A Tangled WebDoubleday & McClure Company, 1899 - 342 páginas Impoverished by poor crops, William, one of two sons from a rural farm family in western England decides to go to sea, leaving behind his sweetheart, Ursula, in the care of Jack, his brother. Ill-treated by her father, Ursula first goes to Jack for sympathy, but a romance develops, and the tangled web resulting is finally unravelled in tragedy. |
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Página 30
... Twere ' Come in , ' ' Zit down , ' ' Have another glass . ' There , you zee , he had such a good heart then . Oh , a terr'ble good heart . now he's under the sod , and nothing but a fool . For that's all they that did drink wi ' un zo ...
... Twere ' Come in , ' ' Zit down , ' ' Have another glass . ' There , you zee , he had such a good heart then . Oh , a terr'ble good heart . now he's under the sod , and nothing but a fool . For that's all they that did drink wi ' un zo ...
Página 54
... twere a sunbeam a - coming in so soft then . I did , sure . " A merry little round man of three score years and ten , great - uncle Tutchins , when there were maidens about , was even now a sad wag . Now , though Jacob Handsford , with ...
... twere a sunbeam a - coming in so soft then . I did , sure . " A merry little round man of three score years and ten , great - uncle Tutchins , when there were maidens about , was even now a sad wag . Now , though Jacob Handsford , with ...
Página 86
... twere work an ' they had to do it , " growled Jacob . At that moment , a hook sped true and the last blades were cut . Then he who had chanced to hit , rushed forward and held the bunch of corn above his head . " I ha ' her . I ha ' her ...
... twere work an ' they had to do it , " growled Jacob . At that moment , a hook sped true and the last blades were cut . Then he who had chanced to hit , rushed forward and held the bunch of corn above his head . " I ha ' her . I ha ' her ...
Página 95
... earth . Only she must say it , if ' twere the last words she had to speak , Jack would get about wi ' gay company that were no good to him - for all the world like his poor father , so easy led and never could say Warning 95.
... earth . Only she must say it , if ' twere the last words she had to speak , Jack would get about wi ' gay company that were no good to him - for all the world like his poor father , so easy led and never could say Warning 95.
Página 115
... twere to talk to young Jack for his own good ? As to the feast and all the rest of it , that had made life , of late , worth living , at that moment she gave not a thought to such things . She was carried away with rage to think they ...
... twere to talk to young Jack for his own good ? As to the feast and all the rest of it , that had made life , of late , worth living , at that moment she gave not a thought to such things . She was carried away with rage to think they ...
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Términos y frases comunes
a-bin a-got afore better bide Bratton breath brought catch cider close cousin Simon Mogg crept cried dark dead door drew drow eyes face father fear fell fool girl Girt-uncle Tutchins glanced gone great-uncle Tutchins groat Hannah Peach head hear heart hill hurried Jack and Ursula Jacob Hands Jacob Handsford knew laughed listen look luck maid Malachi Webb mare mayhap mind Miss Urs'la morning never night once passed pon earth Puckeridge quick rest Rizpah White road round rushlight scarcely side sight soul sound stepped stood stopped straight sure t'ull talk tell ee there's thing thought to-morrow took trees turned twere Ursie varden village voice wait walked whisper widow William White Wincanton Winterhays wonderful word workhouse young Jack White yourzelf zaid
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Página 80 - We have ploughed, we have sowed, We have reaped, we have mowed We have brought home every load, Hip, hip, hip, Harvest home ! and thus, sir, the whole assembly shout
Página 274 - I shall never get away from the thought o' it," he wailed, when they had passed; and he put his hand over his eyes as if to shut out the sight of something before his mind. For a few steps they went on in silence. Ursula was the first to find the courage to speak. "Can be nobeddy o' these parts," she presently began in a low whisper.
Página 81 - They made a king of the reapers, whose word was law; and from farm to farm they went in turn, where they were wanted most, and every homestead found a feast.
Página 85 - Jacob muttered to himself, toddled up to this last bit of wheat, and, just below the ruddy ears, with a pride that made Jacob sick, he lied the straw, together in a knot. Whooping like a pack o' boys, the reapers all stood back in a half-circle and threw their reap-hooks at this mark.
Página 3 - ... a lilac just gone past on one hand, and a laburnum, still in golden flower, upon the other.
Página 186 - Take a bit of rancy bacon, rub the warts well, and bury it under the middle stone of the drashle of the stable door. The warts will then go.