John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 páginas |
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... at the opposite - the mayor's house , with its steps and portico , and its fourteen windows , one of which was open , and a cluster of little heads visible there . The mayor's children - I knew them all by sight 10 JOHN HALIFAX .
... at the opposite - the mayor's house , with its steps and portico , and its fourteen windows , one of which was open , and a cluster of little heads visible there . The mayor's children - I knew them all by sight 10 JOHN HALIFAX .
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Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. The mayor's children - I knew them all by sight , though nothing more ; for their father was a lawyer , and mine a tanner they belonged to Abbey folk and orthodoxy , I to the Society of ... knew them all by sight...
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. The mayor's children - I knew them all by sight , though nothing more ; for their father was a lawyer , and mine a tanner they belonged to Abbey folk and orthodoxy , I to the Society of ... knew them all by sight...
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... knew nothing of my only world - books . " Can you read ? " he asked me at last , suddenly . " I should rather think so . " And I could not help smil ug , being somewhat proud of my erudition . " And write ? " " Oh , yes ; certainly ...
... knew nothing of my only world - books . " Can you read ? " he asked me at last , suddenly . " I should rather think so . " And I could not help smil ug , being somewhat proud of my erudition . " And write ? " " Oh , yes ; certainly ...
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... knew , by crawling , every inch of the soft , green , mossy , daisy - patterned car- pet , bounded by its broad gravel walk ; and above that , apparently shut in as with an impassable barrier from the outer world , by a three - sided ...
... knew , by crawling , every inch of the soft , green , mossy , daisy - patterned car- pet , bounded by its broad gravel walk ; and above that , apparently shut in as with an impassable barrier from the outer world , by a three - sided ...
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... knew to our cost , of being roused into fierceness and foam . Now it slipped on , quietly enough , contenting itself with turning a flour - mill hard by , the lazy whir of which made a sleepy , incessant monotone which I was fond of ...
... knew to our cost , of being roused into fierceness and foam . Now it slipped on , quietly enough , contenting itself with turning a flour - mill hard by , the lazy whir of which made a sleepy , incessant monotone which I was fond of ...
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Abel Fletcher answered asked Beechwood better Brithwood child Cloth daughter dear door Edwin Enderley eyes face fancy father feel gentleman gone Guy's Half Calf 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 THOMAS CARLYLE thought told took turned Uncle Phineas Ursula voice walk watching wife wish woman wonder word young
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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 95 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
Página 15 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
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...