A Christmas TreasuryJack Newcombe Viking Press, 1982 - 474 pages Includes Christmas in Iowa by Paul Engel. |
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Page 25
... road , and as I paused , my elbows leaning on the rail of the bridge , listening to the far- reaching silence , I heard in the distance the sound of footsteps along the road . In these days of heavy road - traffic this old - fashioned ...
... road , and as I paused , my elbows leaning on the rail of the bridge , listening to the far- reaching silence , I heard in the distance the sound of footsteps along the road . In these days of heavy road - traffic this old - fashioned ...
Page 26
... road , I realized , while I had taken the short cut across the fields . I could not immediately disguise my racing heart , but I managed to speak calmly , in a voice which must have sounded weak in contrast with the strong Sussex ...
... road , I realized , while I had taken the short cut across the fields . I could not immediately disguise my racing heart , but I managed to speak calmly , in a voice which must have sounded weak in contrast with the strong Sussex ...
Page 27
... road . The white road . " Something in the way he said the words brought a picture of my youth to my eyes , of a time when this same lonely road was white and dusty , with flints , and I could see myself bicycling along it , in imminent ...
... road . The white road . " Something in the way he said the words brought a picture of my youth to my eyes , of a time when this same lonely road was white and dusty , with flints , and I could see myself bicycling along it , in imminent ...
Contents
Hans Christian Andersen THE FIR TREE | 8 |
Barrie THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS | 17 |
Willa Cather | 47 |
Copyright | |
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A. A. Milne ain't Andy asked began bells Bethlehem bird called candle Charlie Christmas Eve Christmas tree Christopher Morley cold Copyright cried dance dark Dick dinner door E. B. White E. E. Cummings Emanuel eyes face fat boy father feet Fir Tree fire gifts girl Grace H. L. Mencken hand head hear heard holiday horses James Thurber Kaplan knew lady light looked Marta Merry Christmas Mole morning mother Nadia never Nicholas night once Parkhill Phyllis McGinley Pickwick pretty Ring road round Santa Claus seemed Simpkin sing sleep smile snow sound star stood story tailor Tailor of Gloucester Teagle tell things Thomas Hardy thought three old told Tom Simmons took turned voice wait walked watch wind window young