They had both been fond husbands, and were both attached to their children; and I could not see how they shouldn't both have taken the same road, for good or evil.

But, I thought in my mind, Hindley, with apparently the stronger head, has shown himself sadly the worse and the weaker man.

When his ship struck, the captain abandoned his post; and the crew, instead of trying to save her, rushed into riot and confusion, leaving no hope for their luckless vessel.

Linton, on the contrary, displayed the true courage of a loyal and faithful soul: he trusted God; and God comforted him.

One hoped, and the other despaired: they chose their own lots, and were righteously doomed to endure them.
But you'll not want to hear my moralising, Mr.Lockwood; you'll judge, as well as I can, all these things: at least, you'll think you will, and that's the same.