schoolmistress at Wrapworth, his father’s former living, you know, close to Castle Blanch. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Some writing, others casting accounts, some learning lessons by heart, several employed in various sorts of needlework, a few spinning and others knitting, with two schoolmistresses to inspect them. A Description of Millenium Hall And the Country Adjacent Together with the Characters of the Inhabitants and Such Historical Anecdotes and Reflections As May Excite in the Reader Proper Sentiments of Humanity, and Lead the Mind to the Love of Virtue The clergyman and the schoolmaster and schoolmistress came to say farewell; and as for the neighbours, poor as they all were, and rude as some were, they crowded with wishes and gifts. Littlebourne Lock She had never trembled with adoration of a schoolmistress and Considine was an unthinkable substitute. The Tragic Bride When he came to the pine grove by the schoolhouse the shadows came out from behind the trees and followed him, and that was much worse than seeing the schoolmistress. The Book of Stories for the Story-teller But I’ll do my best, Mrs. Prendergast; I promise you I’ll not be the schoolmistress abroad in the morning, and you shall see what terms I will keep with Mr. Beaumont.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster This was a birthday present to Nora, who was gifted with a naturally sweet voice and received instruction from the schoolmistress of Beartown. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters Looking round they could count up many schoolmistresses far less thoroughly equipped. Emily Brontë It was a stunning caricature of the schoolmistress in the act of yawning. Duffels It ran: "Dear old Bunting, "Your schoolmistress guards you like nuns, but I must see you and Squibs somehow. A Patriotic Schoolgirl Return to Oxford the victim of an attachment to a village schoolmistress! Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He was sent for to attend the deathbed of poor old village dame, or schoolmistress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 She told Miss Wooler of her fear, and the schoolmistress, conscious of her own kindness and a little resentful at Emily's distress, consented that the girl should be sent home without delay. Emily Brontë "Bring me that slate this instant!" repeated the schoolmistress when Henrietta hesitated, "and don't you rub out the picture." Duffels All this time she had been going regularly to Mrs. Nott’s school, and the schoolmistress was much surprised at the change in her careless little pupil. The Story of a Robin You saw yourself the treatment of that schoolmistress. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster He was just “dazed-like,” as the schoolmistress would have said—confused, perplexed, bewildered, getting only a glimpse of what might be the cause of it all, and the consequences. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not On this practice, however, he had married, and his wife, who had been a doctor's daughter and a national schoolmistress, had the same ardours as himself. Robert Elsmere Full twenty minutes had passed in which she, Rebecca—or, as she pronounced it, Rebekker—Tucker, schoolmistress and intellectual drum-major, had scolded nobody and had scowled at nobody. Duffels Slav schoolmistresses were, in several cases, taken out of bed in the middle of the night and conducted on board Italian ships. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Such was the preparation for the unprotected life of a schoolmistress in a house by herself. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster The schoolmistress sat down upon a stone, thankful that her labours were over, and that the guiding home of the bairns had fallen into stronger hands than hers. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not By that time our schoolmistress was Mrs. Durndell, the policeman’s wife, a severe woman, but she certainly made the girls do thoroughly whatever she taught, especially repetition and needlework. Old Times at Otterbourne Miss Tucker was the schoolmistress at the new schoolhouse in West Easton. Duffels I do not know whether the schoolmistress, forewarned of his visit, had told the children in Serbo-Croat that a gentleman would come and say something in Italian, whereupon they would hold up their hands. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 Eloïsa remonstrated—‘My dear, consider the disgrace to the whole family—a village schoolmistress!’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster On the last day at home Marjorie was carried down the street by Jack, that she might say good-bye to Mrs Beaton and the schoolmistress, and the neighbours generally. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not They enlisted the help of the village schoolmistress, and some of the most tuneful among her pupils, and all on the spur of the moment made up their company. A harum-scarum schoolgirl But when the little schoolmistress seriously proposed that he should send Henrietta down to New York to take lessons in drawing, he quickly changed his mind. Duffels And there was the new schoolmistress from Grace Harbor. Harbor Tales Down North With an Appreciation by Wilfred T. Grenfell, M.D. Horatia flew gustily to greet and reassure the schoolmistress as she entered, trembling, although moving with the dignity that seemed to be her form of embarrassment. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Before Allison came back to Nethermuir again the schoolmistress was done with her toils, and troubles, and discontents, and was at rest. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not The truants were all punished; and as the schoolmistress promised to send word to their homes when either of them was absent again, they had no chance to "hook jack" afterwards. Proud and Lazy A Story for Little Folks There should be no telegraphing back and forth between the two schoolmistresses if she could help it. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall He should be made to understand that she would not marry him,—and then he could advise her as to that project of being governess, housemaid, schoolmistress, or what not. Cousin Henry And he told her also not to withdraw Susanna Mackenzie from her school at Littlebath—at any rate, not for the present; and intimated also that Mr Slow would pay the schoolmistress's bill. Miss Mackenzie The schoolmistress was come to the end of all her troubles, before this time, and was lying at peace in the kirkyard. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not "Anyhow, she won't have half, as bad a time as the schoolmistress." Lalage's Lovers "The schoolmistress thinks this girl an unsuitable friend for Margaret, and wants me to interfere," she said. A True Friend A Novel You're a sly fellow too, Tom Trevarthen, to go and get hold of a schoolmistress, when 'tis only a little schoolin' you want to get a certificate and be master of a ship. Shining Ferry He had also bribed the schoolmistress to tell the same story. Pickwickian Studies Do you think the schoolmistress would agree with the Autocrat in his last statement as to the way in which children are taught the difference between right and wrong? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 "Miss Pettigrew is an old friend of mine and——" "Is she the schoolmistress?" Lalage's Lovers She has capabilities," said the schoolmistress, with the air of one making a concession; "and I hope that they will be useful to her in her calling. A True Friend A Novel But he had come to engage Sir George's interest for Miss Marvin, a young person who had just thrown up her position as schoolmistress across the water, in circumstances perfectly honourable to her. Shining Ferry And, accordingly, we find the schoolmistress—being a descendant of the Jason's-crew, who landed from the Argo-Mayflower, usually bearing a name thus significant, and manifesting, even at her age, traits of character justifying the compellation. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States Even within seven miles of Montreal, there was a schoolmistress thus unqualified. Diary in America, Series Two “She is too ill, I regret to say, to see visitors,” answered the schoolmistress. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times "I have been talking to Miss Adair about you," said the schoolmistress, coldly. A True Friend A Novel A new schoolmistress reigned in Hester's stead, since Hester, with the New Year, had taken over the care of the Widows' Houses. Shining Ferry But my pupil did not forget his schoolmistress. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands No incident worthy of mention occurred on the way, till about ten o'clock, when we arrived at the house of the Yankee schoolmistress, where we had been so hospitably entertained two days before. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time Each seems train’d up in the same school of mischief: And of that school, if any such there be, My wife, I think, is schoolmistress. The Comedies of Terence The schoolmistress was tall and imposing in appearance: her manner was usually a little pompous, and it did not seem quite natural to Margaret that she should speak so gently. A True Friend A Novel "Are those things meant to fight the new schoolmistress?" Shining Ferry Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses were dismissed by the hundred. Greece and the Allies 1914-1922 In 1704 a Boston schoolmistress named Madam Knights rode from Boston to New York on horseback. Home Life in Colonial Days She could not always be a schoolmistress; and then she scorned herself for moral cowardice. Three Margarets Miss Adair was tired of school, and took the opportunity of making a to-do about you, so as to provoke the schoolmistress and get sent away. A True Friend A Novel But for aught I know, I am the new schoolmistress, and we are enemies, it seems. Shining Ferry How would you like to be a little schoolmistress? Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories They did this work, too, while visiting—spending an afternoon; and it was an unconscious and diverting work like knitting; scholars set wool-cards while studying, and schoolmistresses while teaching. Home Life in Colonial Days The schoolmistress’s grave was greener and her child rosier than of yore. The Daughters of Danaus Five minutes elapsed before Miss Colwyn came, however, and the schoolmistress had had time to grow impatient. A True Friend A Novel He knew, of course, that I was a schoolmistress; and he began to mock at some things in which I believe very deeply. Shining Ferry Little Tora was provided for from that day; and so, if she did not sing like Jenny Lind, she sang herself into being a schoolmistress—a little schoolmistress of the very best order. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories It was certainly very strong, and the excuse for the schoolmistress was weak in proportion. The Mark Of Cain The new schoolmistress, a sour and uncompromising looking person, had issued from her cottage in her Sunday best to see the ceremony. The Daughters of Danaus The schoolmistress said something of that kind, you know. A True Friend A Novel But, Lord!" she muttered, "to think of me playing schoolmistress! Shining Ferry "Afraid!" said the little schoolmistress, wonderingly; "I am never afraid, night or day." Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories Then the porter appeared to reflect that a burglar would not arrive in a cab, and that a surreptitious lover would not ask for the schoolmistress. The Mark Of Cain They had strolled on along the path till they came to the schoolmistress’s grave, which was green and daisy-covered, as if many years had passed since her burial. The Daughters of Danaus "Do you mean that her schoolmistress does not find her tractable?" said Mr. Adair, with amusement. A True Friend A Novel A schoolmistress gets to know that look, and recognises it sometimes in grown-up folk, even in quite old persons. Shining Ferry Towards noon the schoolmistress was hearing the class read aloud. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories It was characteristic of Maitland that within himself he did not greatly blame the schoolmistress. The Mark Of Cain “But, with advancing years, it is rare that people do get to know better—about dying,” Mrs. Temperley suggested, in defence of the deceased schoolmistress. The Daughters of Danaus Don't you think that I could have pacified the schoolmistress? A True Friend A Novel "You don't give yourself airs like other schoolmistresses." Shining Ferry The little schoolmistress, putting on her coat and fur cap, backed up to one of her little girls, saying, "Put your arms round my neck, and you shall ride to the boat." Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories When this was finished Tregarthen asked the schoolmistress what misfortune had caused the loss of her arms, to which she replied that she had lost them in a coach accident. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines It is that of a Catholic curé in revolt, who has taken to his bosom a schoolmistress. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) The schoolmistress bowed solemnly, and allowed the girl to depart. A True Friend A Novel Before the doorway of a cottage halfway up the hill an old woman waited to intercept him—Aunt Butson, the village schoolmistress. Shining Ferry In one of these excursions for inspection she was surprised to see a big wagon drawing up before the door, with the schoolmistress and Nils as passengers. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories Habit," says Montaigne, "is a violent and treacherous schoolmistress. Architects of Fate or, Steps to Success and Power I do not know that the handsome schoolmistress lent her money, for I do not think that she stood in need of it; but I feel assured that her whole property was at her disposal. Rattlin the Reefer The schoolmistress interfered, said it was not proper, and so on; forbade it. A True Friend A Novel "You must walk on, please; I am the new schoolmistress." Shining Ferry Nils, as in the most desperate case, was stripped and rubbed down, and put into bed at once; and then the little schoolmistress was looked after. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories Her mildness, humility, and sweetness of temper soon won upon both the schoolmistress and the scholars; eventually the Miss Tippets took Virginia under their protection, and this magnanimity on their part silenced all opposition. Poor Jack Then its friendly inhabitants came thronging upon the beautiful scene; and pre-eminent among them stood my good schoolmistress, and my loving godmother. Rattlin the Reefer Mrs. Fry visited Newgate, calmed the howling mob, and told them she wished to establish a school for the young women and the girls, and asked them to select a schoolmistress from their own number. Pushing to the Front She left her place, went up to Mrs Leigh, who was talking to the schoolmistress, and held one arm out straight in front of her. White Lilac; or the Queen of the May Do you think I am dying?" said Nils; and then he hastily added, "I should not like to leave you and the schoolmistress; but for anything else I should not mind. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories Ever since I was a child I have wished to be a schoolmistress.” Etheldreda the Ready A School Story When Tom played schoolmistress there was bound to be a joke in ambush, and they settled down to question number two with minds alert for a trap. Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story I think our schoolmasters and schoolmistresses make a great mistake, generally, in the books they select for the instruction and familiarising of their pupils with foreign languages. She and I, Volume 1 Her father and her good friend the schoolmistress alone are to be present.—My secret oppresses me considerably; but I have resolved to keep it for the honeymoon, when it may take care of itself. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 The schoolmistress lay pale and still; her hands, loosely spread out, dropped on the sheet almost as colourless as itself. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories He ran on smoking-hot to the house, the schoolmistress after him; up through the gardens to the terrace, where they met old Abe returning home from work. Major Vigoureux The “schoolmistress” was Sarah Lloyd, who taught the poet himself in infancy. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The schoolmistress always had a horror of formal teaching, and a special horror of cramming young children for formal examinations; and I can only wonder that her downfall was so long delayed. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular In 1833 Miss Prudence Crandall, a Quaker schoolmistress of Canterbury, Conn., opened her school to negro children as well as to whites. How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune To have quiet was all that the little schoolmistress craved, and that she was at last allowed. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories The schoolmistress went on to alarm the servants, while the two men made for the private landing, unmoored the Lord Proprietor's boat, and pulled across for Garland Town to break the news to me. Major Vigoureux There dwells, in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name ... Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 I think they are too full of wild life and spirits to be manageable by either schoolmistress or governess. Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy For a long time we thought they made the stranger's name, and judged that he must have been a foreigner; but a new schoolmistress taught us otherwise. Tiverton Tales He was too, in a way, a teacher for the schoolmistress herself, and had his credentials from the very highest authority. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories Sam called to him, and his call brought out the schoolmistress, who no sooner heard the story than she fell to screaming. Major Vigoureux After a long delay Captain Edney came; apologizing for not appearing to welcome his drummer boy's mother and his old schoolmistress before. The Drummer Boy "Yes," continued Madam; "from what the good schoolmistress has written to me, and from the child's own letters, I am hoping to find my granddaughter grown into quite a gentle little lady." Terry Or, She ought to have been a Boy "It sounded," said Billy, "just as the schoolmistress did when she stepped on a snake last summer." A Busy Year at the Old Squire's "Now I'll come down, too," said the schoolmistress, and she came down the rope as if she were in a gymnasium. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories How absurd is the supposition that the womanly instincts would not assert themselves but for the rigorous discipline of schoolmistresses! Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles And she stood before Bernhard with her hands behind her back, like a severe schoolmistress cross-examining a little thief about a stolen apple. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag The schoolmistress gave him a seat on one side until she had finished the preliminary examination of the rest of the scholars. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The schoolmistress knew well how to accomplish her purpose. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 The home to which the little schoolmistress and Nils were bound had formerly been a wayside inn of most modest pretensions. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories This, we presume, is the ever-present dread of schoolmistresses. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles "Probably French schoolmistresses believe that their pupils get their money's worth on the French side of the Channel," replied Sir Lionel. Set in Silver Shenstone's schoolmistress had a garden:— "Where herbs for use and physic not a few Of grey renown within those borders grew, The tufted Basil,—pun provoking Thyme, The lordly Gill that never dares to climb." Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Sometimes the sole of the schoolmistress's slipper answered the same purpose, and sometimes a stick from some neighboring birch-tree. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 At last, towards evening, the schoolmistress was fairly awake; and such a dish of porridge as she was obliged to consume! Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories This class of capable schoolmistresses is one of the most interesting social developments of this period. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought After his arrest he was confined in the same jail with the 'retired' schoolmistress. The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy She put her arm round the schoolmistress and held up the shaking, unsubstantial little figure. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Mrs. Gaskell, however, wanted to make Miss Nussey’s acquaintance, and asked if she might visit her; and added that she would also like to see Miss Wooler, Charlotte’s schoolmistress, if that lady were still alive. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle The dear old schoolhouse had been swept away in the destructive flood that followed but ten minutes after the escape of the little schoolmistress with her pupils. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories It was her old schoolmistress we remembered lived here when we had your letter. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 In it a somewhat saturnine horseman, a son of the sage-brush, unlettered but tutored much by life, had wooed and won a prim little schoolmistress from the East. Winner Take All Compliments to the schoolmistress followed, and the signature, "Henry Nash." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. I am staying with our schoolmistress, Miss Wooler, in this place. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle Of course, the newspapers throughout the country celebrated the praises of the little schoolmistress, and to the meeting in her honour came her friends from far and near. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories One day Preston brought the matter up and asked if Daisy was going to have a schoolmistress? Daisy It was only the head and shoulders of Theresa Stanfield as an old country schoolmistress, seen behind a picture frame, with her uplifted finger and a bundle of rods. Melbourne House Having slept through the earlier lessons, the schoolmistress might well sleep through this. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. Another day she is in Yorkshire, where she makes the acquaintance of Miss Wooler, which permitted, as she said, ‘a more friendly manner of writing towards Charlotte Brontë’s old schoolmistress.’ Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle The little schoolmistress took, with the opening spring, the place of a private teacher—a position that she had been strongly urged to fill. Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories The large limpid imploring eyes looked straight, without a trace of guilt in them, at the thin-faced schoolmistress. Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' The schoolmistress said I didn't act well, but that was because Mamma owed her for a whole term. A Mummer's Tale "My dear," said the little schoolmistress, "look at this." Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. The kindly, placid woman who will ever be remembered as Charlotte Brontë’s schoolmistress, had, it may be safely said, no history. Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle What really happens by the roadside and in the thickets I do not know; chance, a poor schoolmistress, has never instructed me concerning the love-affairs of the Mantis when at liberty. Social Life in the Insect World When the cowboy and the schoolmistress passed him Lonesome Pete was talking once more and she was being very gracious to him, but Conniston had no eye for such trifles. Under Handicap A Novel The schoolmistress didn't ask to have the girl back. Boy Woodburn A Story of the Sussex Downs I knew it was a perfect piece of folly for that schoolmistress to take her to support, with only her small salary. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland It is a proud thing to go out from under the realm of a schoolmistress, and to be enrolled in a company of boys, who are under the guidance of a master. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons I will confide you to the sovereign nurse and schoolmistress, Nature! Social Life in the Insect World He had recognized the horse as a Half Moon animal, one he had ridden several times, and thought that he could guess who was inside paying his respects to the schoolmistress. Under Handicap A Novel In the cuts scattered throughout the text the same difference in execution and portrayal of the little schoolmistress is noticeable. Forgotten Books of the American Nursery A History of the Development of the American Story-Book This Mr. Vaughn is a rich gentleman, who has come down here to marry the schoolmistress. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland The schoolmistress opposite witnessed this departure, and lost no time in telling it to the schoolmaster, who again communicated the news to the landlord of 'The Jolly Colliers', at the close of the morning school-hours. Scenes of Clerical Life Here the quondam schoolmistress broke into a pleasant laugh that had once been musical. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Yet again, one can partly understand the business, if one thinks of the little ways of your schoolmaster and schoolmistress. Certain Personal Matters The schoolmistress who enforces silence on her pupils is committing—unintentionally no doubt, but still committing—an offence against reason, worthy only of a convent. Health and Education There was an excitement in the little village, before which the sensation created by the pretty schoolmistress, became as nothing. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland The girl looked up to see the face of the schoolmistress flushed and shining with sudden tears. The Mormon Prophet Certainly by this time the gardener would have complained to his father, probably the schoolmistress would have sent a note. More William Mrs. Sydney turned schoolmistress to educate my girls as I could not afford a governess. Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses In one of the stories great praise was bestowed on a schoolmistress who by her tact escaped from every difficulty without hurting anyone's feelings. The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse It is true that neither schoolmistresses nor governesses could often pass a Cambridge examination, nor have they any very great desire for intellectual improvement. Town Life in Australia After infinite trouble, Campden House was chosen, where every day he either saw her or received communications from the schoolmistress relative to her health, comfort, and happiness. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life I declare to you that Literature was not written for schoolmasters, nor for schoolmistresses. On The Art of Reading The frontispiece to this first edition represents the "Thatched-house" of his old schoolmistress, and before it is the "birch-tree," with "the sun setting and gilding the scene." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 No incident worthy of mention occurred on the way, till about ten o'clock, when we arrived at the home of the Yankee schoolmistress, where we had been so hospitably entertained two days before. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 One of the banners which the schoolmistress had prepared read: "His temples are our forts and towers which frown upon a tyrant foe." The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories That's my wretched training as a schoolmistress, Lady Davenport ... one grew to fear it above all things. Waste A Tragedy, In Four Acts But schoolmasters and schoolmistresses, like chickens and curses, come home to roost. On The Art of Reading Improved thus:— In every village mark'd with little spire, Embower'd in trees, and hardly known to fame, There dwells in lowly shed and mean attire, A matron old, whom we schoolmistress name. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 The schoolmistress is too poor to pay for distinguished legal talent. Ishmael Or, In the Depths Take the case of a vulgar schoolmistress who is continually scolding. Side Lights The little schoolmistress straightened up in her chair and looked severe. The Day of the Beast To them, far more than to the old classical scholars, English was a shut book: a large book, but closed and clasped, material to heighten a desk for schoolmasters and schoolmistresses. On The Art of Reading I went into school, and schoolmistress put me in a corner. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn I had thought she would very likely become a schoolmistress; but in this place the call of the mills is paramount and, as you know, the young women generally follow their mothers. The Spinners In one column of a journal I find that a trained schoolmistress is required to take charge of a village school. Side Lights There was no one to play the organ if the schoolmistress failed to turn up—as she often did. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement I promised Miss Gwynne to bring you back to Glanyravon, where she means to make you schoolmistress and lady's maid, and all the rest. Gladys, the Reaper Of all that this failure meant, Hetty understood more clearly now than when she had wished to live with Mrs. Kane and be the village schoolmistress. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn And so I thought that by marrying a young schoolmistress I should get some one in the house who could teach 'em, and bring 'em into genteel condition, all for nothing. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages Then she went off to Miss Martineau, invading the schoolmistress in the sacred hour when she was engaged with her pupils. The Palace Beautiful A Story for Girls My sister and I, in our infancy, were made over to strangers; and from the hands of the nurse we were transmitted to those of the schoolmistress. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 There is a situation of schoolmistress or lady's maid for her at once. Gladys, the Reaper "Go back, sir!" cried the schoolmistress, and I saw her step towards him with the cane poised and switching in the air, as if about to strike. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill They say I shall never excel as a schoolmistress if I dislike the work so, and that therefore I ought to get settled by marrying Mr Heddegan. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages Happily the time is past when schoolmasters and schoolmistresses were incapable of understanding their charges, and confounded nervous exhaustion with stupidity or timidity with incapacity. The Nervous Child He avoided her eyes, but occasionally she glared at him like a schoolmistress. The Lion's Share As twilight was fairly come on, she told the schoolmistress that she must go home, and begged her to see that the children dispersed when she thought best. Gladys, the Reaper "Children," cried the schoolmistress, addressing the whole of the scholars, "put down your slates and listen." The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill The schoolmistress assured her landlady that she could return the sentiment. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages The parish church was his school; and while the children were repeating their lessons by his side, he was, like Shenstone's schoolmistress, engaged in spinning wool. Thrift It explained all your conduct, your ways of speaking to me, your attitude of a schoolmistress, everything. The Lion's Share We ascertained that it was the village choir awaiting the arrival of the schoolmistress to teach them the hymns to be sung in the church on the following Sunday. From John O'Groats to Land's End "Silence!" cried the schoolmistress, who was sitting at her desk, but I went on whispering and the girls began to choke with laughter. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill What a fine schoolmistress you make, Baptista, I warrant!' he said with a slight flavour of sarcasm, which was not lost upon her. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Successful Marriages Her mildness, humility, and sweetness of temper soon won upon both the schoolmistress and the scholars; eventually the Misses Tippet took Virginia under their protection, and this magnanimity on their part silenced all opposition. Poor Jack Mademoiselle de Luzy therefore gave up her situation, and went to board in a pension in Paris with her old schoolmistress. France in the Nineteenth Century "For, if I may say so, I like everything in Nature, and it seems to me Nature has had more to do with the finishing you speak of than the schoolmistress or the college professor." Master of His Fate With this parade of the spirit of justice, the schoolmistress stepped back and left me. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill Then she was a poor, obscure schoolmistress,—now, flattered, caressed, and an heiress. The English Orphans That afternoon the boys were considerably astonished and scared at seeing the schoolmistress walking quickly toward the creek. Romance of California Life The Mellea and Caspia—the one too easy of capture, the other too difficult—to whom so many of the Latin epigrams are addressed, are said to have been his chief schoolmistresses in love. The Art of Letters She was not a favourite with her companions, and she was a perpetual difficulty and trouble to her perfectly well-intentioned schoolmistress. Marcella By this time the schoolmistress' hands, and I think her neck were scratched, and from that cause also she was quivering with passion. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill It only remains to say that Mr. Higginbotham took the pedler into high favor, sanctioned his addresses to the pretty schoolmistress and settled his whole property on their children, allowing themselves the interest. Twice Told Tales Indeed, the feeling of all schoolmistresses is distinctly antagonistic to such an admission. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society F. R., aged 48, schoolmistress; she was some years ago in an asylum with religious mania, but came out well in a few months. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy In such cases a girl forms an ardent attachment for another girl, probably somewhat older than herself, often a schoolfellow, sometimes her schoolmistress, upon whom she will lavish an astonishing amount of affection and devotion. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion With the utmost alacrity one big girl from a back bench came rushing to the schoolmistress' assistance. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill She was absorbed in one of those devotions to a woman—her schoolmistress—very common among girls of strong character, and sometimes disastrous. Elizabeth's Campaign The Minotaur," she said, in the tone of a schoolmistress delivering a lecture, "was a monster, half-bull, half-man, who lived in a place like the Spear Point Caves, and devoured young men and maidens. The Tidal Wave and Other Stories She is quite old, nearly thirty but I couldn't think of anyone else, except the infant schoolmistress, and they wouldn't let me have her. Greatheart Another young woman was a schoolmistress who would not get out of bed and refused to work. Regeneration But still I did not answer, and then the schoolmistress said: "Mary O'Neill, come forward." The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill Thrift was the first lesson in their horn-book, pointed out, letter after letter, by the lean finger of the hard schoolmistress, Necessity. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell The sway of the schoolmistress was almost restored, and it would have been restored fully had he not been preoccupied by a feverish curiosity—the curiosity to know whether or not May Deane was dead. Tales of the Five Towns A village of 600 or 800 may have one, or even two missionaries, with school-masters and schoolmistresses, and the nearest population, fifty or one hundred miles off, cannot feel their influence. The Personal Life of David Livingstone After various efforts as schoolmistresses and governesses, the sisters took to literature and pub. a vol. of poems under the names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, which, however, fell flat. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Mrs. Sydney turned schoolmistress, to educate my girls, as I could not afford a governess. Sydney Smith The vicar had asked Jean about the music, saying that the village schoolmistress who was also the organist, was willing to play. Penny Plain The schoolmistress, abandoning herself to an inexplicable but overwhelming impulse, took breath for a proud lie. Tales of the Five Towns The religious ideas of the people were not touched; the congregations came together again, and the nuns of the old orders, converted into schoolmistresses, imparted to women the same education as before. Recollections of My Youth Similar evidence was given and signed by Miss Maddox, the schoolmistress, and Mr. and Mrs. Lea. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Originally, the headquarters of the Azure Society had been a seminary and schoolmistress's house. The Regent Julius had already been with the schoolmistress, who was not expected to live through the day. The Three Brides May Lawton was twenty-eight, an orphan, and a schoolmistress. Tales of the Five Towns Then there are the schoolmistresses of all national and other schools throughout the kingdom. Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not The grey-haired schoolmistress was a woman of ideas and ambitions beyond her apparent scope in life. Fenwick's Career When Overtop placed the one hundred and fifty dollars in the white hand of the schoolmistress, she looked at him with gratitude and admiration, which more than repaid him. Round the Block Here the schoolmistress who first put a book into Oliver Goldsmith's hands confessed, "Never was so dull a boy; he seemed impenetrably stupid." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters His affection for his old schoolmistress was as sincere as hers for him. Tommy and Grizel His pretty brown wife is acting as schoolmistress to a group of little Parecis girls. Through the Brazilian Wilderness There is a schoolmistress with sandy hair and thin lips and a cold blue eye, recalling Madame Beck, though there the likeness ceases. The Three Brontës Overtop was standing within two feet of the schoolmistress, and her soft, dim eyes were beaming right into his. Round the Block A remarkably pompous clergyman who was an Inspector of Schools showed me a theme on a Scriptural subject, written by a girl who was trying to pass from being a pupil-teacher to a schoolmistress. Collections and Recollections The daughter, nine years old, and not above forty feet high, was very good natured, became my schoolmistress, and called me Grildrig, which imports in English, mannikin. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction The young schoolmistress, in her bed-sitting-room a few streets off, was in no better case. Human Nature in Politics Third Edition And in that school, ill-treated by that schoolmistress, there is a little ugly, suffering, deserted child. The Three Brontës The schoolmistress, not knowing what she was saying, said "Yes." Round the Block It was often purchased by their kind schoolmistress for their amusement and instruction. The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; the Boy and the Book; and Crystal Palace Saw young Cherokee in Washington: he marry pretty little schoolmistress go down there to teach, and their little boy die. Not Pretty, but Precious His thoughts strayed from her for a moment, for it gave him pleasure to recollect that he had defended his schoolmistress. The Lake In that brief scene between Mr. Ellin and the schoolmistress, you know as well as if you had been told, that Miss Wilcox has lost Mr. Ellin because of her unkindness to a child. The Three Brontës I like your face and your manners, and if you can learn me 'em, I'll give you ten dollars a week to come to my house one hour every day, and be my private schoolmistress. Round the Block The schoolmistress crossing the street is an accomplished teacher, is very sympathetic, and has great love of approbation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Like a good Bostonian, he took for his heroine a schoolma'am, the Puritan Pallas Athene of the American Athens, and made her so lovely that everybody was looking about for a schoolmistress to despair after. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 You'll be able to offer her as much as she was earning in my parish as schoolmistress. The Lake The schoolmistress came in at a rear door and took her seat upon the platform. The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line, and Selected Essays Nature, on the grandest scale and with the "grand manner," she thought, had given him his education; had been for him at once schoolmistress, guide, and companion. The Port of Adventure Cousine Georges had fled, it seems, since we left, and her horse had been left at Esbly to fetch the schoolmistress and her husband. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 If he had engaged himself to a handsome schoolmistress, it was his fancy, and he could afford it. Malbone: an Oldport Romance Necessity may be a hard schoolmistress, but she is generally found the best. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance It came out in Miss Peecher the schoolmistress, watering her flowers, as Mr Bradley Headstone walked forth. Our Mutual Friend "Anyhow, I expect my yellow car will excite more interest at Lucky Star than a new schoolmistress," said Nick, laughing, almost light-hearted again. The Port of Adventure The schoolmistress and her husband did not go far, however. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 It was Sister Boe, the schoolmistress of Agen, who had offered to teach the boy gratuitously the elements of reading and writing. Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist "But I was schoolmistress for the little children in our district last summer, and might have been so still." House of the Seven Gables She was a tall, upright, well-favoured woman, though severe of countenance, and had more of the air of a schoolmistress than mistress of the Six Jolly Fellowship Porters. Our Mutual Friend But he did not give more than a thought to the schoolmistress. The Port of Adventure So the schoolmistress and her husband, to whom all this was amazing news, climbed out of the wagon, and made a dash back to the station to attempt to get back to Paris. A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914 She'd underlined the n and the short ss's with red, just as if she was a schoolmistress, infernal cheek! A Young Girl's Diary The mother, who was a schoolmistress of thirty-three, had borne two previous children, both of large size. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine But, Miss Potterson, as a ready schoolmistress accustomed to bring her pupils to book, set the matter in a light that was essentially of this world. Our Mutual Friend Everybody thinks them a trouble, and they have to do what their schoolmistress likes. Allan Quatermain And so the schoolmistress reconciled the recommendation to her conscience, and the indentures were cancelled, and the apprentice was free. Vanity Fair Sometimes I thought of her as a fat old German crone, sometimes as a harsh-featured woman like a schoolmistress with thin lips and eyeglasses. Greenmantle It is that of a Catholic curé in revolt, who has taken to his bosom a schoolmistress. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes Miss Peecher, our schoolmistress—pretty and young, and all that—is known to be very much attached to him, and he won't so much as look at her or hear of her. Our Mutual Friend These interests her world promptly, through the agency of schoolmistresses, older school-mates, her aunt, and a number of other responsible and authoritative people, assured her she must on no account think about. Ann Veronica, a modern love story Rebecca laughed in her face, with a horrid sarcastic demoniacal laughter, that almost sent the schoolmistress into fits. Vanity Fair
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