John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 pages |
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... HEAD OF THE FAMILY , " " NOTHING NEW , " " A HERO , AND OTHER TALES , " & c . With Illustrations . BY AUGUSTUS HOPPIN . " And thus he bore , without abuse , The grand old name of Gentleman . " TENNYSON'S " IN MEMORIAM . " NEW YORK ...
... HEAD OF THE FAMILY , " " NOTHING NEW , " " A HERO , AND OTHER TALES , " & c . With Illustrations . BY AUGUSTUS HOPPIN . " And thus he bore , without abuse , The grand old name of Gentleman . " TENNYSON'S " IN MEMORIAM . " NEW YORK ...
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... head to look at it . " The rain will be over soon , " I said , but doubted if he heard me . What could he be thinking of so intently ? -a poor working lad , whom few would have given credit for thinking at all . I do not suppose my ...
... head to look at it . " The rain will be over soon , " I said , but doubted if he heard me . What could he be thinking of so intently ? -a poor working lad , whom few would have given credit for thinking at all . I do not suppose my ...
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... head . It was very hard for Abel Fletcher to have for his only child such a sickly creature as I , now , at sixteen , as helpless and useless to him as a baby . " Well , well , I must find some one to go home with thee . " For though my ...
... head . It was very hard for Abel Fletcher to have for his only child such a sickly creature as I , now , at sixteen , as helpless and useless to him as a baby . " Well , well , I must find some one to go home with thee . " For though my ...
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... at the opposite - the mayor's house , with its steps and portico , and its fourteen windows , one of which was open , and a cluster of little heads visible there . The mayor's children - I knew them all by sight 10 JOHN HALIFAX .
... at the opposite - the mayor's house , with its steps and portico , and its fourteen windows , one of which was open , and a cluster of little heads visible there . The mayor's children - I knew them all by sight 10 JOHN HALIFAX .
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... head came to the window , a somewhat older child ; I had met her with the rest ; she was only a visitor . She looked at us , then disappeared . Soon after , we saw the front door half opened , and an evi dent struggle taking place ...
... head came to the window , a somewhat older child ; I had met her with the rest ; she was only a visitor . She looked at us , then disappeared . Soon after , we saw the front door half opened , and an evi dent struggle taking place ...
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