Locke Amsden: Or, The Schoolmaster: a TaleSanborn, Carter & Bazin, 1855 - 231 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 12
... surprised curiosity at the picturesque attitude , shapely limbs , and finely - turned head of the boy ; who , with bosom thrown open , hat cast aside , the fingers of one hand twisted in his curly , raven hair , and those of the other ...
... surprised curiosity at the picturesque attitude , shapely limbs , and finely - turned head of the boy ; who , with bosom thrown open , hat cast aside , the fingers of one hand twisted in his curly , raven hair , and those of the other ...
Σελίδα 15
... surprise at the answers which were promptly returned . " Your son bears the name of a great and learned man , ” observed the gentleman , turning at length to the father . " Do you intend he shall try to rival his namesake in knowledge ...
... surprise at the answers which were promptly returned . " Your son bears the name of a great and learned man , ” observed the gentleman , turning at length to the father . " Do you intend he shall try to rival his namesake in knowledge ...
Σελίδα 28
... surprise , he found the box filled with books , upon the top of which lay a neatly folded and superscribed little billet , directed to himself . Eagerly snatching up the paper , he opened it , and read , in the finely - traced ...
... surprise , he found the box filled with books , upon the top of which lay a neatly folded and superscribed little billet , directed to himself . Eagerly snatching up the paper , he opened it , and read , in the finely - traced ...
Σελίδα 51
... building , which he uses for a store . " The man here turned off from the road , leaving our hero` so much surprised and staggered at what he had just heard , not only of the general character of the school of THE SCHOOLMASTER . 51.
... building , which he uses for a store . " The man here turned off from the road , leaving our hero` so much surprised and staggered at what he had just heard , not only of the general character of the school of THE SCHOOLMASTER . 51.
Σελίδα 55
... surprise ; " yes , fairly sworn out of it , and saddled with a bill of cost to boot ! But I can pay it ; so reckon it up , Mr. Justice , and we will have it all squared on the spot . And , on the whole , I am not so sure but a dollar or ...
... surprise ; " yes , fairly sworn out of it , and saddled with a bill of cost to boot ! But I can pay it ; so reckon it up , Mr. Justice , and we will have it all squared on the spot . And , on the whole , I am not so sure but a dollar or ...
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Σελίδα 78 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Σελίδα 5 - Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.
Σελίδα 53 - He produced and spread open his account-book, and then went on to show his manner of charging, which was wholly by hieroglyphics, generally designating the debtor by picturing him out at the top of the page, with some peculiarity of his person or calling. In the present case, the debtor, who was a cooper, was designated by the rude picture of a man in the act of hooping a barrel ; and the article charged, there being but one item in the account, was placed immediately beneath, and represented by...
Σελίδα 25 - The dream — the thirst — the wild desire, Delirious yet divine — to know; Around to roam — above aspire — And drink the breath of Heaven below...