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Página 253
... again . I might have committed murder if he had repeated such language with no stream between us to prevent me from wreaking my wrath upon him . " CHARLES CAMDEN . MARY AND KATIE . 66 BY THE AUTHOR OF THE. THE PEEP - SHOW . 253.
... again . I might have committed murder if he had repeated such language with no stream between us to prevent me from wreaking my wrath upon him . " CHARLES CAMDEN . MARY AND KATIE . 66 BY THE AUTHOR OF THE. THE PEEP - SHOW . 253.
Página 254
... Katie , as usual , obeyed her elder sister . Mary and Katie were two little town - girls who had been sent to spend a fortnight at a farmhouse , for health's sake ; or rather , timid , dreamy little Katie had been sent into the country ...
... Katie , as usual , obeyed her elder sister . Mary and Katie were two little town - girls who had been sent to spend a fortnight at a farmhouse , for health's sake ; or rather , timid , dreamy little Katie had been sent into the country ...
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... Katie , reproachfully . " They did look so comfort- able -- I was just thinking I should like to be a sheep like that . " " What nonsense you do talk , Katie ! I really believe you're growing silly . If you were a sheep , the butcher ...
... Katie , reproachfully . " They did look so comfort- able -- I was just thinking I should like to be a sheep like that . " " What nonsense you do talk , Katie ! I really believe you're growing silly . If you were a sheep , the butcher ...
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... Katie . " Oh , it's all very well for a change , but I should soon get precious tired of the country everything's so quiet . " " That's why it seems nice to me - there's no need to hurry . At home , sometimes , it makes me feel as if I ...
... Katie . " Oh , it's all very well for a change , but I should soon get precious tired of the country everything's so quiet . " " That's why it seems nice to me - there's no need to hurry . At home , sometimes , it makes me feel as if I ...
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... Katie turned round to look at it once more . " Oh , that is a pretty place , " she said . " When I die , I should like to be buried there just where I was sitting . " " I wish , Katie , you wouldn't be so gloomy . You take all the fun ...
... Katie turned round to look at it once more . " Oh , that is a pretty place , " she said . " When I die , I should like to be buried there just where I was sitting . " " I wish , Katie , you wouldn't be so gloomy . You take all the fun ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 320 - That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans, and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads ; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a Marchioness ; instead of a chain, she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels.
Página 241 - How could you say my face was fair, And yet that face forsake? How could you win my virgin heart, Yet leave that heart to break?
Página 320 - Table;* her Bosom was uncovered, as all the English Ladies have it, till they marry; and she had on a Necklace of exceeding fine Jewels; her Hands were small, her Fingers long, and her Stature neither tall nor low; her Air was stately, her Manner of speaking mild and obliging.
Página 269 - I had lost somehow or other, left threepence in my pocket. With this for my whole fortune, I was trudging through Richmond in my blue smockfrock, and my red garters tied under my knees, when, staring about me, my eye fell upon a little book in a bookseller's window, on the outside of which was written
Página 320 - Slawata, a Bohemian baron, had letters to present to her; and she, after pulling off her glove, gave him her right hand to kiss, sparkling with rings and jewels — a mark of particular favour. Wherever she turned her face, as she was going along, everybody fell down on their knees.
Página 269 - Kew, gave such a description of them as made me instantly resolve to work in these gardens. The next morning, without saying a word to any one, off I set, with no clothes except those upon my back, and with thirteen halfpence in my pocket I found that I must go to Richmond, and I accordingly went on from place to place, inquiring my way thither. A. long day (it was in June) brought me to Richmond in the afternoon.
Página 321 - ... kneeled, as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last came an unmarried lady (we...
Página 86 - The rest that remaineth will be for ever. 2 Fight the fight, Christian ; Jesus is o'er thee; Run the race, Christian ; heaven is before thee; He who hath promised faltereth never; The love of eternity flows on for ever.
Página 300 - While many a vacant thoughtless youth is whirled throughout Europe without gaining a single idea worth crossing a street for, the observing eye and inquiring mind find matter of improvement...
Página 137 - ... portable. As the work grew high, he supported himself on his tail, which propped him up admirably, and he would often, after laying on one of his building materials, sit up over against it, appearing to consider his work, or, as the country people say, 'judge it...