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... Brunswick came down to explore the romantic scenery of the solitary island , they would be startled by the apparition of this still , graceful , dark - eyed child , exquisitely dressed in the best and brightest that the shops of a ...
... Brunswick came down to explore the romantic scenery of the solitary island , they would be startled by the apparition of this still , graceful , dark - eyed child , exquisitely dressed in the best and brightest that the shops of a ...
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... Brunswick , eighteen miles away . They were of that class of females who might be denomi- nated , in the Old Testament language , " cunning women , " - that is , gifted with an infinite diversity of practical " faculty , " which made ...
... Brunswick , eighteen miles away . They were of that class of females who might be denomi- nated , in the Old Testament language , " cunning women , " - that is , gifted with an infinite diversity of practical " faculty , " which made ...
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... Brunswick or over to Portland to shop . The Captain himself was a welcome guest at all the fire- sides round , being a chatty body , and disposed to make the most of his foreign experiences , in which he took the usual advantages of a ...
... Brunswick or over to Portland to shop . The Captain himself was a welcome guest at all the fire- sides round , being a chatty body , and disposed to make the most of his foreign experiences , in which he took the usual advantages of a ...
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... Brunswick ; so you see these ' ere Portland stores charge up , and their things want lookin ' after . " Here Mrs. Pennel entered the room , " the Captain " addressing her eagerly , - " How came you to let Aunt Roxy take Mara off so far ...
... Brunswick ; so you see these ' ere Portland stores charge up , and their things want lookin ' after . " Here Mrs. Pennel entered the room , " the Captain " addressing her eagerly , - " How came you to let Aunt Roxy take Mara off so far ...
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... Brunswick twenty years ago , in President Averill's days ? " " Yes , I remember the pale , thin , long - nosed gentleman that used to sit in President Averill's pew at church . No- body knew who he was or where he came from . The col ...
... Brunswick twenty years ago , in President Averill's days ? " " Yes , I remember the pale , thin , long - nosed gentleman that used to sit in President Averill's pew at church . No- body knew who he was or where he came from . The col ...
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The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine (Classic Reprint) Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2015 |
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arms Aunt Roxy Aunt Ruey beautiful better blue boat brother brown house Brunswick called Cap'n Kittridge Captain Kittridge cheeks child cove dark dear deep Dolores door dream eyes face father feel felt girl give goin gone hair hand happy Harpswell head heard heart jist kind Kittridge's knew laugh little Mara little Moses live looked Lord Mara's Middle Bay mind Miss Emily Miss Roxy Miss Ruey morning Moses Pennel mother nature never night nothin Orr's Island PEARL OF ORR'S poor pretty rock rose round sail Sally Kittridge Sally's schooner seemed Sewell shadows ship shore sister solemn sort soul spirit stood strange Sunday sure talk tell there's thought told took tridge voice walk wife woman words young Zephaniah Pennel