John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 485 páginas |
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... hard for Abel Fletcher to have for his only child such a sickly creature as I , now , at sixteen , as helpless and useless to him as a baby . 66 ' Well , well , I must find some one to go home with thee . " For though my father had got ...
... hard for Abel Fletcher to have for his only child such a sickly creature as I , now , at sixteen , as helpless and useless to him as a baby . 66 ' Well , well , I must find some one to go home with thee . " For though my father had got ...
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... hard as marble , and slippery as glass . Except the table , the side- board , and the cuckoo clock , there was no other furniture . I dared not bring the poor wandering lad into this , my father's especial domain ; but as soon as he was ...
... hard as marble , and slippery as glass . Except the table , the side- board , and the cuckoo clock , there was no other furniture . I dared not bring the poor wandering lad into this , my father's especial domain ; but as soon as he was ...
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... hard experience , chased all the boyish fun from his face . " I've had a merry day - thank you kindly for it ! and now I'll be gone . " Gone ! It was not to be thought of at least , not till my father came home . For now , more ...
... hard experience , chased all the boyish fun from his face . " I've had a merry day - thank you kindly for it ! and now I'll be gone . " Gone ! It was not to be thought of at least , not till my father came home . For now , more ...
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... hard by , the lazy whir of which made a sleepy , incessant monotone which I was fond of hearing . From the opposite bank stretched a wide green level , called the Ham - dotted with pasturing cattle of all sorts . Beyond it was a second ...
... hard by , the lazy whir of which made a sleepy , incessant monotone which I was fond of hearing . From the opposite bank stretched a wide green level , called the Ham - dotted with pasturing cattle of all sorts . Beyond it was a second ...
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... " He looked at me hard , put both his hands in his pockets , and began to whistle a tune . " Don't shirk the question , please , John . I want to know the real truth . " " Well , then , I hate the tan - 36 JOHN HALIFAX .
... " He looked at me hard , put both his hands in his pockets , and began to whistle a tune . " Don't shirk the question , please , John . I want to know the real truth . " " Well , then , I hate the tan - 36 JOHN HALIFAX .
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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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