The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... kind of man ; there was nothing bright or cheery about him - none more ready than he was to grumble when the destructive smut attacked his corn - when he noticed the dusty black heads peeping up through the bright green ones he was very ...
... kind of man ; there was nothing bright or cheery about him - none more ready than he was to grumble when the destructive smut attacked his corn - when he noticed the dusty black heads peeping up through the bright green ones he was very ...
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... 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 go to bed sorely against her will , so Alice was obliged to wait up alone . Oh ! what ...
... 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 go to bed sorely against her will , so Alice was obliged to wait up alone . Oh ! what ...
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... kind to each other . ' ' I will , I will , ' said Alice , with a great sob , as she caught the laboured words , that came out in gasps . ' Oh , mother , mother , I will try and do my best ! ' Presently Harry came creeping into the room ...
... kind to each other . ' ' I will , I will , ' said Alice , with a great sob , as she caught the laboured words , that came out in gasps . ' Oh , mother , mother , I will try and do my best ! ' Presently Harry came creeping into the room ...
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... kind of watchword among the early Christians ; they re- peated it to each other when they met ; nobles used to draw the sword when the Creed was said , and thus showed their determination to defend it even to death itself — and these ...
... kind of watchword among the early Christians ; they re- peated it to each other when they met ; nobles used to draw the sword when the Creed was said , and thus showed their determination to defend it even to death itself — and these ...
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... kind of dread seemed to creep over the watchers , though neither cared to speak of it to the other . ' I'd best go out to the stables and see , ' said the father at last , taking down his coat and hat . He soon came back , and shook the ...
... kind of dread seemed to creep over the watchers , though neither cared to speak of it to the other . ' I'd best go out to the stables and see , ' said the father at last , taking down his coat and hat . He soon came back , and shook the ...
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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.