And, Thomas, it is really shameful, with my poor head continually wearing me out, that a boy brought up as you have been, and whose education has cost what yours has, should be found encouraging his sister to wonder, when he knows his father has expressly said that she is not to do it.'
They wondered about human nature, human passions, human hopes and fears, the struggles, triumphs and defeats, the cares and joys and sorrows, the lives and deaths of common men and women!
Hard Times
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wondered who the rider could be,' and whether we should meet him coming back, for she was sure he had only passed that morning; and lastly, when we entered the village and saw only a few of its humble inhabitants moving about, she '
wondered why the stupid people couldn't keep in their houses; she was sure she didn't want to see their ugly faces, and dirty, vulgar clothes--it wasn't for that she came to Horton!'
Agnes Grey
I wonder what I should be like then?' And she tried to fancy what the flame of a candle is like after the candle is blown out, for she could not remember ever having seen such a thing.
I shall be late!' (when she thought it over afterwards, it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this, but at the time it all seemed quite natural); but when the Rabbit actually TOOK A WATCH OUT OF ITS WAISTCOAT- POCKET, and looked at it, and then hurried on, Alice started to her feet, for it flashed across her mind that she had never before seen a rabbit with either a waistcoat-pocket, or a watch to take out of it, and burning with curiosity, she ran across the field after it, and fortunately was just in time to see it pop down a large rabbit-hole under the hedge.
Alices Adventures In Wonderland
Like his subjects, the King looked on the lovely Elves, and no longer
wondered that little Violet wept and longed for her home.
Flower Fables
Early on the following day the whole town was on its feet, and everyone
wondered how and where the stranger would build the wonderful palace.
Yellow Fairy Book
Pa's miserable, and no
wonder! Priscilla drinks--she's always drinking.
Bleak House
Then Aunt Jamesina
wondered why those giddy girls all laughed.
Anne of The Island
And as he felt in his heart all the beauty and
wonder of the world, the glory and the might of the sea and sky, he would ask in dumb pain why, when he could feel it touch his heart, he could not also sing of the beauty and
wonder, glory and might.
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For a long time I could not conceive how one man could go forth to murder his fellow, or even why there were laws and governments; but when I heard details of vice and bloodshed, my
wonder ceased and I turned away with disgust and loathing.
Frankenstein
How often she had mused on the subject, thinking of her friend abroad, Varenka, of her painful state of dependence, how often she had
wondered about herself what would become of her if she did not marry, and how often she had argued with her sister about it!
Anna Karenina
He
wondered why he felt so great an interest in these people--why he had gone to such pains to save the three men.
Tarzan of the Apes
What I now affirm is, that I have a right to speak of these seas, under which, in less than ten months, I have crossed 20,000 leagues in that submarine tour of the world, which has revealed so many
wonders.
20000 Leagues Under The Sea
Pinocchio finds the Fox and the Cat again, and goes with them to sow the gold pieces in the Field of
Wonders Adventures Of Pinocchio