 WHEN Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to mere chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared round them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimentary...  Talks on Writing English: Second series - Page 129by Arlo Bates - 1901 - 259 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1874 - 752 pages
...JANUARY 31, 1874. [No. 5 FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. CHAPTKR I. DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK : AX INCIDENT. WHEN Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread...the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. Jus Christian паше was Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgment, easy... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1874 - 526 pages
...MORNING: CONCLUSION 468 FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK : AN INCIDENT. WHEN Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread...the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. His Christian name was Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgment, easy motions,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1874 - 810 pages
...Cornhill Magazine. FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF FARMER OAK : AN INCIDENT. WHEN Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread...the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. His Christian name was Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgment, easy motions,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 pages
...JANUARY, 1874. Jar front % ^tabbing Crotub. CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OP FAUMEB OAK: AN INCIDENT. HEN Fanner Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they...the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. His Christian name was "Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgment, easy motions,... | |
 | 1886 - 636 pages
...first two lines, which disclose to us the hero, and what sort of a man he is, in very few words : — " When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread...were within an unimportant distance of his ears," etc. The profoundest sympathy must be felt for an author who is writing his first novel, and is about... | |
 | John Alexander Steuart - 1890 - 322 pages
...the first sentence of Farjfeom the Madding Crozvdf-to take an easy example, when we are told that, ' When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread...them, extending upon his countenance like the rays of a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun,' we have a more lively conception of Mr. Oak's facial characteristics... | |
 | Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1902 - 306 pages
...all her spicy mountains in a flame. — YOUNG. 3. She press'd to hear — she caught the tale — 4. When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread...reduced to mere chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared around them, extending upon his countenance like the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun.... | |
 | Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1902 - 308 pages
...distance of his ears, his eyes were reduced to mere chinks, and diverging wrinkles appeared around them, extending upon his countenance like the rays...rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. . — - HARDY. 5. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand ? No : this my hand will rather... | |
 | Thomas Hardy - 1906 - 328 pages
...frivolous treatment to reproach him for when they chanced to end tragically. FARMER OAK \17HEN Fanner Oak smiled, the * * corners of his mouth spread till...the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. His Christian name was Gabriel, and on working days he was a young man of sound judgment, easy motions,... | |
 | F. Outwin Saxelby - 1911 - 332 pages
...through, but finally resolved to go- abroad unless Bathsheba consented to marry him, which she did. " When Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread...the rays in a rudimentary sketch of the rising sun. . . . He was a young man of sound judgment, easy motions, proper dress, and general good character."... | |
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