Susan

Examples

• But it was possible to part with her, because Susan remained to supply her place. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I want you to brush your hair all back straight, tomorrow, said Susan. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The lad loves Mary, and a true love for a good woman is a great thing, Susan. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This was Susan herself, occupied in preparing a posset for her little boy, who, often ailing, was now seriously unwell. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It's a fine bit of work, Susan! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Caleb blushed, and after a little pause said-- Oh, I didn't tell you, Susan: I put my name to a bill for Fred; it was for a hundred and sixty pounds. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Susan dropped the spoon, shook her fist at the vanished figure, and then proceeded with her work in a musing, absent way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• By her other aunt, Susan was received with quiet kindness. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Fred's heart is fixed on Mary, that I can see: it gives me a good opinion of the lad--and we always liked him, Susan. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Susan had an open, sensible countenance; she was like William, and Fanny hoped to find her like him in disposition and goodwill towards herself. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The distant light which Eustacia had cursorily observed in leaving the house came, as she had divined, from the cottage window of Susan Nunsuch. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Susan doesn't agree with me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• When Mr. and Mrs. Garth were sitting alone, Caleb said, Susan, guess what I'm thinking of. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• All this became gradually evident, and gradually placed Susan before her sister as an object of mingled compassion and respect. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Mr. Garth would take no important step without consulting Susan, but it must be confessed that before he reached home he had taken his resolution. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I should lose no end of time with the letters some people send me, if Susan did not make them out for me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• They reached the cottage where Susan's widowed mother lived. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Could anyone have got away through that door after the time that you heard the cry, Susan? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Susan's sight of her passing figure earlier in the evening, not five minutes after the sick boy's exclamation, Mother, I do feel so bad! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It is come round as I thought, Susan, said Caleb, when they were seated alone in the evening. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I wish she could stay at home with us, Susan, said Caleb, looking plaintively at his wife. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I know their ways better 'n you do, said Susan. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Susan, you should have taken care of the fire. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• What can we do, Susan? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I was upstairs, mama, moving my things, said Susan, in a fearless, self-defending tone, which startled Fanny. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• I was a fool, Susan: That you were, said the wife, nodding and smiling. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• My father wishes you to invite Susan to go with you for a few months. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He writes handsomely, doesn't he, Susan? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Susan Nunsuch, whose boy it was, went forward to the opening and silently beckoned to him to go back. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In these desultory ramblings she passed the cottage of Susan Nunsuch, a little lower down than her grandfather's. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.

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