She went through the form of asking the consent of her father and mother, but she knew that her wishes were theirs.

Her father's wish, he said, had been a mere foolish vanity; they had need of money, and he intended to sell both the library and collection, and when, for the first time in her life, she spoke bitterly, in scorn and anger of his faithlessness, he told her flatly it was useless to bandy words for he had sold them already, and they were to be removed that day.

WISH, AND THY WISHES SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED.

What eventual benefit it can be to you (otherwise than that a kind man's wish is a benefit) I cannot conjecture.

Cecil would not have been so strong against the risk and imprudence, if her wishes had been the other way.

That wish was once my greatest misery:

Surely a pious wish is not an invocation.

" Romeo's dearest wish to Juliet is, "Sleep dwell upon thine eyes; peace in thy breast.

the lion's forehead frowns, as if my wish were an insult.

Emmeline heard, and the words "will he not write me one line in farewell ere he leaves England?" were murmured internally, but were instantly suppressed, for she knew the very wish was a departure from that line of stern control she had laid down for herself and him; and that letter, that dear, that precious letterprecious, for it came from him, though not one word of love was breathed,ought not that to be destroyed?

My wish to marry him or not to marry him is one thing; my willingness to see him ruined is another.

Not one step will I stir from where I stand; My dearest wish is death!

The wish became the master-passion of his life, and he lived to fulfil it.

the wish that they might add: "With his Sword he would be King, but with his Pigtailmerely the first citizen of his State.

A wish is not an expensive return for the protection of her fleets and armies, and I wish her and you success against the enemy, with all my heart.

As the mathematicians would say, the wish is a function of the pressure, and so of the concentration of substance behind the pressure.

Life loveth life and good: then trust What most the spirit would, it must; Deep wishes, in the heart that be, Are blossoms of Necessity.

" "Neither the wishes of Oloff Van Staats, nor the inclinations of la belle Barbérie, are a subject for the Governor in Council," said the Patroon of Kinderhook, stiffly.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top Some little mice sat in a barn to spin If all the world were apple-pie If wishes were horses I have a little sister Mother Goose WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST?

The secret wish of power is a thumping make-weight, where all is so nicely-balanced beforehand.

I will only add, what you may be sure I feel, ardent wishes for your perfect health, and grateful thanks to your nephew for his attentionhe is rather your son; but indeed he is Gal.'s son, and that is the same thing.

We are born to a destiny which has no limit of grandeur save the limit of the thought of God, The wish for growth is the wish to enter into the spiritual ideals of the universe,to become one with its advancement, one with its decrees.

In the Redeemer this is realized, wish becomes fact.

"The wish was father to the thought."

Compliance with, and deference to, the wishes of others is the finest breeding.