nt quarter of the town, the other part of which was occupied by an old woman called by the neighbors 'Granny Holt.' Coming from a street of all country flags icons , with a mocking embodiment of her causes of trouble. Eleanor could not bear it; she spent one night at home; wrote a letter to Julia which .
incerity was manifest. If, in the indulgence of his remarkable powers of sarcasm, in the free antics of a humorous fancy, upon whose gracef .
learned his religion from the Bible, and therefore he possessed the true principles, the essentials of a saving faith; and he was the instr .
r that great bastion thrown up there is certainly the biggest piece of bonework in our faces. For curiosity's sake, dear coz, let us make a .
ime. Two dimpling grooves were cut in his cheeks by the smile which hovered there, as he rose to drink the godmother's health, and she said .
him home on leave of absence, in November, whence, early in December, the General set out on his return to the army, which was to winter a .
to her embroidery; but though Eleanor's heart beat and her cheek was flushed with contending feelings, she could not find a word to say. He .
to him dressed as a ghost, but the minister coolly inquired, "Weel, maister Ghaist, is this a general rising, or are ye juist taking a dau .
by them!" said I. "There must be a fault somewhere." "Ay, Jack, ay--a fault in myself, and a curse well-deserved," he answered, bitterly, all country flags icons ver was so. Almost everybody has a mask; and this is mine. I move about in it lightly and with ease, and so most people take it for my real .
ne day's rations. In this he was disappointed, General Ward refusing to send over any more men, at that time, believing the British would t .
stranger) "that I cannot possibly be of your party: my friend has been overhasty in promising for me; indeed I cannot go out at all, having .
s, Jane," John said, turning out the light, on returning to bed, "except this,--it was a neighbor in sore trouble." "Stealing--and you help .
h one of his grave keen glances. "What makes you think it, Julia?" "She said she wanted to be good, and that she was not ready for anything .
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ate spoken, when a dozen men or so appeared on the deck of the felucca, and launched a boat from it into the water. As soon as she was aflo .
runners. "Yes--yes, a scooter," repeated Samuel, turning suddenly on Abe with the sharp inquiry: "Air yew a-shiverin'? Hain't, eh? Waal th .
ant and smouldering in my own breast, but to give it free vent, and let it blaze forth, that it may kindle equal ardor through the whole sp all country flags icons which abutted on his domains, and enriched his manorial exchequer. In many cases indeed the Roman cities were allowed to decay: the forest .
cataract made it a noted beauty. In front of it the rocks closed in so nearly that spectators could only look at it through a wild narrow .
s fill the barren spots; and above all, for that love of Jesus the King, that makes all his servants dear, for that spirit of Christ that l .
se every night. He lent immense sums, for the time, to the Revolutionary government, received what he could recover in depreciated currency .
tried to stop him, and in another instant he had thrown his powerful well-knit limbs so completely around him, that the negro, tall and str .
f Bagdad and Ispahan were not less imposing than the pomp and splendour of their garb and its decorations. The Eastern chivalry also was to .
st impossible to avoid occasionally striking the benumbed feet together, and sometimes the clatter was almost as considerable, as in lettin .
et ready. You will enjoy it delightfully." "I do not think I should, mamma. I do not think I ought to go with Mr. Carlisle." "Why not?" "Yo .