 said my mother, mournfully, " I would rather have lost all the plants in the greenhouse in the great blight last May, — I would rather the best tea-set were broken ! The poor geranium I reared myself, and the dear, dear flower-pot which Mr. Caxton...  The Caxtons: A Family Picture - Side 17af Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1849Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1848 - 802 sider
...to the summons, and came down in a trice, pale and breathless. " Oh 1" said my mother, monrnfully, " I would rather have lost all the plants in the greenhouse...would rather the best tea-set were broken ! The poor geraninm I reared myself, and the dear, dear flower-pot which Mr Caxton bought for me my last birth-day!... | |
 | 1853 - 892 sider
...window, nodded to the summons, and came down in a trice, pale and breathless. " Oh !" said my mother, mournfully, " I would rather have lost all the plants in the greenhouse ; the poor geranium I reared myself, and the dear, dear flower-pot which Mr. Caxton bought for me my... | |
 | 1848 - 816 sider
...window, nodded to the summons, and came down in a trice, pale and breathless. " Oh !" said my mother, mournfully, "I would rather have lost all the plants...would rather the best tea-set were broken ! The poor geraninm I reared myself, and the dear, dear flower-pot which Mr Caxton bought for me my last birth-day... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1857 - 1022 sider
...the great blight lust Way, — I would rather the best tea -pet were broken ! The poor geranium that I reared myself, and the dear, dear flowerpot which Mr. Caxton bought for me on my last birthday ! that naughty child must have done this." Mrs. Primmins was sadly afraid of my... | |
 | 1850 - 488 sider
...window, nodded to the summons, and came down in a trice, pale and breathless. " Oh !" said my mother mournfully, " I would rather have lost all the plants in the greenhouse in the great blight last May—I would rather the best tea-set were broken! The poor geranium I reared myself and the dear dear... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 272 sider
...window, nodded to the summons, and came down in a trice, pale and breathless. " ' Oh !' said my mother, mournfully, ' I would rather have lost all the plants in the greenhouse in the great blight last May,—I would rather the best tea-set were broken ! The poor geranium I reared myself, and the dear,... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 sider
...misericorde! — " at work, a travailler— 12 in, sous— 13 who, etc. in the great blight last May, 1 —I would rather the best tea-set were broken! The...flower-pot which Mr. Caxton bought for me my last 2 birthday! that naughty child must have done this !" 3 Mrs. Primmins was dreadfully afraid of my father... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 sider
...the green-house in the great blight last May,5 — I would rather the best tea-set were broken ! 6 The poor geranium I reared myself, and the dear, dear...flower-pot which Mr. Caxton bought for me my last 7 birthday ! that naughty child must have done this \" 8 Mrs. Primmins was dreadfully afraid of my... | |
 | Louis Le Brun, Henri van Laun - 1869 - 290 sider
...down in a trice, pale and breathless. " Oh ! " said my mother mournfully, " I would rather have lost0 all the plants in the greenhouse in the great blight last May — I would rather the best teasel were broken ! The poor geranium I reared myself, and the dear, dear flower-pot which Mr Caxton... | |
 | Henri van Laun - 1876 - 120 sider
...down in a trice, pale and breathless. " Oh ! " said my mother mournfully, " I would rather have lost 6 all the plants in the greenhouse in the great blight last May — I would rather the best teasel were broken ! The poor geranium I reared myself, and the dear, dear flower-pot which Mr. Caxton... | |
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