The old farm house, or Alice Morton's home, and other storiesW.P. Nimmo, 1872 - 127 pages |
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... seemed , as she sat in the great , half - lighted kitchen ; but she was not idle . A huge pile of stockings lay beside her , and she was darning almost impossible holes . An open book was spread before her also , and she was learning ...
... seemed , as she sat in the great , half - lighted kitchen ; but she was not idle . A huge pile of stockings lay beside her , and she was darning almost impossible holes . An open book was spread before her also , and she was learning ...
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... , for her delicate health seemed to bring the things and thoughts of the eternal world nearer and nearer to her . Alice heard the horse led round to the stables , and then there came three quick taps to the door . I 2 ALICE MORTON'S HOME .
... , for her delicate health seemed to bring the things and thoughts of the eternal world nearer and nearer to her . Alice heard the horse led round to the stables , and then there came three quick taps to the door . I 2 ALICE MORTON'S HOME .
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... seemed to be in a half - tipsy good humour , and laughing loudly , he said , ' I've had a rare bit of fun to - day , and I'll tell you all about it . Feyther set his heart on getting twenty pounds for the black mare , and old Brown ...
... seemed to be in a half - tipsy good humour , and laughing loudly , he said , ' I've had a rare bit of fun to - day , and I'll tell you all about it . Feyther set his heart on getting twenty pounds for the black mare , and old Brown ...
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... seemed to be quite in vain , for poor Mrs. Morton rapidly became worse . Her breath came and went in laboured gasps , she seemed sometimes almost suffocating , and her eyes became glazed and dim . Alice grew terrified , and when she ...
... seemed to be quite in vain , for poor Mrs. Morton rapidly became worse . Her breath came and went in laboured gasps , she seemed sometimes almost suffocating , and her eyes became glazed and dim . Alice grew terrified , and when she ...
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... seemed to wrestle with her agony . The two little children had been disturbed , and they now stood beside her bed , with their bare feet and their scanty night - dresses . Alice raised her mother's head and bathed her brow . ' Oh , if ...
... seemed to wrestle with her agony . The two little children had been disturbed , and they now stood beside her bed , with their bare feet and their scanty night - dresses . Alice raised her mother's head and bathed her brow . ' Oh , if ...
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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.