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... Plainville ? " " A country paper . But country papers don't buy stories , usually . The editor writes his own , or acquires them by means of a long pair of shears and a paste- pot . No , Sergeant , the army must go to work . " " Where ...
... Plainville ? " " A country paper . But country papers don't buy stories , usually . The editor writes his own , or acquires them by means of a long pair of shears and a paste- pot . No , Sergeant , the army must go to work . " " Where ...
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... Plainville last night an ' havin ' a bit more formalin than was good for me , but I don't have no recollection of hirin ' a man an ' a boy an ' a tin Lizzie . What is the deal ? " The farmer's partial confession opened an unex- pected ...
... Plainville last night an ' havin ' a bit more formalin than was good for me , but I don't have no recollection of hirin ' a man an ' a boy an ' a tin Lizzie . What is the deal ? " The farmer's partial confession opened an unex- pected ...
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... Plainville - though wha ' they have to write about so much in Plainville beats me - an ' I'm still scrapin ' the pots an ' pans . " Something suspiciously like moisture gathered in the old woman's eyes and sent her reaching for the ...
... Plainville - though wha ' they have to write about so much in Plainville beats me - an ' I'm still scrapin ' the pots an ' pans . " Something suspiciously like moisture gathered in the old woman's eyes and sent her reaching for the ...
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... Plainville Garage , evidently intended to relieve the dullness of the walls , had precisely the opposite effect . The furni- ture consisted of the long board table in the centre of the room ; the steel range with its numerous nickeled ...
... Plainville Garage , evidently intended to relieve the dullness of the walls , had precisely the opposite effect . The furni- ture consisted of the long board table in the centre of the room ; the steel range with its numerous nickeled ...
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... Plainville Progress ; Cal with his thoughts busy over the favor- able turn their prospects had taken . There was occa- sion for cheerfulness . He had literally motored into a job , and not only a job , but a home for himself and Reed ...
... Plainville Progress ; Cal with his thoughts busy over the favor- able turn their prospects had taken . There was occa- sion for cheerfulness . He had literally motored into a job , and not only a job , but a home for himself and Reed ...
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Page 218 - He shall not cry, nor lift up, Nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench : He shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Page 113 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit...
Page 106 - Twilight a-stealing over the sea, Shadows are falling, dark on the lea. Borne on the night wind, voices of yore Come from the far-off shore. Far away, beyond the starry sky, Where the love-light never, never dies, Gleameth a mansion filled with delight, Sweet happy home so bright.
Page 44 - DD's [degrees], or whatever it is, after his name. What he wants is horsepower an' savvy,
Page 57 - ... very gently and cautiously stroked, pressed and pinched the tiny nose just in the hope of discovering for good and all whether it was not as other noses are. And on every occasion she became more and more convinced that there was no hope at all, that it was the same in substance and consistency as it had been the day before and the day before that and the day before that; that, in fact, it was of wax. The consequence was that even at the age of six this particular feature in Sam's rather long...
Page 7 - Grass, green and moist, with a purple carpeting of anemones. Water shining from many tiny lakes. Coveys of white clouds, like ruffled swans, afloat in an infinite sky.
Page 26 - He had made up his mind that under no circumstances would he go back to his old home.
Page 287 - Jackson had lain down and fallen asleep, but as his eyes became accustomed to the light he saw that...
Page 121 - They haven'ta glimpse of what it should be — of what it could be made — " "That's just it,