Christmas at Under-Tor: An American Christmas StoryMohun, Ebbs & Hough, 1864 - 47 páginas |
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... mother most dear- " But these are luxuries of woe Jove's banquet could not move . " We know how children , with all the warmth and glory of a summer day about them , delight to find a dark crevice . in the rocks , and there , in ...
... mother most dear- " But these are luxuries of woe Jove's banquet could not move . " We know how children , with all the warmth and glory of a summer day about them , delight to find a dark crevice . in the rocks , and there , in ...
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... mother's grief and anxiety , nothing had been heard in nearly three years ' time . My brother George had wished to be a soldier ; so , after his education at West Point , he had been made a brevet second lieutenant at twenty - one . He ...
... mother's grief and anxiety , nothing had been heard in nearly three years ' time . My brother George had wished to be a soldier ; so , after his education at West Point , he had been made a brevet second lieutenant at twenty - one . He ...
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... mother and Mr. and Mrs. Blaire , and from them I learned how to find your quarters . Your mother , and Emily and her husband , and little Bessy have promised to return to Under - Tor with me in the morning . So my visit to town is but a ...
... mother and Mr. and Mrs. Blaire , and from them I learned how to find your quarters . Your mother , and Emily and her husband , and little Bessy have promised to return to Under - Tor with me in the morning . So my visit to town is but a ...
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... mother and Emily . " Colonel Minot was my mother's brother . He was a hale and handsome old gentleman of over seventy years of age , but cheerful - spirited , and as active as a boy . Dur- ing nearly thirty years he served in the army ...
... mother and Emily . " Colonel Minot was my mother's brother . He was a hale and handsome old gentleman of over seventy years of age , but cheerful - spirited , and as active as a boy . Dur- ing nearly thirty years he served in the army ...
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... Oscar , to whom Gulie's further remove of relationship may occasion bewilderment , I will explain that Aunt Isabella , mother's only sister , married Mr. Grantley Clifford , a rice planter in Georgia , and that all her 15.
... Oscar , to whom Gulie's further remove of relationship may occasion bewilderment , I will explain that Aunt Isabella , mother's only sister , married Mr. Grantley Clifford , a rice planter in Georgia , and that all her 15.
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Adelaide asked Barford beautiful Benvenuto Cellini Beppo Bessy called child Christmas Christmas Eve Cloth Colonel Minot Cousin Gulie cried Crowley Castle dear dear boy Dewsnap doctor door Duke Earnest Ellen eyes face father fire gentleman George George Barnard girl gone Gran hand happy head heard heart horses Huffell JACOB ABBOTT Jemmy Jackman John Hardie Kate knew lady laughing Leah Lirriper Lirriper's Lodgers Lodgings look Madam Hawtrey Mary Mavor mind Miss Wozenham morning Morocco Mortiboy mother Mutual Admiration Society never night Nuttlebury Oscar parlours poor pretty respected friend round Sandham says the Major seemed servants Sir Mark sitting sleigh smile stairs story street Stuyvesant talk tell Theresa thing thought Titine told took turned Uncle Minot Under-Tor Victorine Victorine's voice waited Wellington boots window words young
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Página 8 - I do assure you my dear that sometimes when I have taken a few winks in my place inside the coach and have come half awake by the flashing light of the fire and have heard that precious pet driving and the Major blowing up behind to have the change of horses ready when we got to the Inn, I have half believed we were on the old North Road that my poor Lirriper knew so well. Then to see that child and the Major both wrapped up getting down to warm their feet and going stamping about and having glasses...
Página 1 - I went round to the creditors and I says " Gentlemen I am acquainted with the fact that I am not answerable for my late husband's debts but I wish to pay them for I am his lawful wife and his good name is dear to me. I am going into the Lodgings gentlemen as a business and if I prosper every farthing that my late husband owed shall be paid for the sake of the love I bore him, by this right hand.
Página 44 - And did none of them ever grow older? " "No! Nobody ever grew older after that." ' " And did none of them ever die? " " O, no, no, no, Gran ! " exclaimed our dear boy, laying his cheek upon her breast, and drawing her closer to him.
Página 24 - I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.