which suggests a tear checked in its course, or a thought
suppressed.... Her face, which might inspire adoration, seemed
meditative, like portraits of the Virgin.--_Toilers of the Sea._

She broke the bread into two fragments, and gave them to the
children, who ate with avidity. "She has kept none for herself,"
grumbled the sergeant. "Because she is not hungry," said a soldier.
"Because she is a mother," said the sergeant.--_Ninety-Three._

Extreme simplicity touches on extreme coquetry.... They did not
speak, they did not bow, they did not know each other, but they
met; and like the stars in the heavens, they lived by looking at
each other. It was thus that she gradually became a woman, and was
developed into a beautiful and loving woman, conscious of her
beauty and ignorant of her love. She was a coquette into the
bargain, through her innocence.--_Les Misérables._

Does not beauty confer a benefit upon us, even by the simple fact
of being beautiful?--Here and there we meet with one who possesses
that fairy-like power of enchanting all about her; sometimes she is
ignorant herself of this magical influence, which is, however, for
that reason only the more perfect. Her presence lights up the home;
her approach is like cheerful warmth; she passes by, and we are
content; she stays awhile, and we are happy.--_Toilers of the Sea._

To behold her is to live; she is the Aurora with a human face. She
has no need to do more than simply to be, she makes an Eden of the
house; Paradise breathes from her: and she communicates this
delight to all, without taking any greater trouble than that of
existing beside them. Is it not a thing divine to have a smile