Meadowleigh, by the author of 'The ladies of Bever Hollow'.1863 |
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... amusements , they are rob- bing the poor man of his only day's rest . " Well , at any rate you'll own I don't do any of those things . " " " Oh , I'm not speaking against any one in particular , only against the Browbeater . " " But if ...
... amusements , they are rob- bing the poor man of his only day's rest . " Well , at any rate you'll own I don't do any of those things . " " " Oh , I'm not speaking against any one in particular , only against the Browbeater . " " But if ...
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... amusements were that were provided for the commonality . The late hours , and the promiscuous admixture of classes , and so forth , were no doubt objectionable , and I should have no wish to go again , nor would I allow my servants to ...
... amusements were that were provided for the commonality . The late hours , and the promiscuous admixture of classes , and so forth , were no doubt objectionable , and I should have no wish to go again , nor would I allow my servants to ...
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... amusement . What is sport to us , is sometimes death to them ; always severe toil . Robert Houdin , even while eating his dinner at a chop - house , would use his spoon with one hand while exercising the other with a cup and ball in his ...
... amusement . What is sport to us , is sometimes death to them ; always severe toil . Robert Houdin , even while eating his dinner at a chop - house , would use his spoon with one hand while exercising the other with a cup and ball in his ...
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... amusement of some sort , " said Mrs. Plover . " And really , " said Miss Clairvaux , “ I cannot think a play of Shakespeare's less edifying than Mr. Tribulini's charlatanry . ” " There we differ , there we differ . I have nothing to say ...
... amusement of some sort , " said Mrs. Plover . " And really , " said Miss Clairvaux , “ I cannot think a play of Shakespeare's less edifying than Mr. Tribulini's charlatanry . ” " There we differ , there we differ . I have nothing to say ...
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... amusement . " 66 Ah well , you'll saw the plank away from under many a man's feet if you carry that out full length , " said Toby . " However , that's neither here nor there ; we must be what we can . I'm not a butcher , nor 180 ...
... amusement . " 66 Ah well , you'll saw the plank away from under many a man's feet if you carry that out full length , " said Toby . " However , that's neither here nor there ; we must be what we can . I'm not a butcher , nor 180 ...
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Meadowleigh, by the Author of 'The Ladies of Bever Hollow' Anne Manning Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Meadowleigh, by the Author of 'The Ladies of Bever Hollow' Anne Manning Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
afraid afterwards amusement Andromache began better Burrowes Certainly cheerful church Claudia clown cottage course cried crying dare say dear Miss Clairvaux Debenham Dick dinner diphtheria door equestrianism exclaimed Miss Clairvaux eyes fancy father feel fellow fire Foljambe fond gave George girl give glad gone halfpence hand hear heard heart highway-rate hope Horsefield infirmary Jasper kind lady leopards live look ma'am maids mamma Mapleson married Martha White Meadowleigh mind Miss Clair Miss Graydon Miss Jones morning mother neighbours never nice Oh yes papa pause Peaked House perhaps pleasant pleasure Plover Pooh Poor old pretty Queen Victoria seemed smile soon suppose sure surprise talk tell thank thing thought Toby told took town Tribulini vaux walk wife window wish woman wonder word young دو
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 202 - Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance I would have, but when 't depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends.
Seite 202 - t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand, not Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabine field.
Seite 89 - Wherever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.
Seite 152 - WHENE'ER I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see ! What shall I render to my God For all his gifts to me ? Not more than others I deserve, Yet God hath given me more ; For I have food while others starve, Or beg from door to door.
Seite 20 - Some brittle sticks of thorn or briar Make me a fire, Close by whose living coal I sit, And glow like it. Lord, I confess too, when I dine, The pulse is thine, And all those other bits that be There...
Seite 159 - O, how I long to travel back, And tread again that ancient track! That I might once more reach that plain, Where first I left my glorious train; From whence the enlightened spirit sees That shady city of palm trees.
Seite 202 - These unbought sports, this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish my fate, But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my sun his beams display, Or in clouds hide them — I have lived to-day.
Seite 215 - Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness? It was gone Quite underground; as flowers depart To see their mother root, when they have blown ; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.
Seite 48 - The clash of arguments and jar of words, Worse than the mortal brunt of rival swords, Decide no question with their tedious length, For opposition gives opinion strength, Divert the champions prodigal of breath, And put the peaceably disposed to death.
Seite 215 - The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring. Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing. Who would have thought my shrivelled heart Could have recovered greenness?