Social Distinctions, or Hearts and Homes (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Social Distinctions, or Hearts and Homes After forming this sage resolution, in which she was very much in earnest, so long as it lasted, Dorothy applied to her father to know if she could again have the benefit of instruction from her master; and was rather agreeably surprised to learn, that until some preliminary steps had been taken, the works at the great embankment were not likely to proceed, and that Arnold Lee was consequently a little more at leisure than his master wished him to be. Accordingly, Dorothy prepared herself for work with an indefinite feeling that it would at least be a resource, and would afford some relief from thoughts which were alto gether not so satisfactory as they were exciting, and which, the more they were dwelt upon, the more they troubled and perplexed her. Dorothy had no patience with anything which perplexed her. She did not like calculating, reasoning, reżecting, and then being herself responsible for the choice she might make, or the decision at which she might arrive. It is true, she liked to hurry onward. No English tra veller on a railroad ever liked better to be hurried along at the utmost possible speed but then she liked that circum stances should be blamed if she went on the wrong line, or that some mysterious fate should take from her shoul ders the burden of having to will, as well as to act. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.