John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 13
... heart . " Have you been up and down the country much ? " " A great deal these last three years ; doing a hand's turn , as best I could , in hop - picking , apple - gathering , har- vesting ; only this summer I had typhus fever , and ...
... heart . " Have you been up and down the country much ? " " A great deal these last three years ; doing a hand's turn , as best I could , in hop - picking , apple - gathering , har- vesting ; only this summer I had typhus fever , and ...
Page 14
... heart cried after him with an irrepressible cry . What I said I do not remember , but it caused him to return . " Is there anything more I can do for you , sir ? ” " Don't call me ' sir ; ' I am only a boy like yourself . want you ; don ...
... heart cried after him with an irrepressible cry . What I said I do not remember , but it caused him to return . " Is there anything more I can do for you , sir ? ” " Don't call me ' sir ; ' I am only a boy like yourself . want you ; don ...
Page 18
... heart cheered and delighted , like one brought out of a murky chamber into the open day . But all this was highly objectionable to Jael . " Phineas ! " — and she planted herself before me at the end of the table- " it's a fine ...
... heart cheered and delighted , like one brought out of a murky chamber into the open day . But all this was highly objectionable to Jael . " Phineas ! " — and she planted herself before me at the end of the table- " it's a fine ...
Page 27
... heart- cheerfulness , which ripens all the fruits of a noble nature , and without which the very noblest has about it something unwholesome , blank , and cold . I wondered if John had ever asked for me . At length 1 put the question ...
... heart- cheerfulness , which ripens all the fruits of a noble nature , and without which the very noblest has about it something unwholesome , blank , and cold . I wondered if John had ever asked for me . At length 1 put the question ...
Page 40
... heart — she could do nothing but weep over him , and curse " Bony- party . " Her mind was so full of this , that she apparently failed to recognize in the decent young workman , John Halifax , the half - starved lad she had belabored ...
... heart — she could do nothing but weep over him , and curse " Bony- party . " Her mind was so full of this , that she apparently failed to recognize in the decent young workman , John Halifax , the half - starved lad she had belabored ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abel Fletcher answered asked Beechwood better Brithwood child Cloth daughter dear door Edwin Enderley eyes face fancy father feel gentleman gone Guy's Half Calf hand happy hear heard heart honor husband Jael Jessop John Halifax JOHN S. C. ABBOTT John's Kingswell knew Lady Caroline laughed listened little Muriel live Longfield looked Lord Luxmore Lord Ravenel marriage Mary Baines Maud mill mind minute Miss March Miss Silver morning mother Muriel never night Norton Bury Oldtower once pain parlor perhaps Phineas Fletcher poor quiet rose round seemed silence Sir Ralph smile spoke stood sure talking tan-yard tell thank thee things THOMAS CARLYLE thought told took turned Uncle Phineas Ursula voice walk watching wife wish woman wonder word young
Popular passages
Page 106 - His certain life, that never can deceive him, Is full of thousand sweets, and rich content : The smooth-leaved beeches in the field receive him With coolest shades, till...
Page 95 - Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
Page 15 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Page 105 - Thrice, oh! thrice happy, shepherd's life and state! When courts are happiness, unhappy pawns! His cottage low and safely humble gate Shuts out proud Fortune, with her scorns and fawns. No feared treason breaks his quiet sleep ; Singing all day, his flocks he learns to keep, Himself as innocent as are his simple sheep. No Serian worms he knows, that with their thread Draw out their silken lives — nor silken pride: His lambs...