John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, 1869 - 485 páginas |
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... seen bigger ones - but they are steep enough - bleak and cold , too , especially when one is lying out among the sheep . At a distance they look plea- sant . This is a very pretty view . " Ay , so I had always thought it ; more 20 JOHN ...
... seen bigger ones - but they are steep enough - bleak and cold , too , especially when one is lying out among the sheep . At a distance they look plea- sant . This is a very pretty view . " Ay , so I had always thought it ; more 20 JOHN ...
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... seen that ! " cried John with a bright look . I like the Severn . " He stood gazing at it a good while - a new expression dawning in his eyes . Eyes in which then , for the first time , I watched a thought grow , and grow , till out of ...
... seen that ! " cried John with a bright look . I like the Severn . " He stood gazing at it a good while - a new expression dawning in his eyes . Eyes in which then , for the first time , I watched a thought grow , and grow , till out of ...
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... seen the said Bill Watkins , whose business it was to collect the skins which my father had bought from the farmers round about . A distinct vision presented itself to me of Bill and his cart , from which dangled the sanguinary exuviæ ...
... seen the said Bill Watkins , whose business it was to collect the skins which my father had bought from the farmers round about . A distinct vision presented itself to me of Bill and his cart , from which dangled the sanguinary exuviæ ...
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... seen the same future perfection in him , had Jonathan , the king's son , met the poor David keeping his sheep among the folds of Bethlehem . When my father came home , he found me waiting in my place at table . He only said , " Thee art ...
... seen the same future perfection in him , had Jonathan , the king's son , met the poor David keeping his sheep among the folds of Bethlehem . When my father came home , he found me waiting in my place at table . He only said , " Thee art ...
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... seen in profile . I could almost always guess at his thoughts by that mouth , so flexible , sensitive , and , at times , so infi- nitely sweet . It wore that expression now . I was satisfied , for I knew the lad was happy . We reached ...
... seen in profile . I could almost always guess at his thoughts by that mouth , so flexible , sensitive , and , at times , so infi- nitely sweet . It wore that expression now . I was satisfied , for I knew the lad was happy . We reached ...
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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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