The Sketch BookG.P. Putnam, 1911 - 544 pages |
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Page 28
... poor sailor who had been ill all the voyage , and had excited the sympathy of every one on board . When the weather was fine , his messmates had spread a mattress for him on deck in the shade , but of late his illness had so increased ...
... poor sailor who had been ill all the voyage , and had excited the sympathy of every one on board . When the weather was fine , his messmates had spread a mattress for him on deck in the shade , but of late his illness had so increased ...
Page 45
... poor girl , " added he , " she cannot realize the change we must undergo . She has no idea of poverty but in the abstract ; she has only read of it in poetry , where it is allied to love . She feels as yet no privation THE LESLIES . 45.
... poor girl , " added he , " she cannot realize the change we must undergo . She has no idea of poverty but in the abstract ; she has only read of it in poetry , where it is allied to love . She feels as yet no privation THE LESLIES . 45.
Page 46
... poor and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting . " On this point I found Leslie perfectly prepared . He had no false pride himself , and as to his wife , she was only anxious to conform to their altered fortunes . Some days ...
... poor and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting . " On this point I found Leslie perfectly prepared . He had no false pride himself , and as to his wife , she was only anxious to conform to their altered fortunes . Some days ...
Page 47
... Poor Mary ! " at length broke , with a heavy sigh , from his lips . " And what of her ? " asked I : " has any thing hap- pened to her ? " 66 ' What , " said he , darting an impatient glance , “ is it nothing to be reduced to this paltry ...
... Poor Mary ! " at length broke , with a heavy sigh , from his lips . " And what of her ? " asked I : " has any thing hap- pened to her ? " 66 ' What , " said he , darting an impatient glance , “ is it nothing to be reduced to this paltry ...
Page 49
... Poor Leslie was overcome . He caught her to his bosom - he folded his arms round her he kissed her again and again he could not speak , but the tears gushed into his eyes ; and he has often assured me , that though the world has since ...
... Poor Leslie was overcome . He caught her to his bosom - he folded his arms round her he kissed her again and again he could not speak , but the tears gushed into his eyes ; and he has often assured me , that though the world has since ...
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