Young Benjamin Franklin: Or, The Right Road Through Life, A Boy's Book on a Boy's Own SubjectHarper & Brothers, 1862 - 561 pages |
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... door a long deep fringe of white candles , varied with heavy , tassel- like bunches of " sixes " and " eights , " might be seen dangling from the rafters of the adjoining B shop , with here and there several small stacks of YOUNG ...
... door a long deep fringe of white candles , varied with heavy , tassel- like bunches of " sixes " and " eights , " might be seen dangling from the rafters of the adjoining B shop , with here and there several small stacks of YOUNG ...
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... door - handle made his little heart flutter like a newly - trapped bird , and every ap- proaching footstep was like the click of a pistol in his ear ; so that the stick almost fell from his hand involuntarily with the fright , and the ...
... door - handle made his little heart flutter like a newly - trapped bird , and every ap- proaching footstep was like the click of a pistol in his ear ; so that the stick almost fell from his hand involuntarily with the fright , and the ...
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... doors upon him when he came back shoeless and shirt- less at the year's end , and whatever has become of the poor boy now , the Lord above only knows . " * you " But , mother , " persisted the lad , whose brain was still so inflamed by ...
... doors upon him when he came back shoeless and shirt- less at the year's end , and whatever has become of the poor boy now , the Lord above only knows . " * you " But , mother , " persisted the lad , whose brain was still so inflamed by ...
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... door , and watching first the figure of her husband in the shop , and then glancing at the wooden clock against the wall , as if she dreaded the coming of the supper - hour , when she knew his father would be sure to de- mand of ...
... door , and watching first the figure of her husband in the shop , and then glancing at the wooden clock against the wall , as if she dreaded the coming of the supper - hour , when she knew his father would be sure to de- mand of ...
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... door leading to the staircase , and scampered up to his room , with an imaginary par- ent following close at his heels . Here the little fellow threw himself on the " trestle - bed " that stood in one corner of the gar- ret , and lay ...
... door leading to the staircase , and scampered up to his room , with an imaginary par- ent following close at his heels . Here the little fellow threw himself on the " trestle - bed " that stood in one corner of the gar- ret , and lay ...
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Young Benjamin Franklin; Or, the Right Road Through Life, a Boy's Book on a ... Henry Mayhew No preview available - 2012 |
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Page 430 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 306 - Sleep no more! Macbeth does murder sleep" — the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care; The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great Nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast — Lady M. What do you mean? Macb. Still it cried "Sleep no more!
Page 289 - ... other teaches me, that every grain of sand may harbour within it the tribes and the families of a busy population. The one...
Page 275 - Windsor, thou didst swear to me then, as I was washing thy wound, to marry me and make me my lady thy wife.
Page 275 - A made a finer end, and went away an it had been any christom child. A parted even just between twelve and one, even at the turning o' the tide. For after I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers, and smile upon his fingers...
Page 291 - When an old bachelor marries a young wife, what is he to expect ? 'Tis now six months since Lady Teazle made me the happiest of men — and I have been the most miserable dog ever since ! We tiffed a little going to church, and fairly quarrelled before the bells had done ringing.
Page 306 - Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep,' the innocent sleep, Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast, — Lady M. What do you mean ? Macb. Still it cried ' Sleep no more ! ' to all the house : ' Glamis hath murder'd sleep, and therefore Cawdor Shall sleep no more ; Macbeth shall sleep no more.
Page 305 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Page 17 - At ten years old I was taken home to assist my father in his business, which was that of a tallow-chandler and soap-boiler...
Page 290 - ... was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other...