Joseph and His Friend: A Story of Pennsylvania

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G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889 - 361 halaman
 

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Halaman 226 - Sabrina fair, Listen where thou art sitting Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair, Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen, and save. Listen and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus ; By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys...
Halaman 89 - THE train moved slowly along through the straggling and shabby suburbs, increasing its speed as the city melted gradually into the country ; and Joseph, after a vain attempt to fix his mind upon one of the volumes he had procured for his slender library at home, leaned back in his seat and took note of his fellow-travellers. Since he began to approach the usual destiny of men, they had a new interest for him. Hitherto he had looked upon strange faces very much as on a strange language, without a...
Halaman 93 - But you, — are you not badly hurt ? " The stranger pushed up the handkerchief "which was tied around his head, felt his temple, and said : " It must have been one of the splinters ; I know nothing about it. But there is no harm in a little blood-letting except " — he added, smiling — " except the spots on your face." By this time the other injured passengers had been conveyed to the train; the whistle sounded a warning of departure. " I think we can get up the embankment now,
Halaman 95 - deeper than that in human nature." Joseph longed to open his heart to this man, every one of whose words struck home to something in himself. But the lassitude which the shock left behind gradually overcame him. He suffered his head to be drawn upon Philip Held's shoulder, and slept until the train reached Oakland Station. When the two got upon the platform, they found Dennis waiting for Joseph, with a light country vehicle. The news of the accident had reached the station, and his dismay was great...
Halaman 216 - I have been trying, Philip, to discover a law superior to that under which we suffer, and I think I have found it. If it be true that ignorance is equally punished with guilt; if causes and consequences, in which there is neither pity nor justice, govern our lives, — then what keeps our souls from despair but the infinite pity and perfect justice of God? Yes, here is the difference between human and divine law! This makes obedience safer than rebellion. If you and I, Philip, stand above the level...
Halaman 111 - Philip's letter ; but a doubt checked his tongue. As if in response to his thought, Philip stopped before him and said : " I owe you my story, and you shall have it after a while, when I can tell you more. I was a young fellow of twenty when I knew the Blessings, and I don't attach the slightest importance, now, to anything that happened. Even if I did, Miss Julia had no share in it I remember her distinctly ; she was then about my age, or a year or two older ; but hers is a face that would not change...
Halaman 173 - ... ignorant : he had been proud, impatient, and — he now confessed to himself — weakly jealous. In both cases, a mistake had passed beyond the plastic stage where life may still be remoulded: it had hardened into an inexorable fate. What was to be the end of it all ? A light footstep interrupted his reflections. He looked up, and almost started, on finding himself face to face with Mrs. Hopeton. Her face was flushed from her walk and the mellow warmth of the afternoon. She held a bunch of wild-flowers,...
Halaman 89 - ... gradually into the country; and Joseph, after a vain attempt to fix his mind upon one of the volumes he had procured for his slender library at home, leaned back in his seat and took note of his fellow-travellers. Since he began to approach the usual destiny of men, they had a new interest for him. Hitherto he had looked upon strange faces very much as on a strange language, without a thought of interpreting them but now their hieroglyphics seemed to suggest a meaning. The figures around him...
Halaman 217 - They took each other's hands. The day was fading, the landscape was silent, and only the twitter of nesting birds was heard in the boughs above them. Each gave way to the impulse of his manly love, rarer, alas! but as tender and true as the love of woman, and they drew nearer and kissed each other.
Halaman 108 - Held, (I can't think how ever you should have become acquainted !) and it seems to break open old wounds, — none of mine, fortunately, for I have none. As Mr. Held leaves the question in our hands, there is, you will understand, all the more necessity that we should be careful. Ma thinks he has said nothing to you about the unfortunate occurrence, or you would have expressed an opinion. You never can know how happy your fidelity makes me ; but I felt that, the first moment we met. " Ma says that...

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