The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... MOORFIELDS IN SUNSHINE , · PAGE 7 20 27 36 47 · 52 AN AERIAL VOYAGE- I. AT HOME ' IN THE MOON , II . A GLIMPSE AT THE SUN , III . A GLIMPSE AT THE PLANETS , IV . A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE , GOLD : OR IVON'S QUESTION , THE THREE SCREENS ...
... MOORFIELDS IN SUNSHINE , · PAGE 7 20 27 36 47 · 52 AN AERIAL VOYAGE- I. AT HOME ' IN THE MOON , II . A GLIMPSE AT THE SUN , III . A GLIMPSE AT THE PLANETS , IV . A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE , GOLD : OR IVON'S QUESTION , THE THREE SCREENS ...
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... Moorfields with me , you must make up your mind to traverse at least a mile of rugged uneven road , ploughed into deep cart ruts in winter ; but in sum- mer , when the dust is not too thick , it is pleasant and varied enough , for then ...
... Moorfields with me , you must make up your mind to traverse at least a mile of rugged uneven road , ploughed into deep cart ruts in winter ; but in sum- mer , when the dust is not too thick , it is pleasant and varied enough , for then ...
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... Moorfields would have made a profitable return . Behind the house there is a wide stretch of open country , laid out in pasture or in crops , as the case may be . There is a large fruit or vegetable garden , and a fine old orchard ...
... Moorfields would have made a profitable return . Behind the house there is a wide stretch of open country , laid out in pasture or in crops , as the case may be . There is a large fruit or vegetable garden , and a fine old orchard ...
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... Moorfields . One wet July evening , Alice Morton was sitting in the old - fashioned best kitchen of the farm - house , waiting for her father's return from Newtown market . Her eldest brother Harry was gone there also , and every minute ...
... Moorfields . One wet July evening , Alice Morton was sitting in the old - fashioned best kitchen of the farm - house , waiting for her father's return from Newtown market . Her eldest brother Harry was gone there also , and every minute ...
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... Moorfields to take charge of things . for a while , and she had come , vested with a good share of curiosity and authority . Poor Mrs. Morton had always been shy with her , and had kept her at a great distance , for she did not like her ...
... Moorfields to take charge of things . for a while , and she had come , vested with a good share of curiosity and authority . Poor Mrs. Morton had always been shy with her , and had kept her at a great distance , for she did not like her ...
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ADELAIDE AUSTEN aërial train Alice atmosphere Aunt Betsy beautiful Bolides Books published bound in cloth boys Bridda bright brother called CHARLES BRUCE cloth extra clouds cold colour comet coming crown 8vo dark earth eight moons eyes Farmer Morton father and Harry feyther fire flowers girl glimpse gold golden golden palace gone to bed Harry Morton Harry's horse heard heart heat heavens Illustrations Ivon IVON'S QUESTION Jesus Jupiter king's palace light looked Lutine Mars moon Moorfields mother never night NIMMO'S Ninette numbers orbs paint passed PETER GRANT planet Pleiades published by William rays red planet Mars RICHARD NEWTON round Saturn screen seemed Sidelle solar system stars Stories sun's surface Swan and Eagle tell things thought Thoughtland thousand Tiny and Bobby trade winds traveller Uranus visible voice watch weary wonderful wood words Young
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Page 76 - And earnest thoughts within me rise, When I behold afar, Suspended in the evening skies, The shield of that red star. 0 star of strength ! I see thee stand And smile upon my pain ; Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand, And I am strong again. Within my breast there is no light, But the cold light of stars ; I give the first watch of the night To the red planet Mars.
Page 74 - THE night is come, but not too soon ; And sinking silently, All silently, the little moon Drops down behind the sky. There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of stars ; And the first watch of night is given To the red planet Mars.
Page 84 - That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air, My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, — From those deep cisterns flows.