The Head of the Family: A NovelHarper & brothers, 1871 - 528 páginas |
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... ANSTED . " " A very pretty , proper , school - girl epistle , " said Tinie , laughing . " Oh , brother , I knew you would have a nice bargain with those wards of yours . What will you do ? " " I am sure I don't know , " answered Ninian ...
... ANSTED . " " A very pretty , proper , school - girl epistle , " said Tinie , laughing . " Oh , brother , I knew you would have a nice bargain with those wards of yours . What will you do ? " " I am sure I don't know , " answered Ninian ...
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... Ansted would have been shocked out of her proprieties and gentilities , if she had come last week as she proposed . If she would but stay out of the way till we get settled a little at The Gowans- " " A week will do that . I wrote and ...
... Ansted would have been shocked out of her proprieties and gentilities , if she had come last week as she proposed . If she would but stay out of the way till we get settled a little at The Gowans- " " A week will do that . I wrote and ...
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... Ansted ? " Who mistook the date you fixed , and has come a week too soon ; but not too soon for our cordial welcome , ” added Lindsay , kindly . Hope Ansted courtesied once more — to Miss Græme this time — and then , touching Ninian's ...
... Ansted ? " Who mistook the date you fixed , and has come a week too soon ; but not too soon for our cordial welcome , ” added Lindsay , kindly . Hope Ansted courtesied once more — to Miss Græme this time — and then , touching Ninian's ...
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... Ansted lifted her great eyes , dropped them again , pursed her lips , and said nothing . She was evidently ter- ribly afraid of Mr. Græme . The whole family tried to amuse and encourage her- all except Reuben , from whose stern , woman ...
... Ansted lifted her great eyes , dropped them again , pursed her lips , and said nothing . She was evidently ter- ribly afraid of Mr. Græme . The whole family tried to amuse and encourage her- all except Reuben , from whose stern , woman ...
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... Ansted through the hall ; " isn't he a grave , formal creature the darling ! Every body thinks him solemn as a judge , the first time of seeing him . Did you ? " 66 - I had seen him before , " said Hope , a faint smile creep- ing in at ...
... Ansted through the hall ; " isn't he a grave , formal creature the darling ! Every body thinks him solemn as a judge , the first time of seeing him . Did you ? " 66 - I had seen him before , " said Hope , a faint smile creep- ing in at ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Ansted's answered Ninian Armadale asked beautiful better Chester Terrace child Cloth cousin Rachel creature cried Tinie dear door Edges and Gilt Edinburgh Edmund eyes face fancy father feel felt girl glad Gowans grave Half Calf hand happy heard heart Heaven Helensburgh Hope Ansted Hope's husband Jane Sedley John Forsyth JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY JOHN S. C. Abbott Kenneth knew Lady Ulverston lassie laugh Lindsay little Walter marriage married mind Miss Ansted Miss Græme Miss Reay mother Musselburgh never night Ninian Græme Ninian looked Ninian thought once passion paused perhaps poor professor quiet Rachel Armstrong round scarcely seemed silent sister smile speak stood strange sure sweet talk tell tenderness thing Tinie's to-night told took turned Ulver Uncut Edges utter voice walked watching whispered wife wish woman word young
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Página 246 - ALL people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice ; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell ; Come ye before him and rejoice.
Página 168 - Work — work — work! It is the iron ploughshare that goes over the field of the heart, rooting up all the pretty grasses, and the beautiful, hurtful weeds that we have taken such pleasure in growing, laying them all under, fair and foul together — making plain, dull-looking arable land for our neighbours to peer at ; until at night-time, down in the deep furrows the angels come and sow.