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... hands and you said , ' Ante , get us out of this and I will be more respect- ful to you , and I won't ask you to wade in the mud , and I'll call you by your full name , always— " Ante- lope " , like that . ” " Dear me , so I did ! But ...
... hands and you said , ' Ante , get us out of this and I will be more respect- ful to you , and I won't ask you to wade in the mud , and I'll call you by your full name , always— " Ante- lope " , like that . ” " Dear me , so I did ! But ...
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... hand that touched the dog - eared fender first . Reed brought the " grub box " out of the car as Cal started a fire with a few twigs on the gravel . Pres- ently sausages were sizzling in the frying - pan and the smell of steaming tea ...
... hand that touched the dog - eared fender first . Reed brought the " grub box " out of the car as Cal started a fire with a few twigs on the gravel . Pres- ently sausages were sizzling in the frying - pan and the smell of steaming tea ...
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... , placed the pil- lows . Reed clung for a moment about his neck , then vaulted over the rattly side - door , flickering an affec- tionate hand toward his companion as he went . " Good - night , Daddy X , " he 16 CHAPTER TWO ...
... , placed the pil- lows . Reed clung for a moment about his neck , then vaulted over the rattly side - door , flickering an affec- tionate hand toward his companion as he went . " Good - night , Daddy X , " he 16 CHAPTER TWO ...
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... hand on Cal's shoulder . After the death of his father Cal learned that the house which he had always known as home was in some way connected with the university , and they must vacate it . Aunt Bertha saw them settled in rooms in a ...
... hand on Cal's shoulder . After the death of his father Cal learned that the house which he had always known as home was in some way connected with the university , and they must vacate it . Aunt Bertha saw them settled in rooms in a ...
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... hand . He looked at it curiously , signed for it , and carried it to his room . It was a new and somewhat important experience ; never before had he received a telegram . On his way upstairs he began to associate it with Celesta ...
... hand . He looked at it curiously , signed for it , and carried it to his room . It was a new and somewhat important experience ; never before had he received a telegram . On his way upstairs he began to associate it with Celesta ...
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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,