John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 pages |
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... clothes were threadbare , all but ragged , they were not unclean ; and there was a rosy , healthy freshness in his tanned skin , which showed he loved and delighted in what poor folks generally abominate - water . And now the sickness ...
... clothes were threadbare , all but ragged , they were not unclean ; and there was a rosy , healthy freshness in his tanned skin , which showed he loved and delighted in what poor folks generally abominate - water . And now the sickness ...
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... ; I wish I had . But I'll get some . " " How ? " " Just by trying everything that comes to hand . That the only way . I never wanted bread , nor begged it , yet though I've been rather hungry . And as for clothes 18 JOHN HALIFAX .
... ; I wish I had . But I'll get some . " " How ? " " Just by trying everything that comes to hand . That the only way . I never wanted bread , nor begged it , yet though I've been rather hungry . And as for clothes 18 JOHN HALIFAX .
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... clothes " -he looked down on his own , light and threadbare , here and there almost burst into holes by the stout muscles of the big , growing boy - looked rather disconsolately . " I'm afraid she would be sorry , -that's all ! She ...
... clothes " -he looked down on his own , light and threadbare , here and there almost burst into holes by the stout muscles of the big , growing boy - looked rather disconsolately . " I'm afraid she would be sorry , -that's all ! She ...
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... clothes made the boy color violently . " Oh , thee need'st not be ashamed ; better men than thee have been in rags . Hast thee any money ? " " The groat you gave , that is , paid me ; I never take what I don't earn , " said the lad ...
... clothes made the boy color violently . " Oh , thee need'st not be ashamed ; better men than thee have been in rags . Hast thee any money ? " " The groat you gave , that is , paid me ; I never take what I don't earn , " said the lad ...
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... clothes - let me give the credit due to that wonderful civilizer , the tailor - clothes neat , decent , and plain , such as any ' prentice lad might wear . They fitted well his figure , whieh had increased both in height , compact- ness ...
... clothes - let me give the credit due to that wonderful civilizer , the tailor - clothes neat , decent , and plain , such as any ' prentice lad might wear . They fitted well his figure , whieh had increased both in height , compact- ness ...
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