The Believing YearsMacmillan, 1911 - 303 σελίδες |
Άλλες εκδόσεις - Προβολή όλων
The Believing Years (Classic Reprint) Edmund Lester Pearson Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2015 |
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
afternoon ain't apple tree asked Aunt Auntie Merrill barn began Billy Mason bout boys brown sugar Captain cent Charley Carter circus climbed clothes Colburn cowboys crackers David Hunt Dennett Ed Mason eggs elephants Elm Street father Fayal fellers fence fire fire-crackers fish Fourth of July frog pond garden goin grass green chest guns hand Horace Winslow hornpouts hour hurried Indians interest Jimmy Toppan Joe Carter knew lasso lived looked Louise Mason Lucky-bug Mason Maupeou minutes Miss Carew Miss Temple morning Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte Nathan Burke never night o'clock once path paused Peter Bailey pink Portugal remarked Rob Currier round sailed Sam Edwards sand seemed shingles ship side Silas stood Susy thing thought told town turned turtles Uncle velocipede walked watch West Injy Lane yard zebra
Δημοφιλή αποσπάσματα
Σελίδα 9 - A man driving his geese to market, was met by another, who said, good morrow, master with your hundred geese; says he, I have, not 140 ARITHMETIC.
Σελίδα 77 - Terray, Chancellor Maupeou was disgraced, and the judicial system he had founded fell with him. Unpopular from the first, the Maupeou Parliament had remained in the nation's eyes the image of absolute power corrupted and corrupting. The suit between Beaumarchais and Councillor Goezman had contributed to decry it, thanks to the uproar the able pamphleteer had managed to cause ; the families of the former magistrates were powerful, numerous, esteemed, and they put pressure upon public opinion ; M.
Σελίδα 206 - They shook hands and began to talk. I stood where I was and watched them. At last the man turned toward me and shouted : " Come on ! Don't you want to go for a walk ? We'll watch for your ship as we go." But I shook my head. I did not intend to be drawn from my vigil as easy as that. Miss Carew did not interest me particularly — I could see her any day. The man was apparently glad to see her ; they slipped Boojum's leash, let him rush off by himself, and then started together along the sand. He...
Σελίδα 206 - My friend, the man, told me to come on, and hurried oft to meet Miss Carew. They shook hands and began to talk. I stood where I was and watched them. At last the man turned toward me and shouted : " Come on ! Don't you want to go for a walk ? We'll watch for your ship as we go." But I shook my head. I did not intend to be drawn from my vigil as easy as that. Miss Carew did not interest me particularly — I could see her any day. The man was apparently glad to see her ; they slipped Boojum's leash,...
Σελίδα 134 - ET'S run away I" said Ed Mason. Really, it seemed the only possible suggestion. When you have simply got to reduce your hard-hearted parents to contrition, milk-and-water methods are useless. A blow must be struck — sharp and decisive. Then they will recognize your value, be properly humbled, and come around to a correct view of things. Our situation called for desperate remedies. A side-show was responsible. The circus was due in town on the morrow, and for two weeks we had studied the posters.