Цитаты из книги «Ярмарка тщеславия / Vanity Fair»

What a noble heart that man has,” she thought, “and how shamefully that woman plays with it!”

Amelia stood scared and silent as William thus suddenly broke the chain by which she held him and declared his independence and superiority. She didn’t wish to marry him, but she wished to keep him.

George Osborne having come to dinner, and the elders of the house having departed, there came on such

affectionate regards of her mistress

all was over between her and George – all over between her and love, her and happiness, her and faith in the world

where we passed some evenings together at the beginning of this story.

Rebecca wept some of the most genuine tears that ever fell from her eyes.

Poor little Amelia blushed as she kissed her friend, and thought she had been guilty of something very like coldness towards her.

she slept light, having a perfectly clear conscience

were of such an unromantic nature that they are hardly fit to be explained in this sentimental novel.