The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... quickly put her book aside , as she knew quite well neither her father nor her brother would have any sympathy with the holy book she was reading ; she was sure of a reproof from the one , or a careless jest from the other . Alas ...
... quickly put her book aside , as she knew quite well neither her father nor her brother would have any sympathy with the holy book she was reading ; she was sure of a reproof from the one , or a careless jest from the other . Alas ...
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... quickly up the stairs , laughing to him- self , and swaying the candle to and fro , as he caught hold of the banisters in his ascent . Farmer Morton , a stout , heavy - looking man , with short iron - grey hair , came in soon after THE ...
... quickly up the stairs , laughing to him- self , and swaying the candle to and fro , as he caught hold of the banisters in his ascent . Farmer Morton , a stout , heavy - looking man , with short iron - grey hair , came in soon after THE ...
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... quickly , and then went moodily up - stairs . Perhaps his wife was sleeping - for she did not speak to him when he entered the room - but Farmer Morton was not in the humour to trouble himself much about that . He got into bed as ...
... quickly , and then went moodily up - stairs . Perhaps his wife was sleeping - for she did not speak to him when he entered the room - but Farmer Morton was not in the humour to trouble himself much about that . He got into bed as ...
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... quickly , and helped her into the bed as well as she could , smoothed the clothes over her , and got an old bottle of smelling - salts out of her drawer to try and revive her ; but her attempts seemed to be quite in vain , for poor Mrs ...
... quickly , and helped her into the bed as well as she could , smoothed the clothes over her , and got an old bottle of smelling - salts out of her drawer to try and revive her ; but her attempts seemed to be quite in vain , for poor Mrs ...
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... quickly as you can , ' cried she , ' and saddle the horse , and go for Doctor Grey , for mother is dreadfully ill . ' When she returned at last to her room she found a still greater change had taken place in her mother , who seemed to ...
... quickly as you can , ' cried she , ' and saddle the horse , and go for Doctor Grey , for mother is dreadfully ill . ' When she returned at last to her room she found a still greater change had taken place in her mother , who seemed to ...
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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 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.