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Page 33
... buildings . There was a scurrying of poultry out of their way and much chatter from a flock of geese more than half ... building . Around the corner of the building , from the east- ward , came the shadow of a man , grotesque and squatty ...
... buildings . There was a scurrying of poultry out of their way and much chatter from a flock of geese more than half ... building . Around the corner of the building , from the east- ward , came the shadow of a man , grotesque and squatty ...
Page 35
... building , twelve by fourteen feet ; one thickness of drop siding nailed to two - by - four studs ; floored with shiplap ; roofed with shingles ; a door in one end , a window , which could be removed , in the other . A heap of old sacks ...
... building , twelve by fourteen feet ; one thickness of drop siding nailed to two - by - four studs ; floored with shiplap ; roofed with shingles ; a door in one end , a window , which could be removed , in the other . A heap of old sacks ...
Page 37
... buildings were of logs , and the obvious theory was that the logs were hauled in win- ter and dumped wherever chance dictated , and in the spring a building was put up wherever the logs hap- pened to lie . One larger building , which ...
... buildings were of logs , and the obvious theory was that the logs were hauled in win- ter and dumped wherever chance dictated , and in the spring a building was put up wherever the logs hap- pened to lie . One larger building , which ...
Page 38
... buildings ; it was a four - cornered box with a roof , and a chimney at each end of the roof . The door was in the centre of the eastern side , and in reaching the door from the barnyard one made a detour around a water barrel which had ...
... buildings ; it was a four - cornered box with a roof , and a chimney at each end of the roof . The door was in the centre of the eastern side , and in reaching the door from the barnyard one made a detour around a water barrel which had ...
Page 44
... building was of poplar logs , with a loft overhead , and gables boarded perpendicularly with shiplap . Mangers ran along each end , and were cross - sectioned by short partitions which divided the space into stalls , each wide enough ...
... building was of poplar logs , with a loft overhead , and gables boarded perpendicularly with shiplap . Mangers ran along each end , and were cross - sectioned by short partitions which divided the space into stalls , each wide enough ...
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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,