Martha
['mɑ:θə]
Examples
- It's all show with Minnie, about Martha. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Oh, Martha, can it be you? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Martha was frightened to death and begged my pardon; hoped nothing had been stolen. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Martha painted flowers exquisitely and furnished half the charity bazaars in the county. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. PEGGOTTY'S DREAM COMES TRUE By this time, some months had passed since our interview on the bank of the river with Martha. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She found it difficult to induce Martha to speak of any of her personal interests; but at last she touched the right chord, in naming Mrs. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Martha Endell--side by side with whom, he would not have seen his dear niece, Ham had told me, for all the treasures wrecked in the sea. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Brown kindly undertook to give my aunt Martha her first lesson, which created much merriment. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Fresh floods of tears were now forced out for my aunt Martha; however go she would. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When Dorothea was again at Lydgate's door speaking to Martha, he was in the room close by with the door ajar, preparing to go out. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Martha had not forgotten us; a cheerful fire was burning, and a neat supper spread in the dining-room: we were glad of both. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was the sight of Little Marlow, and my conversations with Martha, that led me to the plan I formed. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Eliza's aunt Martha declared that she would accompany me to Falmouth and see me sail. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What was the Hollow like then, Martha? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A man has entered our bedroom, answered I, and Martha was thinking about fainting! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am old enough, and thank God I am no beauty, said aunt Martha, and I may do what I please with my own little fortune. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Then Martha arose, and gathering her shawl about her, covering her face with it, and weeping aloud, went slowly to the door. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You, Martha, tell me; has she been in this way before? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- At the same moment I said 'Martha! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Martha went to the door, and let him in; she has shown him into master's study. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Oh, Martha, come back! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The honour of our company, repeated aunt Martha, in a kind of ecstasy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You're in the plot--you made him marry, thinking that I'd leave my money from him--you did, Martha, the poor old lady screamed in hysteric sentences. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was Martha, to whom Emily had given the money that night in the kitchen. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Martha kept one hand on my lips, and raised the other in a listening attitude. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- MARTHA We were now down in Westminster. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- They resolved that Martha should leave them that very afternoon for this visit to her mother. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Well, Ma'am, fool or not--and I don't say, Martha, I'm so clever as you are, I never did. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Then something crossed her mind which prompted her to say, Pray tell Martha not to bring any one else into the drawing-room. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The worst of it is, continued aunt Martha, that my habit is five and twenty years old, and as to travelling without a habit that is quite impossible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
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