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... town and left them with her bless- ing and the explanation that their little capital would support two longer than three . Celesta was quite old enough to keep house . " Celesta , my dear , " Aunt Bertha had said on that last morning ...
... town and left them with her bless- ing and the explanation that their little capital would support two longer than three . Celesta was quite old enough to keep house . " Celesta , my dear , " Aunt Bertha had said on that last morning ...
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... town . He began to see that the tragedy which had befallen Celesta was not altogether exceptional . She had been a bruiséd reed , it was true , but now he moved among reeds not merely bruised , but broken . Out of his experiences his ...
... town . He began to see that the tragedy which had befallen Celesta was not altogether exceptional . She had been a bruiséd reed , it was true , but now he moved among reeds not merely bruised , but broken . Out of his experiences his ...
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... town planner had been employed . Most of the 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 ...
... town planner had been employed . Most of the 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 ...
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... town with Dad's car , and I don't like asking Grit . " Cal glanced at him quizzically . He noted that the ruddy down had disappeared from the upper lip ; that the curly copper hair was parted as well as its turbulent nature would permit ...
... town with Dad's car , and I don't like asking Grit . " Cal glanced at him quizzically . He noted that the ruddy down had disappeared from the upper lip ; that the curly copper hair was parted as well as its turbulent nature would permit ...
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... town in search of such adventure as might be afoot at eleven o'clock of a Sunday evening . It was well after midnight when Minnie heard the shifting of his gears , for the girl was still awake , turning over in her mind the events of a ...
... town in search of such adventure as might be afoot at eleven o'clock of a Sunday evening . It was well after midnight when Minnie heard the shifting of his gears , for the girl was still awake , turning over in her mind the events of 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,