Swift and sure; or, The career of two brothersGriffith and Farran, successors to Newbery and Harris, 1873 - 406 pages |
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... told were not those which A any single book could supply , but were composed of. BOOK I. THE BROTHERS . The Midsummer Holidays - The Invitation - A Country Ride-. -THE BROTHERS CHAPTER School-days-The Story-teller-Gerald and Fred Langton ...
... told were not those which A any single book could supply , but were composed of. BOOK I. THE BROTHERS . The Midsummer Holidays - The Invitation - A Country Ride-. -THE BROTHERS CHAPTER School-days-The Story-teller-Gerald and Fred Langton ...
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... told me , in a tone that made me somewhat uncomfortable , that he only prayed to live long enough to see his boys placed out comfortably in the world . ' The conversation and Gerald's story were brought to a sudden stop by the ringing ...
... told me , in a tone that made me somewhat uncomfortable , that he only prayed to live long enough to see his boys placed out comfortably in the world . ' The conversation and Gerald's story were brought to a sudden stop by the ringing ...
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... told them that they were but a mile and a half from the village to which they were bound . The travellers had grown quieter during the last half - hour . Not that their spirits were exhausted , or that they had any sensation of fatigue ...
... told them that they were but a mile and a half from the village to which they were bound . The travellers had grown quieter during the last half - hour . Not that their spirits were exhausted , or that they had any sensation of fatigue ...
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... told them the best view of the lake could be obtained , and stopped with one accord to take in all its beauties . Nature had done much to make it beautiful , and art had been cleverly employed to increase its love- liness . A brook ...
... told them the best view of the lake could be obtained , and stopped with one accord to take in all its beauties . Nature had done much to make it beautiful , and art had been cleverly employed to increase its love- liness . A brook ...
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... told him of his strong dislike to return . And then he considered what occupation he could take to if he stopped at home ; for his father had carefully impressed on both his boys that they must work for their living , as there would be ...
... told him of his strong dislike to return . And then he considered what occupation he could take to if he stopped at home ; for his father had carefully impressed on both his boys that they must work for their living , as there would be ...
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amusement appeared artist beautiful Becham better boys brother Ceylon charming cheroots Chiavenna Civita Vecchia clerk cloth coloured dear Deed delight dinner door Elliot Engravings exclaimed eyes fancy Fcap feel fellow fortune Fred Langton Fred's Freeman G. A. HENTY Genoa gentleman George Gerald Langton gilt edges GRIFFITH AND FARRAN ground hand HARRISON WEIR Hetty hour Illustrations inquired Italy journey lads lady lake laugh Leadenhall Street Lombardy look Lucy mind morning morocco mountain never night observed once Ostend painting Park party passed plain pleasure Post 8vo reached remark road Rome Salford scarcely scene seated sight smile soon Splügen stood Stories Super-royal 16mo Sutton things THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thought tion told took town travellers turned Via Mala village whilst wonder young youth
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