 He has the most extraordinary genius of a boy I ever saw. He was reading a poem to his mother when I went in. I made him read on ; it was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Page 308edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1837 - 1322 pages
...passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he ; ' crash he goes ! — they will all perish !' After his agitation,...; ' I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he... | |
 | 1837 - 654 pages
...the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted up hU eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he; 'crash it goes! —...; ' I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he... | |
 | 1837 - 660 pages
...passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. 'There's the mast gone,' says he ; ' crash he goes ! — they will all perish !' After his agitation,...; ' I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 608 pages
...was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. 'There's the mast gone,' says he; 'crash it goes !...all perish !' After his agitation, he turns to me. 1 That is too melancholy,' says he ; ' I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 452 pages
...was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he; ' crash it goes !—they will all perish I' After his agitation, he turns to me. ' That is too melancholy,' says he; 'I had better read you... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 422 pages
...was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he ; ' crash it goes...he; ' I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 426 pages
...was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he ; ' crash it goes...he; ' I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1839 - 264 pages
...the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes with his hands. ' There's the mast gone !' says he ; ' crash it goes ! they will all perish !' I asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he gave me wonderfully. One... | |
 | Eliza Slater - 1843 - 238 pages
...was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. " There's the mast gone," says he ; " crash it goes...he; "I had better read you something more amusing." I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton, and other books he was reading, which he... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - 836 pages
...was the description of a shipwreck. His passsion rose with the storm. He lifted his eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he ; ' crash it goes...he; ' I had better read you something more amusing.' I preferred a little chat, and asked his opinion of Milton and other books he was reading, which he... | |
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