Reginald, you agitate me beyond expression, I cannot suppose that the
old story of Mrs.
Lady Susan
She locked the story away in the garret trunk where the
old Story Club tales reposed; but first she yielded to Diana's entreaties and gave her a copy.
Anne of The Island
The
old story! I began to be weary of saying to myself, 'I can't get back!
The New Magdalen
'The
old story,' he said, shaking his head: 'no wedding-ring, I see.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boys Progress
" 'T is of Aucassin and Nicolete," she replied, with something in her voice which seemed to imply that the tender
old story would be familiar to me.
Quest of the Golden Girl
I know something of it, for I belonged to it before you made a princess of me, as the king does the beggarmaid in the
old story. Ambitious girls have a hard time, Laurie, and often have to see youth, health, and precious opportunities go by, just for want of a little help at the right minute.
Little Women
"In the
old story, my dear sir, Mentor sometimes surprised Telemachus.
I Say No
As poor little Dido was jerked away by the unsympathetic maid, and Purple-gaiters essayed in vain to plead his cause, Polly said to herself, with a smile and a sigh; "How early the old story begins!"
It seemed as if the spring weather had brought out all manner of tender things beside fresh grass and the first dandelions, for as she went down the street Polly kept seeing different phases of the sweet old story which she was trying to forget.
An Old Fashioned Girl
But though it was now an
old story, and the most aged people had almost forgotten that such a vessel had been wrecked, William Phips resolved that the sunken treasure should again be brought to light.
Grandfathers Chair
"Come," thought Danglars, "it is the same
old story." And while he smiled as he attempted to regard the affair as a joke, he felt his temples get moist with perspiration.
Count of Monte Cristo
In turn the eldest son becomes a virtuous 'Fater,' and the
old story begins again.
Gambler
The guides will point it out to visitors for the next eight hundred years, and when it decays and falls down they will put up another there and go on with the same
old story just the same.
The Innocents Abroad
IT WAS a case of same
old story for Wrexham as they went 450 minutes without scoring a goal following their 1-0 defeat on Tuesday night.
Same old story for shot-shy Dragons