Works Of Thomas Hardy Volume 11 - The Trumpet Major John Loveday (Paperbound)Reprint Services Corporation |
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ANNE MAKES A CIRCUIT OF THE CAMP 9 ANNE IS KINDLY FETCHED BY THE TRUMPETMAJOR | 70 |
THE MATCHMAKING VIRTUES OF A DOUBLE GARDEN | 84 |
OUR PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED BY THE PRESENCE OF ROYALTY | 92 |
How EVERYBODY GREAT AND SMALL CLIMBED ΤΟ THE TOP OF THE DOWNS 13 THE CONVERSATION IN THE CROWD 14 LATER IN... | 103 |
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Anne Garland Anne's asked began Bob Loveday Bob's Boney brother Budmouth camp Captain Bob Captain Hardy clipse corner cried Cripplestraw David dear door dragoons dress drew elderberries entered epaulettes eyes face farmer father feeling Festus Derriman followed garden gaze girl glad gone hand head hear heard heart horse John Loveday John's King knew lady letter light looked Loveday's ma'am Maister Derriman marry Matilda mill Miller Loveday mind minutes Miss Garland Miss Johnson morning mother muslin neighbour nephew never night Overcombe passed poor Portsmouth preter reached replied returned road round sailor seemed seen side smile smock-frock soldiers soon stood sure tell there's thing thought told tone trumpet trumpet-major turned twas Uncle Benjy village voice waited walked window wish yeoman yeomanry
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Trang 4 - Immediately before her was the large, smooth mill-pond, over-full, and intruding into the hedge and into the road. The water, with its flowing leaves and spots of froth, was stealing away, like Time, under the dark arch, to tumble over the great slimy wheel within.
Trang 6 - Widow Garland's thoughts were those of the period. ' Can it be the French ? ' she said, arranging herself for the extremest form of consternation. ' Can that archenemy of mankind have landed at last ? ' It should be stated that at this time there were two arch-enemies of mankind — Satan as usual, and Buonaparte, who had sprung up and eclipsed his elder rival altogether.
Trang 12 - When the sun shone upon this figure it could be seen that the greater pan of his countenance was gone, and the paint washed from his body so far as to reveal that he had been a soldier in red before he became a sailor in blue. The image had, in fact, been John, one of our coming characters, and was then turned into Robert, another of them. This revolving piece of statuary could not, however, be relied on as a vane, owing to the neighbouring hill, which formed variable currents in the wind.