The book A Tale of the Revolution : And Other Sketches was written by author Goodrich, Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold), 1793-1860 Here you can read free online of A Tale of the Revolution : And Other Sketches book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Tale of the Revolution : And Other Sketches a good or bad book?
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The child was, indeed, worthy of all his care, yet she seemed the very opposite of 112 DIRK HIELDOVER. every thing around her. She had light flaxen hair, blue eyes, snowy complexion, and an ever-laughing expression of countenance. Seated in the gloomy library, with her father, she seemed like a spot of playful sunshine, lighting the recesses of a cavern. It w^as remarkable, that although she was the favorite of all around, and evidently the object of the deepest interest to her parents, the fat...her still seemed not to reflect from his own heart any portion of the child's cheer- fulness and vivacity. Though she romped, frohcked, laughed and toyed, a ray of pleasure, or even a passing smile, never lighted his countenance. Her spirit shone upon him, but it was like light falling upon a black surface, wiiich absorbed, but did not throw back, its rays. A keen observer, in- deed, would have said that the moody father felt even a rebuke in the joyous gayety of his child. With the mother there was this diflTerence, that, though she was generally sorrowful, the springs of happiness seemed not wholly dried up.
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