Miss Gilbert's Career: An American StoryScribner, 1860 - 476 strani |
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Arthur Blague Aunt Catharine brother Buck cane Cheek chil church Dan Buck daugh daughter delighted doctor door excitement exclaimed eyes face Fanny Gilbert Fanny's father feel felt Frank Sargent Fred Gilbert friends gentleman girl glad hand happy head hear heard heart horse hour Hucklebury Run inquired interview Jamie Joan of Arc Joslyn Kilgore kind kissed knew Lampson laughed learned Leonora lips little boy little Fred Littleton looked Mary Hammett mill mind Miss Gilbert Miss Hammett mistress morning mother nature never night old Ruggles parlor passed pleasant praise presence proprietor replied Arthur responded Rhododendron rose seat seemed smile stood strong talk tell thing thought thur tion told took Tristram Trevanion turned village walked wife window wish wonder word world's wife York Yorker young woman
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Stran 137 - God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee, Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine...
Stran 164 - And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Stran 165 - ... people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
Stran 225 - Dan Buck said all this leaning forward in his chair with his elbows on his knees, and his hands employed in beating a tattoo upon his front teeth with the pointer's head.
Stran 357 - Tell me what it is, and you shall have it, even to the half of my kingdom.
Stran 94 - Ruggles that he had never been sick a day in his life, and had never paid a doctor's bill.
Stran 75 - To excel in study, to shine in examinations and public exhibitions, to win praise for wonderful achievements, has been the aim of my life for years, and to this you have always pushed me. You have heard me publicly praised here, in our own church, and you were pleased. I feel now that I can never be content with the common lot of woman, and I declare that I will not accept it. I will not live a humdrum, insignificant life of subordination to the wills and lives of others, save in my own way. I will...
Stran 37 - But, as soon as she had reached a seat, she buried her face in her handkerchief, and sobbed as if her heart would break.