John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 pages |
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Page 19
... smiling out through the window at the blue sky ; that steady , brave , honest smile , which will meet Fate in every turn , and fairly coax the jade into good humor . " John , do you know you're uncommonly like a childish hero of mine ...
... smiling out through the window at the blue sky ; that steady , brave , honest smile , which will meet Fate in every turn , and fairly coax the jade into good humor . " John , do you know you're uncommonly like a childish hero of mine ...
Page 22
... smile of his . " I'll tell you what I'd do — I'd begin and break it , twig by twig , till I forced my way through , and got out safe at the other side . " " Well done , lad ! —but if it's all the same to thee , I would rather thee lid ...
... smile of his . " I'll tell you what I'd do — I'd begin and break it , twig by twig , till I forced my way through , and got out safe at the other side . " " Well done , lad ! —but if it's all the same to thee , I would rather thee lid ...
Page 26
... smile . He was too busy calculating how many more of those said shillings would be a fair equivalent for such labor as a lad , ever so much the junior of Bill Watkins , could_supply . After some cogitation , he hit upon the right sum ...
... smile . He was too busy calculating how many more of those said shillings would be a fair equivalent for such labor as a lad , ever so much the junior of Bill Watkins , could_supply . After some cogitation , he hit upon the right sum ...
Page 27
... smile just creeping round his grave mouth - that irrepressi- ble smile , indicating the atmosphere of thorough heart- cheerfulness , which ripens all the fruits of a noble nature , and without which the very noblest has about it ...
... smile just creeping round his grave mouth - that irrepressi- ble smile , indicating the atmosphere of thorough heart- cheerfulness , which ripens all the fruits of a noble nature , and without which the very noblest has about it ...
Page 28
... smile . Surely , I knew that smile , and the well - set head with its light curly hair . Also , alas ! I knew ૨૪ JOHN HAL FAX .
... smile . Surely , I knew that smile , and the well - set head with its light curly hair . Also , alas ! I knew ૨૪ JOHN HAL FAX .
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