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... Presently it defines itself as that most famil- iar of all objects on the prairie trail , ouster of horse and saddle and buckboard and prairie schooner - a Ford automobile . Another hundred yards and it pro- claims itself an old Ford ...
... Presently it defines itself as that most famil- iar of all objects on the prairie trail , ouster of horse and saddle and buckboard and prairie schooner - a Ford automobile . Another hundred yards and it pro- claims itself an old Ford ...
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... Presently they reached the valley levels . Cal re- leased the brakes and the car floated forward with its pent - up momentum . Here they turned to the south , and a tall shadow - car , with funny oval wheels and a very top - heavy body ...
... Presently they reached the valley levels . Cal re- leased the brakes and the car floated forward with its pent - up momentum . Here they turned to the south , and a tall shadow - car , with funny oval wheels and a very top - heavy body ...
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... presently began to supplement his weekly wage as a printer . He covered police , morgues , hotels , and got a glimpse of a life far removed from that of a professor's family and a sleepy university town . He began to see that the ...
... presently began to supplement his weekly wage as a printer . He covered police , morgues , hotels , and got a glimpse of a life far removed from that of a professor's family and a sleepy university town . He began to see that the ...
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... small poplars and willows . Presently a trail led off to the left- through a gate in a wire fence and lost itself amidst the poplars . Cal brought his car to a stop . " Consultation of staff , " he announced . " 32 THE SMOKING FLAX.
... small poplars and willows . Presently a trail led off to the left- through a gate in a wire fence and lost itself amidst the poplars . Cal brought his car to a stop . " Consultation of staff , " he announced . " 32 THE SMOKING FLAX.
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... presently from over- head came the rush of air in the blades of the wind- mill and the slow " clank clank " of the con- necting - rod as it operated the pump . " Grit , old Jim is checked up , " said the young man with the gait to a ...
... presently from over- head came the rush of air in the blades of the wind- mill and the slow " clank clank " of the con- necting - rod as it operated the pump . " Grit , old Jim is checked up , " said the young man with the gait to a ...
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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,