The Golden House

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, History, Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book The Golden House by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker, Library of Alexandria
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sarah Schoonmaker Baker ISBN: 9781465619297
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
ISBN: 9781465619297
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

Sunday had come. Along the public road, where the Italians and the bear had lately passed, rolled a heavy family carriage, drawn by two spirited horses. The gray-haired coachman had them well in hand, and by no means needed the advice or the assistance of the fat little boy perched at his side, though both were freely proffered. The child was dressed in deep mourning, but his clothes alone gave any sign of sorrow. His face gleamed with delight as he was borne along between green fields, or played bo-peep with the distant cottages, through a solemn line of spruces or a glad cluster of young birches. On the comfortable back seat of the carriage was an elderly gentleman, tall, thin, and stooped, with eyes that saw nothing of earth or sky, as his thoughts were in the far past, or in the clouds of the sorrowful present. By his side, close pressed to him, with her small black-gloved hand laid on his knee, sat a little nine-year-old girl, her sad-coloured suit in strange contrast with the flood of golden hair that streamed from under her hat, and fell in shining waves down to her slight waist. The fair young face was very serious, and the mild blue eyes were full of loving light, as she now and then peeped cautiously at her father. He did not notice the child, and she made no effort to attract his attention.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Sunday had come. Along the public road, where the Italians and the bear had lately passed, rolled a heavy family carriage, drawn by two spirited horses. The gray-haired coachman had them well in hand, and by no means needed the advice or the assistance of the fat little boy perched at his side, though both were freely proffered. The child was dressed in deep mourning, but his clothes alone gave any sign of sorrow. His face gleamed with delight as he was borne along between green fields, or played bo-peep with the distant cottages, through a solemn line of spruces or a glad cluster of young birches. On the comfortable back seat of the carriage was an elderly gentleman, tall, thin, and stooped, with eyes that saw nothing of earth or sky, as his thoughts were in the far past, or in the clouds of the sorrowful present. By his side, close pressed to him, with her small black-gloved hand laid on his knee, sat a little nine-year-old girl, her sad-coloured suit in strange contrast with the flood of golden hair that streamed from under her hat, and fell in shining waves down to her slight waist. The fair young face was very serious, and the mild blue eyes were full of loving light, as she now and then peeped cautiously at her father. He did not notice the child, and she made no effort to attract his attention.

More books from Library of Alexandria

Cover of the book A Book of Golden Deeds by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book The Rajah of Dah by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book The Rebel Chief: A Tale of Guerilla Life by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Lentala of The South Seas: The Romantic Tale of a Lost Colony by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of The Episcopal See by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Sex-Education: a Series of Lectures Concerning Knowledge of Sex in Its Relation to Human Life by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated With an Account of its Invention and Progressive Improvement and its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including also a Memoir of Watt by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Madame de Staël: Famous Women Series by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Diddling. Considered As One of The Exact Sciences. by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book The Rebellion of Margaret by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Vasco da Gama: Livro de Leitura para familias e escolas by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Genius in Sunshine and Shadow by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
Cover of the book Arabic Authors: A Manual of Arabian History and Literature by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy