The South might easily have gained a more efficient recruit; but a more earnest adherent itwould have been hard to find.
It would have been hard to select a spot in that country where the abolition feeling would be more likely to prevail.
I say "dark man" advisedly, for it would have been hard to guess at his original color, unless his cast of feature had not given a line.
And a happier little rendezvous it would have been hard to find, for Mrs. Harold loved her big foster-sons dearly, strove in every way to make the place a home for them and to develop all that was best in their diverse characters.
It would have been hard to picture a prettier sight than the skaters presented that afternoon, the boys in their heavy reefers and woolen watch-caps; the girls in toboggan caps and sweaters.
Until Polly entered his lonely world it would have been hard to picture a duller life than he led, but her sunshiny soul seemed to have reflected some of its light upon him, and he was happier than he had been in years.
So immediately after luncheon formation the party embarked at the foot of Maryland Avenue and a gayer one it would have been hard to find.
It would have been hard to decide from Wyverne's face, whether he spoke in earnest or irony; but there was no mistaking the expression of the Rector's; disappointment was written there very legibly.
Probably more than one feeling was busy within him then, which it would have been hard to separate or analyse.
Wyverne was not in the least inclined to chafe at her tone; in truth, admiration left no place for anger; it would have been hard to quarrel with her, she looked so handsome in her scorn.
It would have been hard to confer on any one, to the exclusion of the rest, the palm of beauty.
And this year it would have been hard to imagine any more prostrate and lowly position than that of every kind of crop.
And to tell the truth, the bold invaders were by no means grieved at this; for if there had been smugglers there, it would have been hard to tackle them.
No doubt it would have been hard to find a girl more true and loving, more modest and industrious; but hundreds and hundreds of better girls might be found perhaps even in Yorkshire.
It would have been hard to catch Ray without a book; he generally took one even to bed with him.
Even a stranger, not knowing her age, would have guessed it to be what it was, yet it would have been hard to say what gave the impression of maturity.
It was an exciting time, and it would have been hard to decide which were the most pleased, parents, pupils, or teacher.
It would have been hard to refuse so advantageous an offer without accusing him of Ferdinando's death, which is precisely what I will not do, for the sake of all of us.
She was fond of her refined but not very remarkable self, and it would have been hard to convince her that Tebaldo's silent looks and ever-ready service meant nothing but greed of money.
The name corresponded with the papers of the soldier, and as he was unarmed it would have been hard to find any excuse for arresting him on a mere suspicion.
It would have been hard to say; for where there is such sympathy, such trust, and such love, there is also a sort of community of courage and of strength and of endurance for a joint suffering.
The party had come out to Severndale by a special car at twelve-thirty, and a "madder, merrier" group of young people it would have been hard to find.
A more calculating, triumphant one, or one more devoid of any vestige of affection for Peggy it would have been hard to picture.
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