Arthur Bonnicastle: An American NovelScribner, Armstrong & Company, 1874 - 401 pages |
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... strange proceedings ; and when all came out , the stranger smiling and my father and mother looking very serious , my curiosity was at a painful height ; and no sooner had the intruder vanished from the room- pocketing a long paper as ...
... strange proceedings ; and when all came out , the stranger smiling and my father and mother looking very serious , my curiosity was at a painful height ; and no sooner had the intruder vanished from the room- pocketing a long paper as ...
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... strange speech which I fully comprehended , but my reverence for even the name of heaven was so profound that I did not dare to laugh . I simply said : " I don't like to hear you talk so , and I wish you wouldn't . " " Well , then , I ...
... strange speech which I fully comprehended , but my reverence for even the name of heaven was so profound that I did not dare to laugh . I simply said : " I don't like to hear you talk so , and I wish you wouldn't . " " Well , then , I ...
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... strange house . A person who wakes out of healthy sleep recognizes at once his surroundings , and by a process in which volition has no part reunites the thread of his life with that which was dropped when sleep fell upon him . The un ...
... strange house . A person who wakes out of healthy sleep recognizes at once his surroundings , and by a process in which volition has no part reunites the thread of his life with that which was dropped when sleep fell upon him . The un ...
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... strange , intense way without saying a word . Mr. Bradford interrupted her , with an eye to business , by saying : " Mr. Bonnicastle , your new tenant here , is a carpen- and I venture to say that he is a good one . We must do what we ...
... strange , intense way without saying a word . Mr. Bradford interrupted her , with an eye to business , by saying : " Mr. Bonnicastle , your new tenant here , is a carpen- and I venture to say that he is a good one . We must do what we ...
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... strange excitement and pleasure . I remembered that my name was not once mentioned while Mrs. Sanderson was in the house . She had learned it therefore from Mr. Bradford , while talking at the door . Mr. Bradford liked me Arthur ...
... strange excitement and pleasure . I remembered that my name was not once mentioned while Mrs. Sanderson was in the house . She had learned it therefore from Mr. Bradford , while talking at the door . Mr. Bradford liked me Arthur ...
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Arthur Bonnicastle asked Aunt Flick beautiful Bedlow Belden better Bird Bird's Nest black fox called child Christian church Claire clothes companion conversation delighted door doubt everything excited exclaimed eyes face father feeling fellows felt gave girl give Grimshaw hand happy heard heart Henry Henry's Hillsborough hope horse inquired J. G. HOLLAND JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE Jenks kiss knew lady laughed learned lips live Livingston looked Mansion Millie Bradford mind morning mother never night once Oshun pain passed Peter Mullens pict pray prayer regard replied responded rose russet apple Sanderson seemed sleep smile strange suppose sure sweet sympathy talk tears tell thing thought tion told took turned Uncon walked wish woman wonder words YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young
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Page 391 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground. The storm that wrecks the winter sky No more disturbs their deep repose, Than summer evening's latest sigh That shuts the rose. I long to lay this painful head And aching heart beneath the soil, To slumber in that dreamless bed From all my toil.
Page 391 - The Soul, of origin divine, GOD'S glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day. "The SUN is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The SOUL, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE.
Page 199 - I agreed, of course, and an hour later I was in the train, so flustered that I didn't know whether I was on my head or my heels.
Page 359 - From the crown of my head to the sole of my foot, I'm alive, I'm alive!
Page 89 - many times." " Has he shown any disposition to mend ? " " None at all, your honor." " What is the character of his falsehood ? " " He tells," replied Henry, " stunning stories about himself. Great things are always happening to him, and he is always performing the most wonderful deeds.
Page 90 - I replied ; and looking for some justification of my story, I added, " But I did see a black fox, a real black fox, as plain as day ! " " Oh ! oh ! oh ! " ran around the room in chorus. " He did see a fox, a real black fox, as plain as day ! " " The witness will pursue his inquiries,
Page 93 - There, in the doorway, towering above us all, and looking questioningly down upon the little assembly, stood Mr. Bird. " What does this mean ? " inquired the master. I flew to his side and took his hand. The officer who had presided, being the largest boy, explained that they had been trying to break Arthur Bonnicastle of lying, and that they were about to order him to report to the master for confession and correction. Then Mr. Bird took a chair and patiently heard the whole story. Without a reproach,...
Page 90 - ... school, your horse went so fast that he ran down a black fox in the middle of the road, and cut off his tail with the wheel of the chaise, and that you sent that tail home to one of your sisters to wear in her winter hat ? " " Yes, I did," I responded, with my face flaming and painful with shame.
Page 90 - did you or did you not tell me that when on the way to this school you overtook Mr. and Mrs. Bird in their wagon, that you were invited into the wagon by Mrs. Bird, and that one of Mr. Bird's horses chased a calf on the road, caught it by the ear, and tossed it over the fence and broke its leg ? " " I suppose I did,