John Halifax, GentlemanHarper & Brothers, publishers, Franklin Square., 1859 - 499 pages |
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Page 8
... stood , principal figure in a picture which is even yet as clear to me as yesterday - the narrow , dirty alley leading out of the High Street , yet showing a glimmer of green field at the farther end ; the open house - doors on either ...
... stood , principal figure in a picture which is even yet as clear to me as yesterday - the narrow , dirty alley leading out of the High Street , yet showing a glimmer of green field at the farther end ; the open house - doors on either ...
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... stood idly looking up 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 ...
... stood idly looking up 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 ...
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... stood the little girl , with a loaf in one hand , and a carving - knife in the other . She succeeded in cutting off a large slice , and holding it out . " Take it , poor boy ! -you look so hungry . Do take it . ” But the servant forced ...
... stood the little girl , with a loaf in one hand , and a carving - knife in the other . She succeeded in cutting off a large slice , and holding it out . " Take it , poor boy ! -you look so hungry . Do take it . ” But the servant forced ...
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... stood aside , and touched his cap with a respectful deference , as the old man passed . So here thee be - hast thou taken care of my son ? Did he give thee thy groat , my lad ? " We had neither of us once thought of the money . When I ...
... stood aside , and touched his cap with a respectful deference , as the old man passed . So here thee be - hast thou taken care of my son ? Did he give thee thy groat , my lad ? " We had neither of us once thought of the money . When I ...
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... stood gazing at it a good while - a new expression dawning in his eyes . Eyes in which then , for the first time , I watched a thought grow , and grow , till out of them was shining a beauty absolutely divine . All of a sudden the Abbey ...
... stood gazing at it a good while - a new expression dawning in his eyes . Eyes in which then , for the first time , I watched a thought grow , and grow , till out of them was shining a beauty absolutely divine . All of a sudden the Abbey ...
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