The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... father's return from Newtown market . Her eldest brother Harry was gone there also , and every minute she expected to hear the horse of one or the other coming up the pathway to the house . Alice was a pale , thoughtful - looking girl ...
... father's return from Newtown market . Her eldest brother Harry was gone there also , and every minute she expected to hear the horse of one or the other coming up the pathway to the house . Alice was a pale , thoughtful - looking girl ...
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... father of this weakness of mine , Alice , ' she would say . Men don't understand this kind of thing , and he might fancy I was only pre- tending to be ill . ' On this July evening her ailment was worse than usual , and she was forced to ...
... father of this weakness of mine , Alice , ' she would say . Men don't understand this kind of thing , and he might fancy I was only pre- tending to be ill . ' On this July evening her ailment was worse than usual , and she was forced to ...
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... Father feedeth them . Are ye not much better than they ? ' She repeated once more , and then she heard the sound of a horse coming up the path . Alice quickly put her book aside , as she knew quite well neither her father nor her ...
... Father feedeth them . Are ye not much better than they ? ' She repeated once more , and then she heard the sound of a horse coming up the path . Alice quickly put her book aside , as she knew quite well neither her father nor her ...
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... father come in then ? ' asked he , pushing past her . He was a tall , strong - looking young man , with dark hair , and eyes like his sister's ; but there was a look on his face not pleasant to see - dissipation and recklessness were ...
... father come in then ? ' asked he , pushing past her . He was a tall , strong - looking young man , with dark hair , and eyes like his sister's ; but there was a look on his face not pleasant to see - dissipation and recklessness were ...
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... father , instead of cheating him and im- posing on him - you know he is getting old now . ' ' Don't you begin ... father will be coming in . ' Alice was half crying by this time ; she feared so much there would be another quarrel between ...
... father , instead of cheating him and im- posing on him - you know he is getting old now . ' ' Don't you begin ... father will be coming in . ' Alice was half crying by this time ; she feared so much there would be another quarrel between ...
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Page 127 - Tales of Old English Life ; or, Pictures of the Periods. By WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D., Author of ' History of English Literature,
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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.