I am rather cracked in the vamp,' he said freely, seeing that the eyes of the shepherd's wife fell upon his boots, ' and I am not well fitted either. I have had some rough times lately, and have been forced to pick up what I can get in the way of wearing,... The Great Modern English Stories: An Anthology - Page 8edited by - 1919 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1883 - 708 pages
...low over his eyes, without concealing that they were large, open, and determined, moving with a flash rather than a glance round the room. He seemed pleased...was next the rain.' Mrs. Shepherd Fennel assented, ami made room for the selfinvited comer, who, having got completely inside the chimneycorner, stretched... | |
| Thomas Hardy - 1905 - 316 pages
...episodes, and being invited by a gesture to a pull at the mug, he readily acquiesced. His manner, «rhich, before entering, had been so dubious, was now altogether...expansiveness of a person quite at home. ' Yes, I am rather cracked in the vamp,' he said freely, seeing that the eyes of the shepherd's wife fell upon his boots,... | |
| Charles Read Nutter, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey, Chester Noyes Greenough - 1907 - 524 pages
...?' said the engaged man of fifty. ' Late it is, master, as you say. — I 'll take a seat in the 25 chimney-corner, if you have nothing to urge against...self-invited comer, who, having got completely inside the 30 chimney-corner, stretched out his legs and his arms with the expansiveness of a person quite at... | |
| William James Dawson - 1910 - 334 pages
...said the shepherd. The stranger hoped his host might not be made unhappy either by too many or two few of such episodes, and being invited by a gesture...inside the chimney-corner, stretched out his legs and arms with the expansiveness of a person quite at home. "Yes, I am rather cracked in the vamp," he said... | |
| William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1910 - 688 pages
...said the shepherd. The stranger hoped his host might not be made unhappy either by too many or two few of such episodes, and being invited by a gesture...Mrs. Shepherd Fennel assented, and made room for the self -invited comer, who, ha\l::g got completely inside the chimney-corner, stretched out his legs... | |
| Delphian Society - 1912 - 642 pages
...earlier out of the fag o't." "And what may be this glad cause?" asked the stranger. "A birth and a christening," said the shepherd. The stranger hoped...expansiveness of a person quite at home. "Yes, I am rather cracked in the vamp," he said freely, seeing that the eye of the shepherd's wife fell upon his boots,... | |
| Reuben Post Halleck - 1915 - 328 pages
...the engaged man of fifty. "Late it is, master, as you say. I'll take a seat in the chimney corner, if you have nothing to urge against it, ma'am, for...self-invited comer, who, having got completely inside the chimney corner, stretched out his legs and his arms with the expansiveness of a person quite at home.... | |
| 1919 - 478 pages
...the engaged man of fifty. "Late it is, master, as you say — I'll take a seat in the chimney corner, if you have nothing to urge against it, ma'am; for...expansiveness of a person quite at home. "Yes, I am rather cracked in the vamp," he said freely, seeing that the eyes of the shepherd's wife fell upon his boots,... | |
| William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1910 - 708 pages
...said the shepherd. The stranger hoped his host might not be made unhappy either by too many or two few of such episodes, and being invited by a gesture...assented, and made room for the self-invited comer, who, hav'rg got completely inside the chimney-corner, stretched out his legs and arms with the expansiveness... | |
| William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson - 1910 - 674 pages
...said the shepherd. The stranger hoped his host might not be made unhappy either by too many or two few of such episodes, and being invited by a gesture...Mrs. Shepherd Fennel assented, and made room for the f<elf -invited comer, who, ha\.rg got completely inside the chimney-corner, stretched out his legs... | |
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