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... interest and childish enthusiasm . The two are deep in discussion , and , as we are to travel with them through the pages of this narrative , let us stop them here and climb aboard . " No , I wouldn't exactly say there was a feud be ...
... interest and childish enthusiasm . The two are deep in discussion , and , as we are to travel with them through the pages of this narrative , let us stop them here and climb aboard . " No , I wouldn't exactly say there was a feud be ...
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... interest , but the name did not appear to carry any suggestion to her mind . " Yes , Mr. Beach ? And what can we do for you ? " " It is about my sister . She is here , and very sick . Dr. Anson telegraphed me to come at once . ' As ...
... interest , but the name did not appear to carry any suggestion to her mind . " Yes , Mr. Beach ? And what can we do for you ? " " It is about my sister . She is here , and very sick . Dr. Anson telegraphed me to come at once . ' As ...
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... lad to call him " Daddy X. " Daddy he was already called ; the x he added in its algebraic sense , as signifying the unknown quantity . About this time his interest in sociology excited within him THE SMOKING FLAX 27.
... lad to call him " Daddy X. " Daddy he was already called ; the x he added in its algebraic sense , as signifying the unknown quantity . About this time his interest in sociology excited within him THE SMOKING FLAX 27.
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Robert J. C. Stead. About this time his interest in sociology excited within him a determination to resume his university studies . He re - entered college , this time with a definite purpose in view . At nights he continued his ...
Robert J. C. Stead. About this time his interest in sociology excited within him a determination to resume his university studies . He re - entered college , this time with a definite purpose in view . At nights he continued his ...
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... interest . The granary which was to be their home was built on two logs or skids , roughly pointed , so that it could be hauled beside the " set " at threshing time and filled direct from the separator . It seemed to have been left just ...
... interest . The granary which was to be their home was built on two logs or skids , roughly pointed , so that it could be hauled beside the " set " at threshing time and filled direct from the separator . It seemed to have been left just ...
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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,