A Nest of Linnets: A NovelD. Appleton and Company, 1901 - 417 ページ |
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Abington actress asked Bath beautiful believe Betsy Linley Betsy's brother called Captain Mathews chair chance Charles Cholmondeley comedy cried Dick dear Dick Sheridan Dick's Duchess Duchess of Devonshire duel Elizabeth Linley eyes face fancy father feel fingers fool Garrick gave genius gentleman George Selwyn girl give gone Hampton Fields hand happy harpsichord hear heard heart Heaven highwaymen honour hope horse hour knew lady laugh Linley's Linnet Long Long's looked madam Major O'Teague matter mind Miss Linley musician never night pause perceive play poem Polly poor Pray promised to marry Richard Brinsley Sheridan Richard Sheridan seemed side silence sing sister smile soul stood story suggest sure sword talk tell thought Thrale tion told Tom Linley took truth turned twas twill violin voice walk Walpole wonder word
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392 ページ - This is a love story, simple, tender and pretty as one would care to read. The action throughout is brisk and pleasing; the characters, it is apparent at once, are as true to life as though the author had known them all personally. Simple in all its situations, the story is worked up in that touching and quaint strain which never grows wearisome, no matter how often the lights and shadows of love are introduced. It rings true, and does not tax the imagination."— Boston Herald.
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395 ページ - In the great task of opening the empire west of the Missouri the American regular soldier has played a part large and heroic, but unknown. The purpose of this book is to picture the American soldier in the life of exploration, reconnoissances, establishing posts, guarding wagon trains, repressing outbreaks, or battling with hostile Indians, which has been so large a part of the army's active work for a hundred years. No romance can be more suggestive of heroic deeds than this volume, which appears...
392 ページ - Interesting from the beginning, and grows more so as it proceeds." — San Francisco Bulletin. "It has the same grace of style, strength of description, and dainty sweetness of its predecessors.
392 ページ - This Is a little Idyl of humble life and enduring love, laid bare before us, very real and pure, which in its telling shows us some strong points of Welsh character — the pride, the hasty temper, the quick dying out of wrath. . We call this a well-written story, interesting alike through its romance and its glimpses Into another life than ours. A delightful and clever picture of Welsh village life. The result is excellent."— Detroit Free Press.