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... Miss Roxy , and was pronounced by her to be as good as any tailor could make ; and in all these places he was just Zephaniah Pennel , - a chip of old Maine , - thrifty , careful , shrewd , honest , God - fearing , and carrying an ...
... Miss Roxy , and was pronounced by her to be as good as any tailor could make ; and in all these places he was just Zephaniah Pennel , - a chip of old Maine , - thrifty , careful , shrewd , honest , God - fearing , and carrying an ...
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... Roxy and Aunt Ruey , who for the present were sole occupants of the premises , were not people of the dreamy kind , and consequently were not gazing off to ... Roxy and Miss Ruey Toothacre were two brisk THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND . 19.
... Roxy and Aunt Ruey , who for the present were sole occupants of the premises , were not people of the dreamy kind , and consequently were not gazing off to ... Roxy and Miss Ruey Toothacre were two brisk THE PEARL OF ORR'S ISLAND . 19.
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... Miss Roxy Toothacre , who sits trotting the baby , is a tall , thin , angular woman , with sharp black eyes , and hair once black , but now well streaked with gray . These ravages of time , however , were concealed by an ample mohair ...
... Miss Roxy Toothacre , who sits trotting the baby , is a tall , thin , angular woman , with sharp black eyes , and hair once black , but now well streaked with gray . These ravages of time , however , were concealed by an ample mohair ...
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... Miss Roxy was the master - spirit of the two , and , like the great coining machine of a mint , came down with her own sharp , heavy stamp on every opinion her sister put out . She. was. matter. -. of. -. fact. ,. positive. ,. and.
... Miss Roxy was the master - spirit of the two , and , like the great coining machine of a mint , came down with her own sharp , heavy stamp on every opinion her sister put out . She. was. matter. -. of. -. fact. ,. positive. ,. and.
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... Miss Roxy , giving a decisive push to the tea - pot , which buried it yet deeper in the embers , " a'n't it all a strange kind o ' providence that this ' ere little thing is left behind so ; and then their callin ' on her by such a ...
... Miss Roxy , giving a decisive push to the tea - pot , which buried it yet deeper in the embers , " a'n't it all a strange kind o ' providence that this ' ere little thing is left behind so ; and then their callin ' on her by such a ...
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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