Mother Carey's ChickensGrosset & Dunlap, 1911 - Всего страниц: 355 The close-knit Carey family is devastated by their father's death of typhoid fever, but with inexhaustible optimism and courage the group manages to continue to enriche not only its own life but also that of the community. |
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... asked the father . " Well , " the Admiral said , " mothers and chil- dren make a pretty good picture at any time , but I should say this one could n't be ' beat . ' Two for the Navy , eh ? " " All four for the Navy , perhaps , " laughed ...
... asked the father . " Well , " the Admiral said , " mothers and chil- dren make a pretty good picture at any time , but I should say this one could n't be ' beat . ' Two for the Navy , eh ? " " All four for the Navy , perhaps , " laughed ...
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... asked Gilbert with un- expected intelligence . There was a moment's embarrassment and an exchange of glances between mother and father before he replied , " Oh ! that's coming back multiplied six times over , one of these days , Allan ...
... asked Gilbert with un- expected intelligence . There was a moment's embarrassment and an exchange of glances between mother and father before he replied , " Oh ! that's coming back multiplied six times over , one of these days , Allan ...
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... asked coaxingly once when Nancy was eight and on his lap as usual . " Oh dear no ! " said Nancy thoughtfully , shak- ing her head . " Why , that ' s rather a blow to me , " the Ad- miral exclaimed , pinching an ear and pulling a curl ...
... asked coaxingly once when Nancy was eight and on his lap as usual . " Oh dear no ! " said Nancy thoughtfully , shak- ing her head . " Why , that ' s rather a blow to me , " the Ad- miral exclaimed , pinching an ear and pulling a curl ...
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... asked Miss Chadwick as a last resort , " wrote Mr. Man- son , " for his very soul quailed at the thought of letting you , his brother's widow , suffer any more by his losses than was necessary , and he studi- ously refused to let you ...
... asked Miss Chadwick as a last resort , " wrote Mr. Man- son , " for his very soul quailed at the thought of letting you , his brother's widow , suffer any more by his losses than was necessary , and he studi- ously refused to let you ...
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... asked Nancy . " Do you like Julia Carey ? " Mrs. Carey laughed as she answered , " Frankly then , I do not ! But , " she continued , " I do not like several of the remarks that have been made * at this council , yet I manage to bear ...
... asked Nancy . " Do you like Julia Carey ? " Mrs. Carey laughed as she answered , " Frankly then , I do not ! But , " she continued , " I do not like several of the remarks that have been made * at this council , yet I manage to bear ...
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Стр. 14 - There was a child went forth every day, And the first object he look'd upon, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years or stretching cycles The early lilacs became part of this child...
Стр. 12 - There came to port last Sunday night The queerest little craft, Without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked — and laughed! It seemed so curious that she Should cross the Unknown water, And moor herself within my room My daughter! O, my daughter! Yet by these presents witness all She's welcome fifty times, And comes consigned in hope and love And common-metre rhymes. She has no manifest but this; No flag floats o'er the water; She's too new for the British Lloyds My daughter!
Стр. 247 - Not of the sunlight, Not of the moonlight, Not of the starlight ! O young Mariner, Down to the haven, Call your companions, Launch your vessel, And crowd your canvas, And, ere it vanishes Over the margin, After it, follow it, Follow The Gleam.
Стр. 54 - ... cobbling, basting, filing, planing, hammering, turning, polishing, moulding, measuring, chiselling, clipping, and so forth, as men do when they go to work to make anything. But, instead of that, she sat quite still with her chin upon her hand, looking down into the sea with two great grand blue eyes, as blue as the sea itself.
Стр. 263 - And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Стр. 37 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, my sister and my brother. And in the churchyard cottage, I dwell near them with my mother.
Стр. 263 - For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house, hath more honour than the house. 4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
Стр. 247 - Great the Master, And sweet the Magic, When over the valley, In early summers, Over the mountain, On human faces, And all around me, Moving to melody, Floated the Gleam.
Стр. 113 - Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
Стр. 270 - We shut our eyes, the flowers bloom on; We murmur, but the corn-ears fill ; We choose the shadow, but the sun That casts it shines behind us still.