Christmas at Under-Tor: An American Christmas StoryMohun, Ebbs & Hough, 1864 - 47 oldal |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 18 találatból.
11. oldal
... letter of thanks . There was his shipwreck and bondage to those black savages of the Dutch government , off the east coast of Africa ; he turned that to account too . Oh , I tell you that Harry is a brother for you to be proud of . He ...
... letter of thanks . There was his shipwreck and bondage to those black savages of the Dutch government , off the east coast of Africa ; he turned that to account too . Oh , I tell you that Harry is a brother for you to be proud of . He ...
16. oldal
... letter , and arrived at Emily's last night , a few hours after her messenger . You may imagine how warmly she was welcomed , although a rebel , and how beautifully kind Uncle Minot was , when he met her this morning . He prevailed upon ...
... letter , and arrived at Emily's last night , a few hours after her messenger . You may imagine how warmly she was welcomed , although a rebel , and how beautifully kind Uncle Minot was , when he met her this morning . He prevailed upon ...
7. oldal
... letter never came when it ought to have come and what she went through morning after morning when the postman ... letters and none of the pleasure and doing it of- tener in the mud and mizzle than not and at a rate of wages more ...
... letter never came when it ought to have come and what she went through morning after morning when the postman ... letters and none of the pleasure and doing it of- tener in the mud and mizzle than not and at a rate of wages more ...
8. oldal
... letter in to the Major at his breakfast and I says tottering " Major I have not the courage to take it up to her . " " It's an ill - looking villain of a letter , " says the Major . " I have not the courage Major " I says again in a ...
... letter in to the Major at his breakfast and I says tottering " Major I have not the courage to take it up to her . " " It's an ill - looking villain of a letter , " says the Major . " I have not the courage Major " I says again in a ...
9. oldal
... letter - box and you coming here to smoke your cigar ! —And you really are not well enough my dear " I says to her " to be half so far from home without me . - And your arm will be very acceptable I am sure Major " I says to him " and I ...
... letter - box and you coming here to smoke your cigar ! —And you really are not well enough my dear " I says to her " to be half so far from home without me . - And your arm will be very acceptable I am sure Major " I says to him " and I ...
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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.