 And so he did ; and handy and clever, and swift and tender as any woman, was that horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Everything she got he gave her : he seldom slept ; and often I saw his small shrewd eyes out of the darkness, fixed on her. As...  Rab and his friends, and other stories - Σελίδα 29των John Brown - 1905 - 123 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | 1859 - 626 σελίδες
...tc.'j-capt, and put them carefully under the table, saying : " Maister John, I'm for nane o' yer stry nge nurse bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and on...was that horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Every thing she got he gave her : he seldom slept ; and often I saw his small, shrewd eyes out of the... | |
 | 1859 - 868 σελίδες
...carefully under the table, saying : ' Maistcr John, I'm for папе о' у er stryngc nurse-bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and on my stockin' soles...was that horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Every thing she got he gave her : he seldom slept ; and often I saw his small, shrewd eyes out of the... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 628 σελίδες
...Maister John, I'm for nano o' yer stvynge nurse bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and on my stockiu' soles I'll gang about as canny as pussy." And so he...was that horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Every thing she got he gave her : he seldom slept ; and often I saw his small, shrewd eyes out of the... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 470 σελίδες
...o' yer strynge nurse bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and I'll gang aboot on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy." And so he did ; and handy and...horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Everything •lie got he gave her : he seldom slept ; and often I Baw his small shrewd eyes out of the darkness,... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 492 σελίδες
...o' yer strynge nurse bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and I'll gang aboot on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy." And so he did ; and handy and...darkness, fixed on her. As before, they spoke little. Bab behaved well, never moving, showing us how meek and gentle he could be, and occasionally, in his... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 360 σελίδες
...o' yer strynge nurse bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and I'll gang aboot on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy." And so he did; and handy and clever,...Everything she got he gave her: he seldom slept; and of ten I saw his small shrewd eyes out of the darkness, fixed on her. As before, they spoke little.... | |
 | John Brown - 1872 - 58 σελίδες
...o' yer strynge nurse bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and I'll gang aboot on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy." And so he did ; and handy and clever, and swift and tender as an\ woman, was that horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Everything she got he gave her : he... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 σελίδες
...o' yer strynge nurse bodies for Ailie. I 'll be her nurse, and I 'll gang aboot on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy." And so he did ; and handy and clever, and swift and tender, as any a woman was that horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Everything she got, he gave her; he seldom... | |
 | John Brown - 1880 - 312 σελίδες
...o' yer strynge nurse bodies for Ailie. I '11 be her nurse, and I '11 gang aboot on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy." And so he did ; and handy and...darkness, fixed on her. As before, they spoke little. Bab behaved well, never moving, showing us how meek and gentle he could be, and occasionally, in his... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1881 - 426 σελίδες
...o' yer strange nurse bodies for Ailie. I'll be her nurse, and I'll gang about on my stockin' soles as canny as pussy." And so he did; and handy and clever,...horny-handed, snell, peremptory little man. Everything she got lie gave her : he seldom slept ; and often I saw his small shrewd eyes out of the darkness, fixed on... | |
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