The year nine, by the author of 'Mary Powell'.1858 |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-5 van 36
Pagina 1
... crumpled newspaper at the window ; while surrounding the kitchen - table , three or four peasants , who had been driven in by the rain , were hungrily B supping milk - porridge from a large bowl common to CHAPTER I THE THUNDER STORM PAGE.
... crumpled newspaper at the window ; while surrounding the kitchen - table , three or four peasants , who had been driven in by the rain , were hungrily B supping milk - porridge from a large bowl common to CHAPTER I THE THUNDER STORM PAGE.
Pagina 5
... four pounds of boiled bacon on the table . " You never could bear to season eating with business . " " Have you a good horse to sell , just now , Sand- wirth ? " said the younger and shorter of the newly arrived , by way of general ...
... four pounds of boiled bacon on the table . " You never could bear to season eating with business . " " Have you a good horse to sell , just now , Sand- wirth ? " said the younger and shorter of the newly arrived , by way of general ...
Pagina 20
... for dinner . " " Try me , " said he , leaning back on his elbow to look up full at her . " Though I have but a four- acre farm , it's in full cultivation , quite productive enough for you and me , with a good wooden 20 The Year Nine .
... for dinner . " " Try me , " said he , leaning back on his elbow to look up full at her . " Though I have but a four- acre farm , it's in full cultivation , quite productive enough for you and me , with a good wooden 20 The Year Nine .
Pagina 54
... Four - fifths of their bullets were wasted on rocks , trees , and brushwood ; while their ambuscaded foes , entrenched behind trusses of hay , tree - stumps , and heaps of stones , securely picked them off and hardly threw away a shot ...
... Four - fifths of their bullets were wasted on rocks , trees , and brushwood ; while their ambuscaded foes , entrenched behind trusses of hay , tree - stumps , and heaps of stones , securely picked them off and hardly threw away a shot ...
Pagina 71
... four- teen hours , that is to say all last night , with that great heavy iron door on his back , thinking it mighty clever to get it safe to his cottage . " What did he mean to do with it ? " " I doubt if he knows , any more than I do ...
... four- teen hours , that is to say all last night , with that great heavy iron door on his back , thinking it mighty clever to get it safe to his cottage . " What did he mean to do with it ? " " I doubt if he knows , any more than I do ...
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Alouise Anderl Anna Archduke Archduke John arms Austrian Author of Mary bacher Baron Hormayr Bavarians Berg Isel BOOK OF REVELATION Botzen Brixen Capuchin châlet Chastelar cloth cried Franz Crown Court Church Cuts dear Eisenstecken Emperor enemy Engravings eyes Father Donay Father Joachim Fcap fellow fight French Frontispiece full gilt gilt edges girl hand head heard heart Hofer Illustrations Innsbruck Johann JOHN CUMMING JOHN LEECH laugh Lenora little boy look Maria Martin Teimer Mary Powell MENELLA BUTE SMEDLEY morocco morocco elegant mother mountains never night numerous Passeyr peasants poor Post 8vo pray pretty prisoners rifle round Rudolf Sand Sandwirth Second Edition snow soon Speckbacher Sterzing story Stumff super-royal 8vo talk tell there's Theresa things Third Edition thought thousand Tyrol Tyrolese valley voice Vols Vorarlberg W. H. BARTLETT wife wirth Woodcuts wounded young Zoppel
Populaire passages
Pagina 281 - METEYARD'S (ELIZA) DOCTOR'S LITTLE DAUGHTER. The Story of a Child's Life amidst the Woods and Hills. With numerous Illustrations by HARVEY. Foolscap, cloth, gilt edges, 7s.
Pagina 123 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Pagina 268 - AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM JERDAN; With his Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence, during the last Forty Years, as Editor of the "Sun" Newspaper, 1812-17, and of the "Literary Gazette," 1817-50, in connexion with most of the Eminent Persons who have been distinguished in the past half-century as Statesmen, Poets, Authors, Men of Science, Artists, &c.; with Portraits, &c.
Pagina 267 - HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. Illustrated with Five coloured Maps, and large View of Jerusalem, with a Plan of the Ancient City. Folio, cloth, Is.
Pagina 1 - Word from the Greek, Latin, Saxon, German, Teutonic, Dutch, French, Spanish, and other Languages ; with their present Acceptation and Pronunciation.
Pagina 159 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage, and that all the walls With painted imagery had said at once 'Jesu preserve thee! welcome, Bolingbroke! Whilst he, from one side to the other turning, Bare-headed, lower than his proud steed's neck, Bespake them thus: 'I thank you, countrymen,: And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along.
Pagina 271 - COLA MONTI ; or, the Story of a Genius. A Tale for Boys. By the Author of "How to win Love.
Pagina 273 - DESLYON'S FRENCH DIALOGUES, Practical and Familiar, constructed so as to enable all Persons at once to practise Conversing in the French Language; with FAMILIAR LETTERS in FRENCH and ENGLISH, adapted to the capacities of Youth. New Edition, 12mo. cloth, 2s. 6d. FRENCH TUTOR; or, Practical Exposition...
Pagina 275 - FORTY DAYS IN THE DESERT, ON THE TRACK OF THE ISRAELITES ; or, a Journey from Cairo by Wady Feiran to Mount Sinai and Petra. By WH BARTLETT. Illustrated with Twenty-seven Engravings on Steel, a Map, and numerous Woodcuts.
Pagina 279 - LECTURES FOR THE TIMES; or, Illustrations and Refutations of the Errors of Romanism and Tractarianism. New and Cheaper Edition, fcap.