Longman's Magazine, Volumen1Longmans, Green, 1883 |
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... tell us your news , sir ? ' broke in Mrs. Beckett , im- patiently . Though we care nothing about you , you know how interested we both are in your dear mother . If you kept her in a state of suspense like this it would frighten her to ...
... tell us your news , sir ? ' broke in Mrs. Beckett , im- patiently . Though we care nothing about you , you know how interested we both are in your dear mother . If you kept her in a state of suspense like this it would frighten her to ...
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... tell you that , ' replied the young man ; ' it would not be fair to others . " There was a long silence ; the widow bit her lip ; she looked disappointed , vexed , like one who has been pursuing the wrong tack ; she was not vexed with ...
... tell you that , ' replied the young man ; ' it would not be fair to others . " There was a long silence ; the widow bit her lip ; she looked disappointed , vexed , like one who has been pursuing the wrong tack ; she was not vexed with ...
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... graduated at Harvard . They have sleigh rides , and dances at the Town Hall during the winter ; I was told that the Lexington ' germans ' are not despised by the under- C graduates of Cambridge ; and Oh , I tell 54 LEXINGTON .
... graduated at Harvard . They have sleigh rides , and dances at the Town Hall during the winter ; I was told that the Lexington ' germans ' are not despised by the under- C graduates of Cambridge ; and Oh , I tell 54 LEXINGTON .
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... tell , himself a story , as the feeblest of children uses invention in his play ; and even as the imaginative grown person , joining in the game , at once enriches it with many delightful circumstances , the great creative writer shows ...
... tell , himself a story , as the feeblest of children uses invention in his play ; and even as the imaginative grown person , joining in the game , at once enriches it with many delightful circumstances , the great creative writer shows ...
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... tell to which side of the Ocean they belonged , while the utterance of their wives was distinctively American . To us the kind of utterance of which I speak seems specially out of place in the mouth of a graceful and cultivated woman ...
... tell to which side of the Ocean they belonged , while the utterance of their wives was distinctively American . To us the kind of utterance of which I speak seems specially out of place in the mouth of a graceful and cultivated woman ...
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Página 666 - ... lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host of golden daffodils, Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Página 669 - For which the shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness loud in rustic lays, And throw sweet garland wreaths into her stream Of pansies, pinks, and gaudy daffodils.
Página 586 - Well, sir," said the constable, "he's the man we were in search of, that's true; and yet he's not the man we were in search of. For the man we were in search of was not the man we wanted, sir, if you understand my every-day way; for 'twas the man in the chimney-corner!" "A pretty kettle of fish altogether!" said the magistrate. " You had better start for the other man at once.
Página 584 - They had decided on no particular plan of action; and, finding that the man of the baleful trade was no longer in their company, they seemed quite unable to form any such plan now. They descended in all directions down the hill, and straightway several of the party fell into the snare set by Nature for all misguided midnight ramblers over this part of the cretaceous formation. The "lanchets...
Página 574 - Walk in!" said the shepherd, promptly. The latch clicked upward, and out of the night our pedestrian appeared upon the door-mat. The shepherd arose, snuffed two of the nearest candles, and turned to look at him. Their light disclosed that the stranger was dark in complexion and not unprepossessing as to feature. His hat, which for a moment he did not remove, hung low over his eyes, without concealing that they were large, open, and determined, moving with a flash rather than a glance round the room.
Página 669 - My mood is changed, for it fell at a time of year When the face of night is fair on the dewy downs, And the shining daffodil dies, and the Charioteer And starry Gemini hang like glorious crowns Over Orion's grave low down in the west...
Página 582 - All listened. The sound was repeated, and none of them spoke but the man in the chimney-corner, who said quietly, 'I've often been told that in this county they fire a gun at such times ; but I never heard it till now.
Página 577 - Now the old mead of those days, brewed of the purest first-year or maiden honey, four pounds to the gallon - with its due complement of white of eggs, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, mace, rosemary, yeast, and processes of working, bottling, and cellaring - tasted remarkably strong; but it did not taste so strong as it actually was. Hence, presently, the stranger in...
Página 574 - Mrs. Shepherd Fennel assented, and made room for the self-invited comer, who, having got completely inside the chimney-corner, stretched out his legs and his arms with the expansiveness of a person quite at home. 'Yes, I am rather cracked in the vamp...
Página 581 - It was just at the instant when the latter, who had thrown his mind into his song with such a will that he scarcely heeded the interruption, silenced all whispers and inquiries by bursting into his third verse : To-morrow is my working day, Simple shepherds all — To-morrow is a working day for me : For the farmer's sheep is slain, and the lad who did it ta'en, And on his soul may God ha