The Open AirChatto & Windus, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 24
... face of the eldest was in " jags " also . It was torn and scarred by time and weather ; wrinkled , and in a manner ... faces of the old who have been much exposed to the sun , the fibres of the skin are scorched and half - charred ...
... face of the eldest was in " jags " also . It was torn and scarred by time and weather ; wrinkled , and in a manner ... faces of the old who have been much exposed to the sun , the fibres of the skin are scorched and half - charred ...
Page 25
... face with the golden- brown of ripe life - ripe as a plum . There is no other hue so beautiful as this human sunshine tint . The great painters knew it - Rubens , for instance ; perhaps he saw it on the faces of the women who gathered ...
... face with the golden- brown of ripe life - ripe as a plum . There is no other hue so beautiful as this human sunshine tint . The great painters knew it - Rubens , for instance ; perhaps he saw it on the faces of the women who gathered ...
Page 26
... face which has felt the sunshine continually . There must , too , I suppose , be a dis- position towards it , a ... faces , and their plain features were transfigured . They were walking in the dusty road ; there was as background ...
... face which has felt the sunshine continually . There must , too , I suppose , be a dis- position towards it , a ... faces , and their plain features were transfigured . They were walking in the dusty road ; there was as background ...
Page 29
... face upturned to the thoughtful heaven . Consider the glory of it , the life above this life to be obtained from constant presence with the sunlight and the stars . I thought of them all day , and envied them ( as they envied me ) , and ...
... face upturned to the thoughtful heaven . Consider the glory of it , the life above this life to be obtained from constant presence with the sunlight and the stars . I thought of them all day , and envied them ( as they envied me ) , and ...
Page 31
... face . The fir - tree flowered thus before the primroses— the first of all to give me a bloom , beyond reach but visible , while even the hawthorn buds hesitated to open . Primroses were late there , a high district and thin soil ; you ...
... face . The fir - tree flowered thus before the primroses— the first of all to give me a bloom , beyond reach but visible , while even the hawthorn buds hesitated to open . Primroses were late there , a high district and thin soil ; you ...
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