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Page 33
... held in precarious position by a pair of red leather sus- penders with two ruptured eyelets ; the whole sur- mounted by a large , ruddy , and not ill - natured face , fringed about the ears with a pleasant tangle of grey hairs and ...
... held in precarious position by a pair of red leather sus- penders with two ruptured eyelets ; the whole sur- mounted by a large , ruddy , and not ill - natured face , fringed about the ears with a pleasant tangle of grey hairs and ...
Page 77
... held out her hand . “ May I join your party ? I'm really not so bad mannered as I seem . " It was a hard remark to answer . Cal mumbled something about being sure of that , which , of course , was not the right thing to say at all , and ...
... held out her hand . “ May I join your party ? I'm really not so bad mannered as I seem . " It was a hard remark to answer . Cal mumbled something about being sure of that , which , of course , was not the right thing to say at all , and ...
Page 85
... held his pipe ; " we was jus ' sayin ' you ought to rig up the old Ford to run that milk buzzer . shouldn't be hard for a man with a eddication . ” That " For a D. D. , " Gander expanded the description . Cal sat down with them ...
... held his pipe ; " we was jus ' sayin ' you ought to rig up the old Ford to run that milk buzzer . shouldn't be hard for a man with a eddication . ” That " For a D. D. , " Gander expanded the description . Cal sat down with them ...
Page 105
... unhap- piness , and he was silent and morose at the supper table . But later in the evening he heard the unwonted sound of singing coming from the house . Before the open window he stopped , held by the picture which THE SMOKING FLAX 105.
... unhap- piness , and he was silent and morose at the supper table . But later in the evening he heard the unwonted sound of singing coming from the house . Before the open window he stopped , held by the picture which THE SMOKING FLAX 105.
Page 106
... held his attention ; there was in them something of that same light that filled Reed's when they spoke of his mother . And as she rocked and held the boy she sang , " Twilight is stealing over the sea , Shadows are falling dark on the ...
... held his attention ; there was in them something of that same light that filled Reed's when they spoke of his mother . And as she rocked and held the boy she sang , " Twilight is stealing over the sea , Shadows are falling dark on the ...
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Page 218 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Page 113 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 106 - Twilight a-stealing over the sea, Shadows are falling, dark on the lea. Borne on the night wind, voices of yore Come from the far-off shore. Far away, beyond the starry sky, Where the love-light never, never dies, Gleameth a mansion filled with delight, Sweet happy home so bright.
Page 44 - DD's [degrees], or whatever it is, after his name. What he wants is horsepower an' savvy,
Page 57 - ... very gently and cautiously stroked, pressed and pinched the tiny nose just in the hope of discovering for good and all whether it was not as other noses are. And on every occasion she became more and more convinced that there was no hope at all, that it was the same in substance and consistency as it had been the day before and the day before that and the day before that; that, in fact, it was of wax. The consequence was that even at the age of six this particular feature in Sam's rather long...
Page 7 - Grass, green and moist, with a purple carpeting of anemones. Water shining from many tiny lakes. Coveys of white clouds, like ruffled swans, afloat in an infinite sky.
Page 26 - He had made up his mind that under no circumstances would he go back to his old home.
Page 287 - Jackson had lain down and fallen asleep, but as his eyes became accustomed to the light he saw that...
Page 121 - They haven'ta glimpse of what it should be — of what it could be made — " "That's just it,