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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 212 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=12mm, Gew.=318gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … More...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 212 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=12mm, Gew.=318gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS THE Little Teacher was not without certain small pleasures of her own, very simple and quite inexpensive ones though they were. The Free Library, for instance, from which she drew her only draughts of the sparkling life beyond the narrow one of dingy streets and dull schoolrooms which was all her own. Then, too, her meagre days were not without their small excitements, for all her spare time and what was, if possible, even more a matter of consideration, all her spare pence, went in Guessing Competitions. Not that she worked upon any system, nor did she take in any single paper regularly; her plan was to visit the corner newsagents she passed on her homeward way on a Saturday evening, and, turning over the papers placed in orderly ranks on the counter, she would glance at the competition columns with their varied lures from an aluminium bicycle to a porridge saucepan, and would select one, or perhaps two, papers, and return with a beating heart and renewed hope to her dingy lodging. Dull Saturday evenings and wet Sundays would fly like magic, and certain neat envelopes, with mystic letters at the left-hand top corner, would be hopefully confided to the post next day. The brightness of hope was all the Little Teacher had so far reaped from her enterprise; for, although her name had more than once appeared in the list of " honourable mentions, '1 some one else, well-to-do, no doubt, as she rather enviously thought, had always carried off the prize. Still, she kept on. Life would have been very savourless without that subtle abiding sense of bread cast upon the waters which might return after many days. At last return it did and in full measure, and as the result of a competition, too, in which even her hopeful spirit had har...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS THE Little Teacher was not without certain small pleasures of her own, very simple and quite inexpensive ones though they were. The Free Library, for instance, from which she drew her only draughts of the sparkling life beyond the narrow one of dingy streets and dull schoolrooms which was all her own. Then, too, her meagre days were not without their small excitements, for all her spare time and what was, if possible, even more a matter of consideration, all her spare pence, went in Guessing Competitions. Not that she worked upon any system, nor did she take in any single paper regularly her plan was to visit the corner newsagents she passed on her homeward way on a Saturday evening, and, turning over the papers placed in orderly ranks on the counter, she would glance at the competition columns with their varied lures from an aluminium bicycle to a porridge saucepan, and would select one, or perhaps two, papers, and return with a beating heart and renewed hope to her dingy lodging. Dull Saturday evenings and wet Sundays would fly like magic, and certain neat envelopes, with mystic letters at the left-hand top corner, would be hopefully confided to the post next day. The brightness of hope was all the Little Teacher had so far reaped from her enterprise for, although her name had more than once appeared in the list of " honourable mentions, '1 some one else, well-to-do, no doubt, as she rather enviously thought, had always carried off the prize. Still, she kept on. Life would have been very savourless without that subtle abiding sense of bread cast upon the waters which might return after many days. At last return it did and in full measure, and as the result of a competition, too, in which even her hopeful spirit had har...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<

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Amy Dora Reynolds, Mrs Fred Reynolds, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books Books Man-With-The-Wooden-Face~~Fred-Reynolds General Books This is an OCR edition without… More...

Amy Dora Reynolds, Mrs Fred Reynolds, Paperback, English-language edition, Pub by General Books Books Man-With-The-Wooden-Face~~Fred-Reynolds General Books This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Fox, Duffield & Co. in 1903 in 329 pages; Subjects: Art / General; Art / Criticism; Art / History / General; Art / European; Art / Reference; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishing; Reference / General;<

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