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...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...nia State University is an equal opportunity University. The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on... ...earth The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on the Hearth The Cricket on the Hearth by by by by by Charles Dickens Charles D... ...ter being uncomfortably cold, and in that slippy, slushy, The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens 3 sleety sort of state wherein it seems to pe... ...an forward with a drunken air, and dribble, a very Idiot of a kettle, on the hearth. It was quarrelsome, and hissed and spluttered morosely at the fir... ...might know better than to leave their clocks so very lank The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens 4 and unprotected, surely. Now it was, you obs... ... whatever. Mrs. Peerybingle knew it, perfectly, as she sat musing before the hearth. It’s a dark night, sang the kettle, and the rotten leaves are lyi... ... its little body into fifty pieces, it would have seemed The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens 5 a natural and inevitable consequence, for wh... ...ne. And this light, bursting on a certain person who, on The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens 6 the instant, approached towards it through t...

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...s with his wife Dot (who is much younger than he), their baby, their nanny Tilly Slowboy, and a mysterious lodger. A cricket constantly chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family, at one point assuming a human voice to warn John that his suspicions that Dot is having an affair with the lodger are wrong. The life of the Peerybingles frequently intersect...

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...weaving trade day after day, storing up gold which becomes his idol. When his gold is stolen, he is rescued from despair by the arrival on his lonely hearth of a beautiful little girl, whom he adopts, and through whom he and the other people of the village learn that loving relationships are more fulfilling than material wealth. (Summary by rachelellen)...

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...teps, and the brass handle, and the door-plate, and the knocker, and the fan-light, were all as clean and bright, as indefatigable white-washing, and hearth-stoning, and scrubbing and rubbing, could make them....

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...n-light, were all as clean and bright, as indefatigable white-washing, and hearth-stoning, and scrubbing and rubbing, could make them. The wonder was,... ...oise, the ashes were confined by a rusty fender about twice as long as the hearth. From this cheerful room itself, the attention of Mr. Gabriel Parson... ...and his eyes fixed on a wretched cinder fire that was smoul- dering on the hearth, was a young man of about two-and- twenty, miserably clad in an old ...

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...of worsted Alice had been trying to wind up, and had been rolling it up and down till it had all come undone again; and there it was, spread over the hearth-rug, all knots and tangles, with the kitten running after its own tail in the middle....

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... and down till it had all come undone again; and there it was, spread over the hearth rug, all knots and tangles, with the kitten running after its ow... ...’ Alice thought to herself, as she noticed several of the chessmen down in the hearth among the cinders: but in another moment, with a little ‘Oh!’ of... ...urned in a minute with their arms full of things — such as bolsters, blankets, hearth rugs, table cloths, dish covers and coal scuttles. ‘I hope you’r... ...table till she had found the Red Queen: then she went down on her knees on the hearth rug, and put the kitten and the Queen to look at each other. “No...

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...burg, the chief town in the island, destined to become so famous in the annals of Protestantism, at that time only numbered some two or three hundred hearths; and the prosperous town of Ostend was an obscure haven, a straggling village where pirates dwelt in security among the fishermen and the few poor merchants who lived in the place....

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...s of Prot- estantism, at that time only numbered some two or three hundred hearths; and the prosperous town of Ostend was an obscure haven, a straggli... ...e happy for ever,” she said. “Thou art my son.” We were sitting before the hearth, the ashes lay cold upon it; the old shrunken woman grasped my hand ...

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...lls were of rough stone, and the floor of tiles. There was a fire at each end of this great dark apartment, but there were no chimneys over the ample hearths, and the smoke curled about in thick white folds in the vaulted roof, adding to the wreaths of soot, which made the hall look still darker....

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... of this great dark apartment, but there were no chim- neys over the ample hearths, and the smoke curled about in thick white folds in the vaulted roo... ...erful appearance. T wo or three large hounds were reposing in front of the hearth, and among them sat little Richard of Normandy, now smoothing down t... ... the lower end of the hall, snored half-a-dozen men-at- arms; at the upper hearth there was only Hardigras, who raised his head as the boys came in. R... ... and soft pat quieted him instantly, and the two little Princes sat on the hearth together, Lothaire surprised, but sullen. Rich- ard stirred the embe...

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...rmer’s own brother, perhaps, may be holding his feet to the blaze before a hearth in the south wall—the two thus fairly sitting back to back. Is this... ...most every modem fireplace has its separate flue—separate throughout, from hearth to chimney-top. At least such an arrangement is deemed desirable. Do... ... middle—in the one grand central chimney, upon all four sides of which are hearths—two tiers of hearths—so that when, in the various chambers, my fami... ...as one of the first of the chill nights in autumn. There was a fire on the hearth, burning low. The air without was torpid and heavy; the wood, by an ... ...s here keep settling; and it’s down hill all the way from the door to this hearth. This horrid old chimney will fall on our heads yet; depend upon it,...

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...ake a roaring blaze. Having deposited my brown beauty in a red nook of the hearth, inside the fender , where she soon began to sing like an ethereal c... ...rod- den underfoot by men in mortal fight. The smoke rose up from peaceful hearths, not blaz- ing ruins. The carts were laden with the fair fruits of ... ...nd outer chamber , and a smaller one within, all clocks and draperies, and hearths, and bra- zen dogs, and tiles, and cool devices, and el- egance, an...

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...by the grace of God Will bring fair weather yet to all of us. Keep a clean hearth and a clear fire for me, For I’ll be back, my girl, before you know ... ...an avenue, Going we know not where: and so ten years, Since Enoch left his hearth and native land, Fled forward, and no news of Enoch came. It chanc... ...ps and silver on the burnish’d board Sparkled and shone; so genial was the hearth: And on the right hand of the hearth he saw Philip, the slighted sui... ...aught at and ever miss’d it, and they laugh’d: And on the left hand of the hearth he saw The mother glancing often toward her babe, But turning now an... ...one moment, like the blast of doom, Would shatter all the happiness of the hearth. He therefore turning softly like a thief, Lest the harsh shingle ... ... In Autumn, parcel ivy-clad; and here The warm-blue breathings of a hidden hearth Broke from a bower of vine and honeysuckle: One look’d all rosetree,... ...ageous epithets, Turning beheld the Powers of the House On either side the hearth, indignant; her, Cooling her false cheek with a featherfan, Him glar... ...ood Storming with lifted hands, a hoary face Meet for the reverence of the hearth, but now, Beneath a pale and unimpassion’d moon, V ext with unworthy... ... I shall shame myself and him.’ ‘Nor yours the blame—for who beside your hearths Can take her place—if echoing me you cry “Our house is left unto us...

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...of the good offices which are expected from it. Therefore it dances on the hearth, and laughs broadly throughout the room, and plays a thousand antics... ...n the venerable majesty of more than two hundred years. The light from the hearth quivered upon the flowers and foliage that were wrought into its oak... ...ssy wants to hear you.” And truly our yellow friend, the cat, lay upon the hearth rug, basking in the warmth of the fire, pricking up her ears, and t... ... drawn a deep moral from it. It should have taught him that the poor man’s hearth is sacred, and that armies and nations have no right to violate it. ... ... a story that made the children feel the blessing of a secure and peaceful hearth, Grandfather put off the other events of the old French War till the... ...ial residence for himself and his posterity, the fire rolled down upon the hearth and crumbled it to ashes!” Grandfather now looked at his watch, whic... ...fortable room. With every puff of the wind the fire leaped upward from the hearth, laughing and rejoicing at the shrieks of the wintry storm. Meanwhil... ...ere shattered with heavy clubs and hewn to splinters with axes. The marble hearths and mantel pieces were broken. The volumes of Hutchinson’s library... ...nwhile Captain Preston was, perhaps, sitting in our great chair before the hearth of the British Coffee House. In the course of the evening there were...

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...urneyed on contentedly through life. When the storm was loud by the parlor hearth, he had 8 Fanshawe always a sure and quiet retreat in his study; an... ... connection entitled him to a frequent and familiar access to the domestic hearth of the dignitary,— an advantage of which, since Ellen Langton became... ...t. One, evidently the younger, was seated on the farther side of the large hearth, opposite to the door at which the party stood. She had the sallow l... ...r and winter; for the frost never ven- tured within the sphere of its huge hearths; and it was pro- tected from the heat of the sultry season by three... ...l. During the long winter evenings, when the farmers were idle round their hearths, Hugh was a courted guest; for none could while away the hours more... ... evening, though a summer one, made necessary, was burning brightly on the hearth; and in front was placed a small round table, sustaining wine and gl...

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...tional virtues, your charming climate, and your fascinating women! to your Hearths, to your Homes, to your Habeas Corpus, and to all your other instit... ...d the logs together, sprinkled over them the white wood-ashes lying on the hearth, and sat down to compose his thoughts. But they still ran high on th... ...sition to sleep kept far away. He had sat for a long time thinking, on the hearth, when his candle burned down and its light went out. It was of littl... ...w seconds. Coming back with the candle in his hand, he kneeled down on the hearth and lighted it. As he blew with his breath a charred billet into fla... ... in a loose cloak and slippers, and they sat down on opposite sides of the hearth. In the interval V endale had replenished the fire from the wood-bas...

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... in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs. Reed’s la... ..., by noon, I was up and dressed, and sat wrapped in a shawl by the nursery hearth. I felt physically weak and broken down: but my worse ailment was an... ...then I looked round; there was no candle, but the uncertain light from the hearth showed, by intervals, papered walls, car- pet, curtains, shining mah... ...d received me last night. She stood at the bottom of the long room, on the hearth; for there was a fire at each end; she sur- veyed the two rows of gi... ... when we got back! But, to the little ones at least, this was denied: each hearth in the schoolroom was immediately surrounded by a double row of grea... ... stood the same black column which had frowned on me so ominously from the hearthrug of Gateshead. I now glanced sideways at this piece of architectur... ...ually into petrified severity. Meantime, Mr. Brocklehurst, standing on the hearth with his hands behind his back, majestically surveyed the whole scho... ... emple told Helen Burns to be seated in a low arm-chair on one side of the hearth, and herself tak- ing another, she called me to her side. “Is it all... ...door stood open, and showed a genial fire in the grate, glancing on marble hearth and brass fire-irons, and revealing purple draperies and pol- ished ...

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... for aid, I think I could still find my way to a small cavern, fitted with a hearth and chimney, where he might lie perfectly concealed. A confederate... ...ed, recall the ancient wooden stair; they recall the rainy evening, the wide hearth, the blaze of the twig fire, and the company that gathered round t... ...long winter evenings when the sailors of the great Armada crouched about the hearths of the Fair-Islanders, the planks of their own lost galleon perha... ...ic fire than usually goes to epics; and tracing that mean man about his cold hearth, and to and fro in his discomfortable house, spies within him a bl...

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...my mustache), there can hardly flicker up again so cheery a blaze upon the hearth, as that which I remember, the next day, at Blithedale. It was a woo... ...d fragments of an oak tree, such as farmers are wont to keep for their own hearths, since these crooked and un manageable boughs could never be measu... ...nt quantity, we returned to the sitting room, drew our chairs close to the hearth, and began to talk over our prospects. Soon, with a tremendous stamp... ...itly called), and pictured beautiful scenes, among the fervid coals of the hearth around which we were clustering, and if all went to rack with the cr... ...BLE THE PLEASANT FIRELIGHT! I must still keep harping on it. The kitchen hearth had an old fashioned breadth, depth, and spaciousness, far within wh... ...lding cottages for their own residence within our precincts, thus laying a hearthstone and fencing in a home private and pe culiar to all desirable e... ...oidered and white wigged ghost still haunted. T attered hangings, a marble hearth, traversed with many cracks and fissures, a richly carved oaken mant...

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...n, hundreds deep, at household door and window; and would have risen on the hearths of quiet homes; and would have been the garnered store of barns a... ...orner new delights. To shed a ruddier glow upon the faces gathered round the hearth, and draw each fireside group into a closer and more social leagu...

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... a patient man, And Joan a gentle lover, And Agatha’s Arth’ is a hug the hearth,— But my true love’s a rover! Mig, her man’s as good as cheese A... ...’s a patient man, As never snaps me up,” And Agatha, “Arth’ is a hug the hearth, Could live content in a cup;” Sue’s man’s mind is like good jell—... ...tterer That bastes and tastes and salts, And Agatha’s Arth’ is a hug the hearth,— But my true love is false! 9 EdnaSt.VincentMillay The P The P T...

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...enjamin of the family. Genestas seated himself in a corner by the fireless hearth. A sublime symbol met his eyes on the high mantel-shelf above him—a ... ... Balzac fastenings seemed to be in good repair. Genestas saw a fire on the hearth as he entered, an old woman kneeling in the chimney-corner before a ... ...re about a hundred and thirty peasant families in it, and some two hundred hearths in the 34 The Country Doctor valley. The local authorities were su... ...pacious, and wisely planned. “This is how we came to have nineteen hundred hearths in the place of a hundred and thirty-seven; three thousand head of ... ... it; the peculiar scent of his tobacco seemed to pervade the corner by the hearth where he had been wont to sit. The two great easy-chairs were symmet... ...ey reached Benassis’ dwelling, and soon were sitting on either side of the hearth in the salon; the dying fire in the grate still sent up a few sparks...

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...cried. ‘God held them!’ ‘Wheesht!’ he said sternly. ‘Nane shall pray for the deid on my hearth-stane.’ I disclaimed a Popish sense for my ejaculation;... ...mother still with raised finger: every degree and age and humour, but all, by their own hearths, prying and hearkening and weaving the rope that was t... ...mountains were most wildly figured. The embers of a fire smouldered and smoked upon the hearth, to which a chair had been drawn close. And yet the asp... ...re enough there was death that night upon the mountains, but there was worse beside the hearth. I took him by the arm, Senor, and dragged him to the g... ...since we must rebuild; but moderation, patience, and philoso- phy will gather about the hearth. In the meanwhile, the Tentaillons are obliging; the ta...