The Head of the Family: A NovelHarper & brothers, 1871 - 528 páginas |
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Página 75
... Hope , " cried Tinie . " But you and I can coax any thing out of brother Ninian when we get him in a generous mood . " “ Ah , you are heartless lassies , both . " And Ninian shook his head at Hope , who stood before the glass fixing the ...
... Hope , " cried Tinie . " But you and I can coax any thing out of brother Ninian when we get him in a generous mood . " “ Ah , you are heartless lassies , both . " And Ninian shook his head at Hope , who stood before the glass fixing the ...
Página 76
... Hope looked up with a frank affection . And she had such lovely eyes ! " Don't give her the rose again , " interposed Ruth , grave- ly . " A yellow rose means sorrow . You would not give her that ? " " Heaven forbid ! " said Ninian , so ...
... Hope looked up with a frank affection . And she had such lovely eyes ! " Don't give her the rose again , " interposed Ruth , grave- ly . " A yellow rose means sorrow . You would not give her that ? " " Heaven forbid ! " said Ninian , so ...
Página 77
... Hope must turn governess . " But Nin- ian trembled to send out into the hard world a creature so simple - even to ignorance , and so very pretty . Of late , pursuing this train of thoughts , he had begun to con- sider the latter fact ...
... Hope must turn governess . " But Nin- ian trembled to send out into the hard world a creature so simple - even to ignorance , and so very pretty . Of late , pursuing this train of thoughts , he had begun to con- sider the latter fact ...
Página 80
... Hope Ansted- She was helping Lindsay at the tea - table ; there was ever a great bond of amity between her and Our Sister . Demurely she sat , intrenched behind the urn , until a slant evening sunbeam found her out , brightening first ...
... Hope Ansted- She was helping Lindsay at the tea - table ; there was ever a great bond of amity between her and Our Sister . Demurely she sat , intrenched behind the urn , until a slant evening sunbeam found her out , brightening first ...
Página 96
... hope , according to the tidings Hope brought from the sick - chamber . She spoke in grave , womanly fashion ; she seemed to have grown years older through this time of trouble , and beneath the responsi- bility which she had taken upon ...
... hope , according to the tidings Hope brought from the sick - chamber . She spoke in grave , womanly fashion ; she seemed to have grown years older through this time of trouble , and beneath the responsi- bility which she had taken upon ...
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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.