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" and the widow buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The sufferer, aroused from his partial slumber by the sobs of his mother, extended his hand feebly toward her. "
Under Sealed Orders - Page 235
by Hiram Alfred Cody - 1917 - 318 pages
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American Ladies' Magazine, Volume 7

1834 - 604 pages
...valueless to Susan Morris. She threw her books on the grass, sat down at the foot of the great oak tree, buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. We all gathered round and tried for some time to console her, but vainly. A blight was on her fair...
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The disruption [by W. Cross].

William Cross (of Paisley.) - 1846 - 460 pages
...feel compelled to renounce the bright hopes 1 once indulged in, in connection with you." Again Agues buried her face in her hands and sobbed as if her heart would break. " Tell me, James," at last she said, "how I have deserved this unkindness. You may have seen a face...
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The Disruption: A Scottish Tale of Recent Times

Disruption, William Cross - 1846 - 462 pages
...feel compelled to renounce the bright hopes I once indulged in, in connection with you." Again Agnes buried her face in her hands and sobbed as if her heart would break. " Tell me, James," at last she said, " how I have deserved this unkindness. You may have seen a face...
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Ballyblunder: An Irish Story

Ballyblunder - 1860 - 312 pages
...the sweet yet sorrowful remembrances, which were so forcibly awakened, completely overcame her; she buried her face in her hands and sobbed as if her heart would break. Archie's face was pale, and his lips firmly compressed; but he could not, strive as he would, keep...
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The Ebony Idol ...

Mrs. G. M. Flanders - 1860 - 300 pages
...success, but from that restless desire we all have* to keep doing.- My poor, poor boy ! " and the widow buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The sufferer, aroused from his partial slumber by the sobs of his mother, extended his hand feebly...
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The Ebony Idol ...

Mrs. G. M. Flanders - 1860 - 310 pages
...success, but from that restless desire we all have to keep doing. My poor, poor boy ! " and the widow buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The sufferer, aroused from his partial slumber by the sobs of his mother, extended his hand feebly...
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Belgravia, Volume 20

1873 - 590 pages
...gone. As the door closed behind him, and the last echo of Willie Hume's step died away, Blanche Stanton buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. Three minutes later the great doors of Brassil Court closed behind Captain Hume for ever. Two years...
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Myself and my friends, by Olive Patch

Sarah Sharp Hamer - 1883 - 196 pages
...found that Tom was too strong for her, she suddenly left off pulling, threw herself on the ground, hid her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. The moment Emily began to cry, Tom felt sorry, as sorry as possible for what he had done. As I have...
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Sirius: A Volume of Fiction

Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler - 1901 - 456 pages
...happy if it hadn't been for you. Oh ! George, how could you — how could you ? " And then poor Connie buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. Major Glyn stood looking at his wife for a moment as if stupefied; and then — feeling that he had...
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The Lighted Lamp: A Novel

Charles Hanford Henderson - 1908 - 442 pages
...she knelt at Robert's side, her heart full of mother grief at the passing of this, her almost son. Then she buried her face in her hands, and sobbed as if her heart would break. When Mrs. Costello once more regained her composure, she arose and lightly touched Robert's forehead...
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