John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 485 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 80
Página 27
... night slipped wearily away , marked by no changes , save from daylight to candlelight , from candlelight to dawn . Afterwards , as my pain abated , I began to be haunted by occasional memories of something pleasant that had crossed my ...
... night slipped wearily away , marked by no changes , save from daylight to candlelight , from candlelight to dawn . Afterwards , as my pain abated , I began to be haunted by occasional memories of something pleasant that had crossed my ...
Página 39
... night , and see the stars shining over your head . " " But isn't it very cold ? " " No - not often . I scoop out a snug little nest in the bark , and curl up in it like a dormouse , wrapped in this rug , which one of the men gave me ...
... night , and see the stars shining over your head . " " But isn't it very cold ? " " No - not often . I scoop out a snug little nest in the bark , and curl up in it like a dormouse , wrapped in this rug , which one of the men gave me ...
Página 51
... night . I think the sound of my crutches on the floor stirred him out of a long meditation , in which bis ill - humor had ebbed away . " Where didst thee go out to - day , Phineas ? —thee and the lad I sent . " " To the Mythe : " and I ...
... night . I think the sound of my crutches on the floor stirred him out of a long meditation , in which bis ill - humor had ebbed away . " Where didst thee go out to - day , Phineas ? —thee and the lad I sent . " " To the Mythe : " and I ...
Página 52
... night's bitter cold . Don't stir - you'll promise ? -I'll see after your father . " They went out of the house together , and did not return the whole night . That night , February 5 , 1795 , was one long remembered at Norton Bury ...
... night's bitter cold . Don't stir - you'll promise ? -I'll see after your father . " They went out of the house together , and did not return the whole night . That night , February 5 , 1795 , was one long remembered at Norton Bury ...
Página 53
... night's work together . " Jael brought the mug of ale and the bread and cheese ; but either did not or could not notice that the meal had been ordered for more than one . " Another plate , " said my father , sharply . " The lad can go ...
... night's work together . " Jael brought the mug of ale and the bread and cheese ; but either did not or could not notice that the meal had been ordered for more than one . " Another plate , " said my father , sharply . " The lad can go ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
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
Pasajes populares
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...
Página 487 - UNITED NETHERLANDS. History of the United Netherlands : from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Years.