John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 pages |
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Page 7
... close to the wall , and there will be shelter enough both for us and thee , " said my father , as he pulled my little hand - carriage into the alley , under cover , from the pelting rain . The lad , with a grateful look , put out a hand ...
... close to the wall , and there will be shelter enough both for us and thee , " said my father , as he pulled my little hand - carriage into the alley , under cover , from the pelting rain . The lad , with a grateful look , put out a hand ...
Page 8
... close ; a square , sharply outlined , resolute chin , of that type which gives character and determination to the whole physiog nomy , and without which , in the fairest features , as in the best dispositions , one is always conscious ...
... close ; a square , sharply outlined , resolute chin , of that type which gives character and determination to the whole physiog nomy , and without which , in the fairest features , as in the best dispositions , one is always conscious ...
Page 9
... close by . He pulled out his great silver watch - the dread of our house , for it was a watch which seemed to have imbibed something of its master's character ; remorseless as justice r fate , it never erred a moment . 66 Twenty - three ...
... close by . He pulled out his great silver watch - the dread of our house , for it was a watch which seemed to have imbibed something of its master's character ; remorseless as justice r fate , it never erred a moment . 66 Twenty - three ...
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... close below , flowed the Avon - Shakspeare's Avon- here a narrow , sluggish stream , but capable , as we at Nor- ton Bury sometimes knew to our cost , of being roused into fierceness and foam . Now it slipped on , quietly enough ...
... close below , flowed the Avon - Shakspeare's Avon- here a narrow , sluggish stream , but capable , as we at Nor- ton Bury sometimes knew to our cost , of being roused into fierceness and foam . Now it slipped on , quietly enough ...
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... close and impervious as a wall . John poked in and about it - peering through every interstice - leaning his breast against the solid depth of branches ; but their close shield resisted all his strength . At length he came back to me ...
... close and impervious as a wall . John poked in and about it - peering through every interstice - leaning his breast against the solid depth of branches ; but their close shield resisted all his strength . At length he came back to me ...
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