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... , but never grows ruffled or fuzzy and never falls to the ground like yours and mine . Spruce belongs to me , I tell you , ' said the oak , gruffly . ' Leave her alone . ' " Then the elm answered in his big , sighing THE SMOKING FLAX 13.
... , but never grows ruffled or fuzzy and never falls to the ground like yours and mine . Spruce belongs to me , I tell you , ' said the oak , gruffly . ' Leave her alone . ' " Then the elm answered in his big , sighing THE SMOKING FLAX 13.
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Robert J. C. Stead. " Then the elm answered in his big , sighing voice , which came down from among his stately limbs , ' Oak , you shall not interfere in my love for Spruce . It is I who have grown beside her all these years ; it is I ...
Robert J. C. Stead. " Then the elm answered in his big , sighing voice , which came down from among his stately limbs , ' Oak , you shall not interfere in my love for Spruce . It is I who have grown beside her all these years ; it is I ...
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... answered , with great gravity . In preparation for their expedition , Cal Beach , with a plumber's kit and some help from a friendly black- smith , had performed a surgical operation of some delicacy upon the ancient Ford , which had ...
... answered , with great gravity . In preparation for their expedition , Cal Beach , with a plumber's kit and some help from a friendly black- smith , had performed a surgical operation of some delicacy upon the ancient Ford , which had ...
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... answer bravely , but on the last words came a catch in his father's voice , and the next he knew he was up and infolded in the long , thin arms . Tears were mingled , and Cal went out with a blessing and a memory . The day came , sooner ...
... answer bravely , but on the last words came a catch in his father's voice , and the next he knew he was up and infolded in the long , thin arms . Tears were mingled , and Cal went out with a blessing and a memory . The day came , sooner ...
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... looked as though it could give , perhaps , some answer to the mystery of life . Then he yawned , tapped the ashes from his pipe , put it away , and went to bed . REED CHAPTER THREE EED awakened with the sun pouring in THE SMOKING FLAX 29.
... looked as though it could give , perhaps , some answer to the mystery of life . Then he yawned , tapped the ashes from his pipe , put it away , and went to bed . REED CHAPTER THREE EED awakened with the sun pouring in THE SMOKING FLAX 29.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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