The Red Barn: A Tale, Founded on FactJ. Bennett, 1831 - 716 էջ |
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... asked the reason , felt ready to cry , she knew not wherefore . Strange to say , all this excited no suspicion in the minds of the good old folks . Quickness of perception is not the forte of the English peasant He must be told ...
... asked the reason , felt ready to cry , she knew not wherefore . Strange to say , all this excited no suspicion in the minds of the good old folks . Quickness of perception is not the forte of the English peasant He must be told ...
Էջ 40
... ; exceedingly fond of all kinds of flirtation and coquetry with the men , but more for amuse- ment than with any other more serious view . When Maria asked her how she was entertained " Oh ! very well , " said she , 40 THE RED BARN .
... ; exceedingly fond of all kinds of flirtation and coquetry with the men , but more for amuse- ment than with any other more serious view . When Maria asked her how she was entertained " Oh ! very well , " said she , 40 THE RED BARN .
Էջ 45
... asked farmer Adamson and myself to dinner . There was one or two more there , and the Squire's wine was * xcellent . We cracked a few bottles , and here I am quite comfortable . " Young Barnard was by no means drunk , but very highly ...
... asked farmer Adamson and myself to dinner . There was one or two more there , and the Squire's wine was * xcellent . We cracked a few bottles , and here I am quite comfortable . " Young Barnard was by no means drunk , but very highly ...
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... asking her to meet him , the other interrupted her , saying , " Meet him ! meet him by all means ; do not on any account fail . Let nothing prevent you ; -your fortune will depend on this : fortune may do much for us , but we must do ...
... asking her to meet him , the other interrupted her , saying , " Meet him ! meet him by all means ; do not on any account fail . Let nothing prevent you ; -your fortune will depend on this : fortune may do much for us , but we must do ...
Էջ 63
... asked him for some , and the rascal refused . I soon formed a plan to settle him . He was a stupid fool , and knew nothing of French , and very little of anything else . Next morning I put on a loose blue coat over my other clothes ...
... asked him for some , and the rascal refused . I soon formed a plan to settle him . He was a stupid fool , and knew nothing of French , and very little of anything else . Next morning I put on a loose blue coat over my other clothes ...
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Էջ 355 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Էջ 484 - Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Էջ 1 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please: How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene ! How often have I...
Էջ 674 - April next, and that, at two o'clock in the afternoon of that day, you be taken thence to the place of execution, and there be hanged by the neck till you are dead! dead! dead ! And may the Almighty God have mercy on your soul...
Էջ 180 - Tis raging noon ; and, vertical, the Sun Darts on the head direct his forceful rays. O'er heaven and earth, far as the ranging eye Can sweep, a dazzling deluge reigns; and all From pole to pole is undistinguished blaze.
Էջ 439 - Come unto me all ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Էջ 643 - EF, one mortal wound, of the depth of four inches, and of the breadth of half an inch ; of which said mortal wound he the said EF then and there instantly died.
Էջ 181 - Welcome, ye shades ! ye bowery thickets, hail ! Ye lofty pines ! ye venerable oaks ! Ye ashes wild, resounding o'er the steep ! Delicious is your shelter to the soul, As to the hunted hart the sallying spring...
Էջ 620 - ... a third liaison with the man who became her deliberate murderer. William Corder was the son of an opulent farmer at Polstead, and having become acquainted with the unfortunate girl Marten the consequence of an illicit intercourse which took place between them, was a child. From that time he became much attached to her, and was a frequent visitor at her father's house. The child died within a short period of its birth, and from the circumstances of its...
Էջ 205 - I received you ; Courted, and sought to raise you to your merits : My house, my table, nay, my fortune too, My very self was yours; you might have...