The Fortunes of Oliver HornC. Scribner's Sons, 1912 - 551 pages |
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Page 14
... chair wheeled close to a low table piled high with papers and magazines , his big - eyed reading - glasses within reach of his hand . The paper would be un- folded , aired at the snapping blaze , and hung over the arm of the chair ...
... chair wheeled close to a low table piled high with papers and magazines , his big - eyed reading - glasses within reach of his hand . The paper would be un- folded , aired at the snapping blaze , and hung over the arm of the chair ...
Page 15
... chair , puffing up the back cushion , his wrinkled hands resting on it until Richard had taken his seat . Then , with equal grav- ity , he would hand his master the evening paper and the big - bowed spectacles , and would stand gravely ...
... chair , puffing up the back cushion , his wrinkled hands resting on it until Richard had taken his seat . Then , with equal grav- ity , he would hand his master the evening paper and the big - bowed spectacles , and would stand gravely ...
Page 26
... - mirror , puffed out his scarf , combed his straight white hair forward over his ears with his fingers , and at Malachi's announcement glided through the open doorway to Mrs. Horn's chair , the 26 THE FORTUNES OF OLIVER HORN.
... - mirror , puffed out his scarf , combed his straight white hair forward over his ears with his fingers , and at Malachi's announcement glided through the open doorway to Mrs. Horn's chair , the 26 THE FORTUNES OF OLIVER HORN.
Page 27
... chair and , laying aside her knitting - needles and wools , greeted the musician with as much cordiality - and it must be confessed with as much ceremony - as if she had not seen him a dozen times that week . One of the charms of the ...
... chair and , laying aside her knitting - needles and wools , greeted the musician with as much cordiality - and it must be confessed with as much ceremony - as if she had not seen him a dozen times that week . One of the charms of the ...
Page 31
... chair , rose to her feet , and stood waiting to receive the noted ' cellist , with- out whom not a note could be sounded , and Miss Clendenning took her foot from the fender and dropped her skirts . But it was not Max ! Not wheezy ...
... chair , rose to her feet , and stood waiting to receive the noted ' cellist , with- out whom not a note could be sounded , and Miss Clendenning took her foot from the fender and dropped her skirts . But it was not Max ! Not wheezy ...
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