Life ...Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - 208 pages |
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Page 12
... trouble in her breest , some kind o ' an income we ' re thinkin ' . " - By this time I saw the woman's face ; she was sitting on a sack filled with straw , her husband's plaid round her , and his big - coat , with its 12 LITTLE CLASSICS .
... trouble in her breest , some kind o ' an income we ' re thinkin ' . " - By this time I saw the woman's face ; she was sitting on a sack filled with straw , her husband's plaid round her , and his big - coat , with its 12 LITTLE CLASSICS .
Page 16
... sit down , and are dumb , and gaze at her . These rough boys feel the power of her presence . She walks in quickly , but without haste ; dressed in her mutch , her neckerchief , her white dimity short - gown , her black bombazine ...
... sit down , and are dumb , and gaze at her . These rough boys feel the power of her presence . She walks in quickly , but without haste ; dressed in her mutch , her neckerchief , her white dimity short - gown , her black bombazine ...
Page 23
... sitting while " a ' the lave were sleepin ' " ; and by the firelight working her name on the blankets , for her ain James's bed . --- He motioned Rab down , and , taking his wife in his arms , laid her in the blankets , and happed her ...
... sitting while " a ' the lave were sleepin ' " ; and by the firelight working her name on the blankets , for her ain James's bed . --- He motioned Rab down , and , taking his wife in his arms , laid her in the blankets , and happed her ...
Page 28
... sit down ; though I hope that some abstract impulse of humanity , some compassionate and unselfish care for the man's misfortunes as misfor- tunes , was not wholly wanting . Indeed , the helpless simplicity with which he had confided ...
... sit down ; though I hope that some abstract impulse of humanity , some compassionate and unselfish care for the man's misfortunes as misfor- tunes , was not wholly wanting . Indeed , the helpless simplicity with which he had confided ...
Page 36
... sitting down upon what had been his own threshold , and waiting in a sort of bewildered patience till the neighbors should be awake , while the noises of the streets gradually arose , and the wheels began to rattle over the stones , and ...
... sitting down upon what had been his own threshold , and waiting in a sort of bewildered patience till the neighbors should be awake , while the noises of the streets gradually arose , and the wheels began to rattle over the stones , and ...
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