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Página 72
... rooks ' nests in it . Great - heart told the little ones that the place where that tree stood was worth thousands of pounds in a spot where land was of fabulous value , being bought and sold almost by the square inch . This astonished ...
... rooks ' nests in it . Great - heart told the little ones that the place where that tree stood was worth thousands of pounds in a spot where land was of fabulous value , being bought and sold almost by the square inch . This astonished ...
Página 148
... rooks ; or a thicket by the side of the roadway , fringed with bushes of nut and blackberry ; occasionally , too , a muddy pond , in which the geese that swam about looked quite clean and bright by contrast . Presently they climbed a ...
... rooks ; or a thicket by the side of the roadway , fringed with bushes of nut and blackberry ; occasionally , too , a muddy pond , in which the geese that swam about looked quite clean and bright by contrast . Presently they climbed a ...
Página 187
... Rooks , rooks , I see none ! " repeated the bewildered maiden . ( The word of course only meant to her those noisy , sable creatures up in the trees over the farmhouses they had passed during that inland walk of theirs . ) " Alas ! but ...
... Rooks , rooks , I see none ! " repeated the bewildered maiden . ( The word of course only meant to her those noisy , sable creatures up in the trees over the farmhouses they had passed during that inland walk of theirs . ) " Alas ! but ...
Página 190
... rooks ' ? " asked the child . " It is a fancy of mine . In much they remind me of the bird ( you saw some , by the ... rook , more canny than the rest , frequently leads the birds about , so with these people when ' conducted ...
... rooks ' ? " asked the child . " It is a fancy of mine . In much they remind me of the bird ( you saw some , by the ... rook , more canny than the rest , frequently leads the birds about , so with these people when ' conducted ...
Página 191
... a while . " Someone who began in a very small way indeed , and whose business has now assumed enormous pro- portions , over the whole face of the globe , indeed , now the head ' rook ' of all , one TO THE CITY OF PLEASURE . 191.
... a while . " Someone who began in a very small way indeed , and whose business has now assumed enormous pro- portions , over the whole face of the globe , indeed , now the head ' rook ' of all , one TO THE CITY OF PLEASURE . 191.
Términos y frases comunes
answered arms asked beautiful busy carriages certainly church CITY OF PLEASURE close cloth course cried Croaker crowd Crown 8vo darlings delighted door Dot's doubt dressed excitement exclaimed eyes face fancy fashion Fcap fear flowers front garden gaze glanced Great-heart told hands happy hatchment head heart Hebrew Bible high bailiff hope hour hurry inquired knew lady little Dot Lollards looked Lowther Street luggage maiden mind morning morocco murmured nearly never night nymphets once party passed pleasure plenty poor portmanteaus Presently Punch and Judy quiet rooks round seemed Shetland ponies side sight sister smile soon sorrow sort stood sure talk tell things thought took travellers trees Trixie and Dot Trixie's truly turned waiting walk watched whispered window wonderful words
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Página 368 - Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Página 248 - Tis the voice of the sluggard ; I heard him complain, " You have waked me too soon, I must slumber again." As the door on its hinges, so he on his bed, Turns his sides, and his shoulders, and his heavy head. "A little more sleep, and a little more slumber...