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... round , surprised at her unusual reticence of epithets ; but when the lad addressed turned , fixed his eyes on each of us for a moment , and made way for us , we ceased to wonder . Ragged , muddy , and miserable as he was , the poor boy ...
... round , surprised at her unusual reticence of epithets ; but when the lad addressed turned , fixed his eyes on each of us for a moment , and made way for us , we ceased to wonder . Ragged , muddy , and miserable as he was , the poor boy ...
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... follow a trade ? " " Yes , I should . What would it matter to me ? My father was a gentleman . " " And your mother ? " And he turned suddenly round ; his cheeks hot , his lips quivering : " She is dead . I do not 12 JOHN HALIFAX .
... follow a trade ? " " Yes , I should . What would it matter to me ? My father was a gentleman . " " And your mother ? " And he turned suddenly round ; his cheeks hot , his lips quivering : " She is dead . I do not 12 JOHN HALIFAX .
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... round his neck ; he lifted me safely and carefully , and set me at my own door . Then , with another good- bye , he again turned to go . 6 My heart cried after him with an irrepressible cry . What I said I do not remember , but it ...
... round his neck ; he lifted me safely and carefully , and set me at my own door . Then , with another good- bye , he again turned to go . 6 My heart cried after him with an irrepressible cry . What I said I do not remember , but it ...
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... round . Beyond , divided by a low hedge , was the kitchen and fruit garden - my father's pride , as this old - fashioned pleasaunce was mine . When , years ago , I was too weak to walk , I knew , by crawling , every inch of the soft ...
... round . Beyond , divided by a low hedge , was the kitchen and fruit garden - my father's pride , as this old - fashioned pleasaunce was mine . When , years ago , I was too weak to walk , I knew , by crawling , every inch of the soft ...
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... round the verdant flat . But the stream itself lay so low as to be invisible from where we sat ; you could only trace the line of its course by the small white sails that glided in and out , oddly enough , from behind clumps of trees ...
... round the verdant flat . But the stream itself lay so low as to be invisible from where we sat ; you could only trace the line of its course by the small white sails that glided in and out , oddly enough , from behind clumps of trees ...
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Abel Fletcher answered asked Beechwood better boys Brithwood brother child 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 Kingswell knew Lady Caroline Lady Hamilton laughed listened little Muriel live Longfield looked Lord Luxmore Lord Ravenel marriage married 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 Tod's told took turned Uncle Phineas Ursula voice walk watching wife wish woman wonder word young youth
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Seite 15 - I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. 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.
Seite 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...
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Seite 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...
Seite 93 - ... seemed to know: but I missed my man from behind the tree — nor found him till after the angry throng had rushed on to the nearest lamp. One of them was left behind, standing close to our own railings. He looked round to see if none were by, and then sprung over the gate. Dark as it was, I thought I recognized him. " John ? " " Phineas ?
Seite 93 - " Jael; she is as good as a host of constables; she has braved the fellows once to-night, but they're back again, or will be directly." " And the mill ? " "Safe, as yet; I have had three of the tanyard men there since yesterday morning, though your father did not know. I have been going to and fro all night between there and here, waiting till the rioters should come back from the Severn mills. Hist ! here they are — I say, Jael ?
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Seite 87 - Name that, young man as he was, I had never yet heard irreverently and thoughtlessly on his lips. It was a sight that would move any one to cry for pity unto the Great Father of the human family. Abel Fletcher sat on his remaining bags, in an exhaustion that I think was not all physical pain. The paroxysm of anger past, he, ever a just man, could not fail to be struck with what he had done. He seemed subdued, even to something like remorse. John looked at him, and looked away. For a minute he listened...
Seite 94 - ... though I would not discredit her among our peaceful Society by positively stating the fact. " Bravo ! " said John, when we stood all together in the barricaded house and heard the threatening murmur of voices and feet outside. " Bravo, Jael ! The wife of Heber the Kenite -was no braver woman than you." She looked gratified, and followed John obediently from room to room. " I have done all as thee bade me ; thee art a sensible lad, John Halifax. We are secure, I think." Secure? bolts and bars...