1 At the same time he warned them that after this treacherous deed the worst was to be expected.
2 Off to Gretna Green with his girl; the deed done.
3 Portray'd with many a holy deed.
4 Each deed, and all its praise thine own.
5 Courtesy of tongue," said Rowena, "when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast of a base clown.
6 Thou art no Christian, Rebecca; and to thee are unknown those high feelings which swell the bosom of a noble maiden when her lover hath done some deed of emprize which sanctions his flame.
7 Do not let us be frightened from a good deed by a trifle.
8 The deed thoroughly answered: a source of domestic altercation was entirely done away, and it was the means of opening Susan's heart to her, and giving her something more to love and be interested in.
9 Of which, to do her justice, she was wholly innocent, in thought, word, or deed.
10 Miss Elliot," said he, speaking rather low, "you have done a good deed in making that poor fellow talk so much.
11 It was as if these men and boys had suddenly dived into past ages, and fetched therefrom an hour and deed which had before been familiar with this spot.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 3 The Custom of the Country 12 I have never implied to you by word or deed that I have grown to think otherwise of him, and I never will.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 2: 2 The People at Blooms-End Make Ready 13 To stay at home a minute longer than necessary after having once come to his determination would be, he felt, only to give new pain to his mother by some word, look, or deed.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 3: 6 Yeobright Goes, and the Breach Is Complete 14 For two successive years his mistress had seemed to take pleasure in lighting a bonfire on the bank overlooking the valley; but this year she had apparently quite forgotten the day and the customary deed.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 5 An Old Move Inadvertently Repeated 15 Clym in a disturbed voice related to her his visit to Susan Nunsuch's boy, the revelation he had made, and what had resulted from his charging Eustacia with having wilfully and heartlessly done the deed.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 6 Thomasin Argues with Her Cousin, and He Writes a Letter