John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 485 páginas |
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... father's words , the color rushed over his face , and he started forward involuntarily . I had not before perceived how wasted and hungry - looking he was . up " Father ! " I whispered . But here the boy had mustered his courage and ...
... father's words , the color rushed over his face , and he started forward involuntarily . I had not before perceived how wasted and hungry - looking he was . up " Father ! " I whispered . But here the boy had mustered his courage and ...
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... father , after a pause , " thee shall take my son home , and I'll give thee a groat . Let me see ; -art thee a lad to be trusted ? " And holding him at arm's length , regarding him meanwhile with eyes that were the terror of all the ...
... father , after a pause , " thee shall take my son home , and I'll give thee a groat . Let me see ; -art thee a lad to be trusted ? " And holding him at arm's length , regarding him meanwhile with eyes that were the terror of all the ...
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... father was . " " What was he ? " 66 " A scholar and a gentleman . " " Once , This was news , though it did not much surprise me . My father , tanner as he was , and pertinaciously jealous of the dignity of trade , yet held strongly the ...
... father was . " " What was he ? " 66 " A scholar and a gentleman . " " Once , This was news , though it did not much surprise me . My father , tanner as he was , and pertinaciously jealous of the dignity of trade , yet held strongly the ...
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... father ! " John Halifax stood aside , and touched his cap with a respectful deference , as the old man passed . So here thee be - hast thou taken care of my son ? Did he give thee thy groat , my lad ? " We had neither of us once thought ...
... father ! " John Halifax stood aside , and touched his cap with a respectful deference , as the old man passed . So here thee be - hast thou taken care of my son ? Did he give thee thy groat , my lad ? " We had neither of us once thought ...
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... father's house . CHAPTER II . DINNER was over ; my father and I took ours in the large parlor , where the stiff , high - backed chairs eyed one another in opposite rows across the wide oaken floor , shiny and hard as marble , and ...
... father's house . CHAPTER II . DINNER was over ; my father and I took ours in the large parlor , where the stiff , high - backed chairs eyed one another in opposite rows across the wide oaken floor , shiny and hard as marble , and ...
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Abel Fletcher answered asked Beechwood better Brithwood child Cloth daughter dear derley door Edwin Enderley eyes face fancy father feel gentleman gone Guy's hand happy hear heard heart honor husband Jael Jessop John Halifax JOHN S. C. ABBOTT John's Kingswell knew Lady Caroline laughed listened little Muriel live Longfield looked Lord Luxmore Lord Ravenel marriage Mary Baines Maud mill mind minute Miss March Miss Silver morning mother Muriel never night Norton Bury Oldtower once pain parlor perhaps Phineas Fletcher poor quiet rose round seemed silence Sir Ralph smile spoke stood sure talking tan-yard tell thank thee things thought to-day to-morrow told took turned Uncle Phineas Ursula voice walk watching wife window wish woman wonder word young
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Página 416 - And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung ; To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy, time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Página 106 - His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content : The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till...
Página 105 - Thrice, oh! thrice happy, shepherd's life and state! When courts are happiness, unhappy pawns! His cottage low and safely humble gate Shuts out proud Fortune, with her scorns and fawns. No feared treason breaks his quiet sleep ; Singing all day, his flocks he learns to keep, Himself as innocent as are his simple sheep. No Serian worms he knows, that with their thread Draw out their silken lives — nor silken pride: His lambs...
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