Christmas at Under-Tor: An American Christmas StoryMohun, Ebbs & Hough, 1864 - 47 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 40 találatból.
6. oldal
... lady of my acquaintance , from Boston , would call the sympathy of nature in mysterious elective affinity with the different molecules of matter in the gathering storm and deepening twilight , I had to forget the reality of my being a ...
... lady of my acquaintance , from Boston , would call the sympathy of nature in mysterious elective affinity with the different molecules of matter in the gathering storm and deepening twilight , I had to forget the reality of my being a ...
11. oldal
... lady of nearly ninety - five - presided over his household . That title " perfect gentleman " -which should be the preeminent distinction , ennobling supremely among men the union , as rare as beautiful , of spotless honor , noble ...
... lady of nearly ninety - five - presided over his household . That title " perfect gentleman " -which should be the preeminent distinction , ennobling supremely among men the union , as rare as beautiful , of spotless honor , noble ...
11. oldal
... seventy dollars . And the little sketch you liked , of the black nurse and blonde child , a Boston lady bought , offering me sixty dollars for it - much more than I would have asked . And I have been illustrating for the 11.
... seventy dollars . And the little sketch you liked , of the black nurse and blonde child , a Boston lady bought , offering me sixty dollars for it - much more than I would have asked . And I have been illustrating for the 11.
14. oldal
... ladies took that opportunity on the boat to settle their hoops and tuck their furs snugly about them . My reverend cousin , Stuyvesant , and I , on the driving seat , looked over the snow - crested wheelhouses at the gray , velvety ...
... ladies took that opportunity on the boat to settle their hoops and tuck their furs snugly about them . My reverend cousin , Stuyvesant , and I , on the driving seat , looked over the snow - crested wheelhouses at the gray , velvety ...
18. oldal
... ladies . On we went for another hour , our progress slower and slower ; the horses tired ; the roads worse ; and I not sure of the direction . The full extent of the cold Stuyvesant and I felt , and we had to change the reins every few ...
... ladies . On we went for another hour , our progress slower and slower ; the horses tired ; the roads worse ; and I not sure of the direction . The full extent of the cold Stuyvesant and I felt , and we had to change the reins every few ...
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Christmas at Under-Tor: An American Christmas Story... - Primary Source Edition Clarence Gordon Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2013 |
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Adelaide asked Barford beautiful Benvenuto Cellini Beppo Bessy called child Christmas Christmas Eve Cloth Colonel Minot Cousin Gulie cried Crowley Castle dear dear boy Dewsnap doctor door Duke Earnest Ellen eyes face father fire gentleman George George Barnard girl gone Gran hand happy head heard heart horses Huffell JACOB ABBOTT Jemmy Jackman John Hardie Kate knew lady laughing Leah Lirriper Lirriper's Lodgers Lodgings look Madam Hawtrey Mary Mavor mind Miss Wozenham morning Morocco Mortiboy mother Mutual Admiration Society never night Nuttlebury Oscar parlours poor pretty respected friend round Sandham says the Major seemed servants Sir Mark sitting sleigh smile stairs story street Stuyvesant talk tell Theresa thing thought Titine told took turned Uncle Minot Under-Tor Victorine Victorine's voice waited Wellington boots window words young
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4. oldal - Major's occupying the parlours and from that hour to this the same and a most obliging^ Lodger and punctual in all respects except one' irregular which I need not particularly specify, but made up for by his being a protection and at all times ready to fill in the papers of the Assessed Taxes and Juries and that, and once collared a young man with the drawing-room clock under his...
8. oldal - I do assure you my dear that sometimes when I have taken a few winks in my place inside the coach and have come half awake by the flashing light of the fire and have heard that precious pet driving and the Major blowing up behind to have the change of horses ready when we got to the Inn, I have half believed we were on the old North Road that my poor Lirriper knew so well. Then to see that child and the Major both wrapped up getting down to warm their feet and going stamping about and having glasses...
1. oldal - I went round to the creditors and I says " Gentlemen I am acquainted with the fact that I am not answerable for my late husband's debts but I wish to pay them for I am his lawful wife and his good name is dear to me. I am going into the Lodgings gentlemen as a business and if I prosper every farthing that my late husband owed shall be paid for the sake of the love I bore him, by this right hand.
44. oldal - And did none of them ever grow older? " "No! Nobody ever grew older after that." ' " And did none of them ever die? " " O, no, no, no, Gran ! " exclaimed our dear boy, laying his cheek upon her breast, and drawing her closer to him.
24. oldal - I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.