The cherry-stones; or, Charlton school, partly from the MSS. of W. Adams |
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Page 19
... shoes in his hand , crept softly out of the room . The staircase which led to the boys ' dining and school room was nearly dark , and as he groped his way cautiously across the passage , and descended step by step , it seemed so very ...
... shoes in his hand , crept softly out of the room . The staircase which led to the boys ' dining and school room was nearly dark , and as he groped his way cautiously across the passage , and descended step by step , it seemed so very ...
Page 35
... . Throwing down his waistcoat , he began in great haste to pull on his shoes , for his stockings were so soiled with mud and sand as to be likely to lead to D 2 WALTER'S ALLEY . 35 year, and Henry Mertoun was the favourite among ...
... . Throwing down his waistcoat , he began in great haste to pull on his shoes , for his stockings were so soiled with mud and sand as to be likely to lead to D 2 WALTER'S ALLEY . 35 year, and Henry Mertoun was the favourite among ...
Page 36
... shoe was not quite on when the door opened , and Charles Warbeck presented himself . " Come , Harry , " he said , " what a time you have been . Mr. Powell sent me up to look for you . He thought you must have fallen asleep again . ” " I ...
... shoe was not quite on when the door opened , and Charles Warbeck presented himself . " Come , Harry , " he said , " what a time you have been . Mr. Powell sent me up to look for you . He thought you must have fallen asleep again . ” " I ...
Page 54
... shoe . He de- clared , with much vehemence , that he was never less lame in his life , and that there was no game he preferred to prisoners ' base . " Hurrah , then , " shouted Seymour , “ we are una- nimous at last . Warbeck and ...
... shoe . He de- clared , with much vehemence , that he was never less lame in his life , and that there was no game he preferred to prisoners ' base . " Hurrah , then , " shouted Seymour , “ we are una- nimous at last . Warbeck and ...
Page 55
... shoe was very far from comfortable . He had continually felt during the day the same inconvenience which had troubled him in the morning . He had been afraid to take off his shoe at that time , because Warbeck would have seen the state ...
... shoe was very far from comfortable . He had continually felt during the day the same inconvenience which had troubled him in the morning . He had been afraid to take off his shoe at that time , because Warbeck would have seen the state ...
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Page 39 - Like troutlets in a pool. Away they sped with gamesome minds, And souls untouched by sin; To a level mead they came, and there They drave the wickets in: Pleasantly shone the setting sun Over the town of Lynn. Like sportive deer they coursed about, And shouted as they ran — Turning to mirth all things of earth, As only boyhood can; But the Usher sat remote from all, A melancholy man!
Page 145 - JOURNAL of a TOUR in ITALY in 1850, with an Account of an INTERVIEW with the POPE, at the Vatican.
Page 46 - Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
Page 63 - ... and then fling aside all thought of it, and feel as though they had never sinned at all. In infancy the consciousness of sin is a thing unknown, in manhood it presses on the heart like an ever-present burden ; but in boyhood it is like an April cloud...