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Page 49
... Mara's away . I shall get to hearing all sorts of noises in the wind . I wonder when Cap'n Pennel will be back . " And the good woman put more wood on the fire , and as the tongues of flame streamed up high and clear , she ap- proached ...
... Mara's away . I shall get to hearing all sorts of noises in the wind . I wonder when Cap'n Pennel will be back . " And the good woman put more wood on the fire , and as the tongues of flame streamed up high and clear , she ap- proached ...
Page 54
... Mara's age ; with shoes , which had been coarsely made to begin with , and very much battered by time ; but , quite ... Mara don't want - Mara want pitty boo des - and pitty shoes . " " Why , was ever anything like it ? " said Mrs ...
... Mara's age ; with shoes , which had been coarsely made to begin with , and very much battered by time ; but , quite ... Mara don't want - Mara want pitty boo des - and pitty shoes . " " Why , was ever anything like it ? " said Mrs ...
Page 88
... Mara's cries came in a more muffled manner from some unexplored lower region . In fact , she was found to have slipped through a hole in the hay - mow into the nest of a very domestic sitting - hen , whose clamors at the invasion of her ...
... Mara's cries came in a more muffled manner from some unexplored lower region . In fact , she was found to have slipped through a hole in the hay - mow into the nest of a very domestic sitting - hen , whose clamors at the invasion of her ...
Page 89
... Mara on to the hay , I'm sure I can't tell , - that ar little thing never got into no such scrapes before . " Far from ... Mara's toilet , she essayed the good old plan of shut- ting him into the closet . He fought and struggled so ...
... Mara on to the hay , I'm sure I can't tell , - that ar little thing never got into no such scrapes before . " Far from ... Mara's toilet , she essayed the good old plan of shut- ting him into the closet . He fought and struggled so ...
Page 90
... Mara . " But Mara was busy wiping away the angry tears that stood on the hot , glowing cheeks of the boy , and offering her little rose - bud of a mouth to kiss him , as she stood on tiptoe . " Poor boy , - no kie , Mara's boy , " she ...
... Mara . " But Mara was busy wiping away the angry tears that stood on the hot , glowing cheeks of the boy , and offering her little rose - bud of a mouth to kiss him , as she stood on tiptoe . " Poor boy , - no kie , Mara's boy , " she ...
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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