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about the country with his draughts and â not honest that a body might make out o wholesome but stuff that a man of his breath in the very of it by ix a discovery and the makers too â marry that now be another trade â the searching of stars and the of dry or wet weather weather what know they of the weather the town br... | 48Thomas Nelson Page |
head as if to the delusion i until be sank down in his former seat quite breathless and i exhausted there said picking up his hat that mo good now i m better and i u tell you all about it i it took little time to la who i had been almost frightened out of her senses hj this remark i able demonstration but that done fai... | 7James Baldwin |
great men of or with his theme and laying aside all of a party however he was most earnest and most eloquent not when he stood up the champion of a neglected truth not when he dwelt on great men now venerable to us all but when he gathered his strength to attack a foe his sarcasm was terrific colossal vanity to be a at... | 36Jacob Abbott |
thus i have been led to speak of them by way one night i had into the and was walking slowly on in my usual way musing upon a great many things when i was arrested by an the purport of which did not reach me but which seemed to be addressed to myself and was preferred in a soft sweet voice that struck me very pleasantl... | 7James Baldwin |
are usually very and in several of this family the females have wings but no instance is known of the being incapable of flight for in this case the species could hardly have been in the silk both sexes have imperfect wings and are incapable of flight but still there is a trace of the characteristic difference in the t... | 6Jack London |
this abrupt and tremendous extension of space his eyes were themselves to the brightness themselves to meet the increased distance of objects at first the wall had leaped beyond his vision he now saw it again but it had taken upon itself a remarkable also its appearance had changed it was now a wall composed of the tre... | 20Washington Irving |
the blows of the strongly prompted however by this little hope of his sufferings he made a second attempt and again fell after several unsuccessful efforts he finally regained possession of his feet and staggering slowly through the forest he at length reached the spot where the lay the indian who had marked him for hi... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
they are won at all â your sister that is married and dead she held in hand for years and what is the why he wears the willow for her to this day and her husband married again before her grave was green nay i have done all an honest man can to you so take me now or let me go at this began to secretly and ask herself wh... | 8Jane Austen |
the long roll of years wherein we have stood opposed but if one single fact could counsel me scene iii the to entertain a doubt of those great gifts and faith in his capacity that fact would be the vast shown in like his on such an act as he has offered us â so false in principle so poor in fruit sir the achievements a... | 44Oliver Optic |
in twenty c a the be king â h the my go t tr t do also go and bring us good luck will go even shouted the priest â i will depart mt winged and be at in a day ho h he to his servant drive out the let me first mount my own he leaped on the back of his beast as it knelt and turning round to me cried â come thou also a lit... | 38James Payn |
dance but seeing that was not interested i took the first opportunity to talk of something else she was more interested in the life of the quarter in le in my stories of and students and i noticed that she considered every student as he passed his slim body tightly in a long frock coat with hair flowing over his should... | 14Robert Louis Stevenson |
seem to but a part do truly mar the happiness of all hence no reform can be perfect which is not universal and no happiness until all evil is the good should labor and strive for nothing less than the and elevation of the race all needful labor may be rendered attractive by this he means not merely that all labor may b... | 18Thomas Hardy |
the over to me in the you ve got a good stool there he ll make you his report to morrow now was a figure of a guard who hailed from county he was a simple minded good natured and not above earning an honest dollar by in tobacco for the on that night returning from a trip to san he brought in with him fifteen pounds of ... | 20Washington Irving |
and ten thousand men were at the gates but four hundred held it in the morning and two hundred held it in the evening and no french foot was ever set within its threshold but how they fought those i their lives were no more to them than the mud under their feet there was one â i can see him now â a ruddy man on a he up... | 3Edith Wharton |
we must this clear somehow and he sighed to for he believed in his did the colonel we into the room under the full lights and there we saw how beautiful the woman was she stood up in the middle of us all sometimes choking with his wedded wife crying then hard and proud and then holding out her arms to the senior it was... | 38James Payn |
d himself to them priests in the temple of virtue and holy duty opposing as they can the earthly force to the moral government belong generally men of the most the genuine that is such as are ready in every moment to sacrifice all for and so die for the liberty of their nation as christ did for humanity these may be di... | 36Jacob Abbott |
to earth from the clouds you not the first people that have worshipped such a stone now we know better also this plain before you is full iron and iron draws the lightning that is why it ne strikes your town below the iron it more than earth and huts of straw again while the pole was in little danger for the lightning ... | 17Theodore Dreiser |
have given it back but she would still have me keep it you shall be my tor jack said she laughing is this our carriage how funny it looks and where am i to sit on the said i and how am i to get there put your foot on the said i help you i sprang up and took her two little hands in my own as she came over the side her b... | 3Edith Wharton |
galleries the cathedral the imperial opera house and what not at the other end it is only about a mile long into the famous formerly a part of the imperial on the whole the avenue was a disappointment for suggestions of character individuality innate charm or the reverse â as these things strike one â growth prosperity... | 42Lucas Malet |
sudden said ow did you come to know is funny little ways that soon many inventions said with emphasis i had conquered the beggar my son ho said between doubt and derision his s child an wan or two other came up not bein afraid anything an some got an i washed the top his poor sore head i had done him to a turn an some ... | 38James Payn |
resentment to the maker perhaps the latter the public in the weekly papers the arbitrary measures of the brazen sovereigns showed their dangerous influence over the trades of the town and the easy manner in which our own towns j might be good arises out of evil this fiery match quickly kindled another furnace in public... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
at least whom hereditary introduced to his notice felt in that presence as a child might have felt in pan for the poet himself these lingering years were full of grave of humble self judgment of hopeful looking to the end worldly minded i am not he wrote to an intimate friend near his life s close â on the contrary my ... | 3Edith Wharton |
together with population in ru states in and together with population in western states in and together with population index continued r a r r in pacific states in i and together with population rapid increase of in l in new england middle western southern and pacific states in and together with number of inhabitants ... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
â o total states and o i i o a i t i i i i i i o i ss i s jl i o ds a â s c o a i o s s sm ca is ill â cm s he â a h â i i â s j i ll t i i i f h s ib us j â â aa mi mo u hj b â l ot i l a h m iâ i e a s â ss j mi im w â a m na m w s i w i l â â n in iâ an â o do â d z mi i p ll â â j a u m m a k â vâ s ib i s s â m b ... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
nothing about it he perhaps don t need it but i may as well be honest first as last and it s no use my pretending i ve held my tongue for the sake of the family for i ve done nothing of the kind i don t say miss now that i ve seen you that i shouldn t do it just for you alone â but that s a different thing altogether o... | 29Fergus Hume |
perhaps i thought so from that time until now trot you have ever been a credit to me and a pride and pleasure i have no other claim upon my means at least â here to my surprise she hesitated and was confused â no i have no other claim upon my means â and you are my adopted child only be a loving child to me in my age a... | 7James Baldwin |
to an purpose and thus did the first warlike fate of the tion come to a end â a fate which i am informed has befallen but too many of its it was a long time before could be persuaded by the united efforts of all his that his war measure had failed in producing any effect â on the contrary he flew in a passion whenever ... | 47Thomas Anstey Guthrie |
the the giant pines and and hold their arms open to the sunlight rising above one another on the mountain benches in glorious array giving forth the utmost expression of grandeur and beauty with inexhaustible variety and harmony the inviting of the woods is one of their most characteristics the trees of all the species... | 27Charles Reade |
rest of his in a manner more becoming his dignity than he had been and that he should be set free on the payment of a heavy this the english people willingly raised when queen took it over to germany it was at first and refused but she appealed to the honor of all the princes of the german empire in behalf the m n and ... | 7James Baldwin |
of accents â it s strange we should meet like this after so many years i vi recognition at these words and at sight of the speaker started back as if he had been shot he exclaimed â not possible d no you must be his son the stranger laughed my good always the miracles arc many but there is one which is beyond all perfo... | 32George William Curtis |
not unlike their old at this juncture died the sudden blow for a few days seemed to rough and ready both hastened to the with and offers of aid and assistance but the old man received them sternly a change had come over the weak and yielding those who expected to find him helpless shrank from the cold hard eyes and voi... | 4George Eliot |
placed his departed great ones in groves while during this trance he hears the of nature he seems to become her and she him it is truly the mother in the child and the look out with eyes of tender twilight approbation from their beloved and loving trees such an hour lives for us again in this picture mr has been very f... | 18Thomas Hardy |
at such a time as this dear father would you not like to see aunt no was the unexpected reply followed by a painful pause and then the words not yet chapter to the young and thoughtless sickness in the house is a strange almost a weird experience it seems contrary to nature and an of her laws that rooms should be hidde... | 24Arlo Bates |
my fast bound the half frozen that the poor trembled to walk on oft to his frozen i the bear while from my path the hare fled like a shadow oft through the forest dark followed the s bark until the soaring lark sang from the meadow but when i older grew joining a s crew o er the dark sea i flew with the wild was the li... | 22Albert Ross |
shot him then but i spared him though i saw his wicked little eyes fixed on ray face as though to remember every feature we got away with the gold became wealthy men and made our way over to england without being suspected there i parted from my the old and determined to settle down to a respectable life i bought this ... | 3Edith Wharton |
and whatever other ill effects there might be of the and church discipline did like brave men and true christians take their stand for liberty of conscience and freedom of inquiry that therefore their preaching was necessarily occupied with tearing down rather than with building up any new system that now kind of preac... | 36Jacob Abbott |
his wife was the half breed daughter of a fur married to him in the greek mission of a thousand miles or so down the thus being of much higher caste than the common or native wife it was a mere which none but the adventurer may understand i reckon you kin take it that way was his the next instant had stretched him on t... | 20Washington Irving |
the then new and frontier country lying upon the river many families of note in the low country had possessed themselves of estates at the foot of the blue ridge in this neighborhood and were already making there mr attracted by the romantic character of the scenery the freshness of the soil and the of the climate foll... | 28Edward Eggleston |
many of the principal removed property to an immense amount in the de vol i i voyage which contained a greater population than the town has been destroyed and the value of what remains reduced to a mere trifle it is in fact nothing but a garrison with a few starved inhabitants who are vexed and bar by the military i am... | 47Thomas Anstey Guthrie |
on the part of the latter they are never so seasons are obvious enough the popular man stands on our own level or a hair s breadth higher h shows us a truth which we can see without shifting our vol iâ s miscellaneous present intellectual po iti this is a highly arrangement the original man again stands us he wishes to... | 36Jacob Abbott |
yes and why we ate face to face for the last time wretch we meet to night and part to night for not one moment after i have ceased to speak will i stay here he turned upon her with his look and the table with his hand but neither rose nor otherwise answered or threatened her i am a woman she said him who from her very ... | 7James Baldwin |
it for hours in there â yet she made a faint sound she wanted to say no â robert s speech was to be the last â but she could not bring herself to pronounce s name and at the moment no other way of her companion s statement occurred to her the young man leaned back reassured by her silence you see it s my last chance â ... | 9John Muir |
we were completely blown but the space between us grew ever wider finally we stopped and sat panting two rocks while we watched him disappearing the distance and it was at this moment that there occurred a most strange and unexpected thing we had risen from our rocks and were turning to go home having abandoned the hop... | 3Edith Wharton |
could produce any what chiefly surprised was that s sister the friend and companion who had been so much to her should not be more visibly regretted he wondered that spoke so seldom of and had so little voluntarily to say of her concern at this separation alas it was this sister this friend and companion now the chief ... | 25Bret Harte |
are by most perfect in us at least appear since the sleeping which heaven from the beginning â only our labor and industry can them with learning and with morals that they may return all bearing back â to heaven when by use of our free will wo put to those ills which heaven has nor will thus through us is the glory of ... | 18Thomas Hardy |
do not y have no cold love which runs into disease only tha er io other plays daily here the it is the natural rf idleness with these l jealousy is almost bore to spring op witb it it is par excellence the passion of life in italy was a il young woman hired by a l â artist to for him this b one of most of the of home h... | 5Horace Greeley |
while her parted lips also seemed to whisper some tale of hope sure and immortal at length she rose and came into my chamber thou me fallen and dost grieve for me she said in a gentle voice knowing my lest some such fate should overtake my lord ay i grieve for thee as for myself spare then thy pity since although the h... | 17Theodore Dreiser |
e the fire one even the lawyer s office ing in november was at the same time sitting upon his reading a new book by the fire light i think it would be a good plan to send him to school this winter said the lawyer he is a good faithful boy and fond of study he ll make a good scholar yes said mr holiday but i hardly know... | 21William Carleton |
all sorts of schemes used to present themselves to me to my pocket one was to go out as a on the streets clean bricks or do anything i was not lazy i would have walked around the world for a case i do not think i was ashamed of it for i knew it was respectable but i was afraid some one i knew might pass by i was afraid... | 45Sarah Orne Jewett |
i moments of the he lo lai i wondered how money he in the bat they had known that would wondered about it and might hare the amount with u tht of i tu tr it u ut least aa to stay a moral o aâ ft one that such a will with tlie and the plague that the when it has once made wiu h are no pursuit or condition but will lay h... | 7James Baldwin |
have heard without its respect he had in the house some time a o woman knows before his departure and if this disposition had been in him surely it would have come to the surface in that time why should his brother hate him so when he was such a favorite with all others who knew him you can go on if you have not finish... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
since it is certainly inferior to her other work and was generally believed by her family to be a youthful composition moreover it is in the form of letters like the first of sense and sensibility her first of serious composition began early and was of brief duration pride and and sensibility and abbey were all written... | 25Bret Harte |
back an struck out for me for life an how as i went down de last time he me an on to me tell we wash down to de bank curve an de current so rapid hit him off back but he on to de reins tell de horse so he hit him he fo foot an he collar bone an den he had to let him go an on to me an den we wash up de bank an in a tree... | 45Sarah Orne Jewett |
would make for this in sum â that mr fox lord and their friends be straightway asked to join with gone with and with too io the act iv the of affairs has been of late somewhat as you sir know with stop gap functions thrust on offices which can be but a while so for the reasons i have urged i do repeat my most respectfu... | 44Oliver Optic |
ve done my best i m going to fall no no you ll break your limbs if you do hold up just a little and maybe they ll stop lean back and hold your saddle behind said the colonel there you ll find that will ease the strain he took the from his hat and tying the ends together he it over her front put your foot in the said he... | 3Edith Wharton |
blood on every wall â till of all the evil things of earth i thee growth a thing apart from thee my heart and a dream my thought and when thou would st repress my love as truly told to thee thou taught st me how to thee to do as thou did st unto me when with the spy behind the screen thou me deceit it was i apt i that ... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
conversation was thoroughly distasteful to him he felt a little irritated with his charming wife and yet in he had to admit that there might be a good deal of truth in what she said added a few to her pattern on the table cloth she wanted her last remarks to have time to sink well down into her husband s mind do you wa... | 31George Moore |
know myself then i suppose you won t care to lose sight of me altogether and you want me to help you in your work yes but remember dick nothing will ever come of it that s why i feel so selfish let things stay as they are i do want your help you shall have it but let s consider i must see your first and your sketches a... | 38James Payn |
and is no doubt connected with its peculiar upright manner of walking in a large duck on the other hand the was the only bone of the leg which to the other bones was slightly lengthened on the effects of the increased and use of the limbs â in all the the bones of the wing measured separately after having been cleaned ... | 6Jack London |
make up my mind about it one i a man up out of a sound sleep looking at him and it set me to thinking first there wasn t any noise and then ag in there was n t any touch so he could feel it and i says to myself why could n t i ha done it the width of two rooms as well as one and why could n t i ha done it with my back ... | 39John Kendrick Bangs |
the window she felt this could not last â this motionless vacant misery she mast determine on something she must take some step and yet everything was so difficult it was one o clock and mrs rose from her seat saying i must go and see about dinner e movement and the sound startled from her it seemed as if an opportunit... | 13Ralph Emerson |
gold came out of the darkness you are most kind to bring my old friend he said he is a of he should not be in a big city when there is religious excitement but i have a carriage here you are quite truly kind will you help me to put him into the carriage it is very late we the old man into a hired victoria that stood cl... | 38James Payn |
that he wanted to do it again at my expense i hesitated may i come in said he i inclined my head with as much presence of mind as i could command and he followed me into my chambers there i saw that the lower part of his face was tied up in what is commonly called a handkerchief he slowly removed this and exposed to vi... | 7James Baldwin |
the valleys dark were the rocks and fearful were the but the day was fair and the sky was clear and the t of the warriors glittered in the sunlight like flashes of fire au at once a le the of thorns sound as of a thousand trumpets blowing was heard in the valley below them the french knights comrades said that we are f... | 22Albert Ross |
it is probably a result of the formation of the establishment at mount itself something more and better than the mere love of novelty or the ordinary admiration of what is admirable is certainly at its foundation it itself in works that speak louder than any language our has become within the few years of its existence... | 34Henry Rider Haggard |
all at least nothing above s will be paid by muslin do they speak much of at castle oh they never cease and â and â i don t know whether i ought to say but it went matter with you i suppose â mind you must not breathe a word of this at the fact is my sisters school â you know they hare a school and go in for trying to ... | 14Robert Louis Stevenson |
en by an anxious desire to write with the greatest and and that i have most earnestly endeavoured to guard against anything which could by possibility be into an evidence of the book or any part of it being written in a bad spirit i trust there is not a sentence in it of which any one can have just cause to complain i ... | 23Anne Manning |
felt he was not quite following out the humane instinct which had induced him to let her go there they stood five altogether the parson the clerk the couple and and the holy was forthwith in the of the edifice were two or three villagers and when the clergyman came to the words what god hath joined a woman s voice from... | 44Oliver Optic |
to beer and by way of the woes we have had from our shooting and after previous supplies of that article the intellect of a man who believes in the possibility of improvement by such a method is to me a finished off and shut up intellect with which i would not argue mere waste of wind between us to exchange words on th... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
a friend mrs was a widow and not a very rich one she was a good humoured well meaning woman and a very mother her eldest daughter had great personal beauty and the younger ones by pretending to be as handsome as their sister her air and dressing in the same style did veiy well this brief account of the is intended to t... | 25Bret Harte |
for three months â all to give you the pleasure of my society for a few hours and the return is that i am crushed at every turn you are likely to be crushed he said laughing why i only wanted them to sing some more songs to please you i know the songs every one of them by heart why should i oh she threw down her knife ... | 48Thomas Nelson Page |
bridge ready to repair to the boats when the gave the signal dr and were at the hotel on the called the society s house which is said to be the most northern one in the world students were arriving in the which many of them had employed for the sake of a ride and when they came to pay their fare there were many amusing... | 35Isabella Lucy Bird |
old he believed that i should bring his death upon him it was the custom of warriors in the opposing armies to send to single combat one to another and many such were fought in the sight of all safe conduct being given to the and their seconds upon a day despairing of meeting him face to face in battle i sent a challen... | 17Theodore Dreiser |
buried jewels more rare than those s earl ne er owned a pearl to compare with the of brotherhood nor in any mine doth a diamond shine like the soul that for another s good no glittering or soft can rival the beams of a friendly eye the and the shades in the flashing light of a purpose high on a new made plain i observe... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
is a very strange request do you understand what it all means apparently mrs did she was silently crying as for her husband he said â it was not necessary for the old gentleman to have left us money to do that we could have done that without any money i think well you rob no one by taking it continued the stranger will... | 48Thomas Nelson Page |
least without long and sometimes tearful explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons for the request mrs lived in fear of breaking his spirit which perhaps was the reason that she herself walked on the edge of nervous he could not see why he should be expected to hurry for any man s pleasure and said so... | 38James Payn |
only by noting the actual current passing at any moment through a in action or by noting the actual effect or otherwise of produced can one judge the quantity of x rays and calculate their probable effect none of our present methods of measuring the quantity of or its effect are wholly satisfactory by watching the regi... | 27Charles Reade |
personage other remarkable men who have played a part in the scenes of the drama of which a vast empire has recently been the theatre he has therefore composed a truly historical painting in an account of the events in the life of an eminent man to that of the principal political of france during nearly half a century ... | 47Thomas Anstey Guthrie |
into tlie cloud were the lights within the water and there was a glow of unbroken all about tlie cup as of the dawn in those islands beyond the ocean of shadows where the sun rises never above the east and there is neither night nor da but hesitating et once more before he drank he again the creatures ol the universe a... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
the ultimate benefit of all he had persuaded mr to accompany him by warm mysterious promises of a happy and now having that as far as his door he was heard and now sir yon shall see one who waits to t grief â all in your arms behold and here he the door open yon flatter me i a d who had had time lo recover his somewhat... | 8Jane Austen |
manner too to be disregarded or to the quiet perusal of a newspaper laid down his paper wheeled in his distraction a few times round the parlour like an decided pigeon made an rush at one or two flying little figures in bed gowns that past him and then bearing suddenly down upon the only member of the family the ears o... | 7James Baldwin |
are the past is always pleasant to look upon you think so the priests walked to the end of the garden and leaning on the father said we ve had queer weather dull heavy weather see how low the are flying when i came up the drive the gravel space in front of the house was covered with them the old birds feeding the young... | 14Robert Louis Stevenson |
came back nor was there any movement upon the hills it was almost brutal this furious violence to so gentle and a country side in no place could the keenest eye detect a sign of guns or men and yet death in every hollow and crouched by every rock it is so difficult to make a modern battle intelligible when fought as th... | 3Edith Wharton |
turn will have had the best chance of succeeding in the struggle for existence to the theory of natural selection as applied to instincts â and insects it has been objected to the foregoing view of the origin of instincts that the variations of structure and of instinct must have been and accurately adjusted to each ot... | 6Jack London |
her sense of mystery no said how look tom is it or s heart sank a little because tom always said it was no good playing with her at those games â she played so badly no i ve all my with the little fellows and are no fun you silly only when the nuts are green but see here he drew something half out of his right hand poc... | 22Albert Ross |
continually watched in s every look and action had in the course of their yesterday s party received the delightful confession of an equal love her heart and faith were alike engaged to james never had listened to anything so full of interest wonder and joy her brother and her friend engaged new to such circumstances t... | 25Bret Harte |
seen such another its head is tall gaunt lean and ragged and has lost one eye on an english road one would think him a starving or a dangerous beggar he is slightly intelligent very and wishes to be thought well informed which he is not he belongs to the of singers but anything of and which may them and in truly mercil... | 19Walt Whitman |
than usual says he there a damned crazy comes about here i can well move in the matter myself which brings me you be so good as to see to it the men must hi a strict to drive the away sir said i trembling a little you can do y own dirty errands for yourself he said not a word to that and left the room presently came mr... | 37James Grant |
here in my room having just eat a hearty dinner with my who has this month entered on her th year but to my eyes looks young and handsome yet it is a dark and cloudy day and the rain is just now pouring down in torrents it is a great disappointment to many as s funeral was to come oil to day and all the military and he... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
be given either to the against or the that there was positively nothing more to be done save to wait the event ah is it not a pity after all we have grown so wise in these latter days that we regard religion merely as a subject of interesting speculation that we have ceased to have faith in the who were agreeably acces... | 31George Moore |
as he will the cook has done his duty like a man though and a rich breakfast is set forth mr and mrs have joined the party among others mrs that should be by nature such a perfect and is and confidential to mrs whose mind is relieved of a great load and who takes her share of the champagne the very tall young man who s... | 7James Baldwin |
â and a capital meanwhile vexed with herself for not been as motionless as she was speechless and grieved to the heart to see s arrangements was by every thing in the power of her modest gentle nature to mr and avoid both his looks and and he was in both what did that shake of the head mean said he what was it meant to... | 25Bret Harte |
thereupon he promised her and kissed her tenderly and bade her be of good heart and so rode away with dogged resolution as soon as he was gone mercy s tears flowed without restraint her father set himself to console her good man he said is but gone back to the high road for a night or two to follow his trade of stand a... | 8Jane Austen |
in the end there were several times when could have paid half his had he been willing to do so but the chance of a little deeper and sweeping it all off at once was too much for his judgment and the opportunity slipped away then there came a sort of miniature black friday to him when he would not have been able to pay ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
one morning it is true â during a pretty stiff gale in the devil s hole or â they were remarkably at breakfast but not one of them now that we were getting near the banks they they declared that crossing the atlantic was mere child s play compared to crossing the channel bell grew learned about square sails and try sai... | 48Thomas Nelson Page |
is put by it explains the inevitable exaltation of the author in his solitude among the stars the system by the same author the structure of the earth also by the same author we wonder that some of our do not these remarkable works it is most desirable that they should also be illustrated like the and could not these s... | 36Jacob Abbott |
john never told me he was handsome â she mused but he is i wonder why she didn t mention it so odd of her â because really there are very few good looking men anywhere and one in the shape of a parson is a positive and ought to go on exhibition i he s clever too â and â obstinate yes i should say he was obstinate but h... | 32George William Curtis |
or either has not been awakened at night by the and of those jaws under the window or in the direction of the vegetable patch i have had the cows after they had eaten up my garden break into the stable where my own was tied and her our rural divinity and her meal yes life presents but one absorbing problem to the stree... | 46Sarah Stickney Ellis |
devil take you cried furiously what makes you stand about like that you gave me quite a turn i didn t mean for to do it i ve only just been answering of the door why surely you ve come in before now and found me in the hall without making much account of it ah answered my nerves have had a shake of late i ve felt queer... | 3Edith Wharton |
beautiful and well kept can you make these broken things beautiful said then indeed you shall you may come here to mend them when you will they are very fine though so old and ill cared for said anne looking up at them and i shall be only too happy sitting here thinking of all you are doing while i am at my work thinki... | 12Nathaniel Hawthorne |
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